May 2018 - Page 4 of 5 - The Theatre Times

Angels (And Demons) Of History In EgoPo’s “Lydie Breeze” Trilogy

Posted by Jessica Rizzo | 11th May 2018 | Philadelphia, Review, United States of America

Jessica Rizzo sees the 10-hour, marathon performance of EgoPo Theater’s Lydie Breeze trilogy...

Electra Takes Revenge into Her Own Hands

Posted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 11th May 2018 | Adaptation, Review, South Korea

In Han Tae-sook’s Electra (LG Arts Center, April 26–May 5, 2018), the mourning daughter doesn’t...

The Problem Of The Unmarried Woman In “Old, New, Borrowed, Blue”

Posted by Katrina Holden-Buckley | 11th May 2018 | Boston, Review, Theatre and Opera, United States of America

Metrowest Opera had a full audience in the BCA’s smaller space on Saturday evening for their...

“Summer: The Donna Summer Musical” – Setting The Record Straight

Posted by The Theatre Times | 10th May 2018 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

As we’ve settled into the 21st century, pop-culture vestiges of the 20th century have fallen by...

“Potong” By Teater Ekamatra: Of Kin And Skin

Posted by Akanksha Raja | 10th May 2018 | Review, Singapore

We’ve been seeing a variety of theatre revolving around dementia and its effects on families in...

A Voice For Peace And Human Values

Posted by Diwan Singh Bajeli | 9th May 2018 | Essay, India, Pakistan, Theatre and Politics

With the passing away of Madeeha Gauhar, the subcontinent has lost a votary of freedom of...

“Gracie” At The GCTC Is A Terrific Theatrical Experience

Posted by Iris Winston | 9th May 2018 | Canada, Review

Gracie By Joan Macleod, directed by Eric Coates A GCTC Production Gracie is like many...

Tagore’s Enduring Political Allegory

Posted by Vikram Phukan | 9th May 2018 | Festivals, India, Review

More than a dozen years after it first opened in Mumbai, as part of a Heisnam Kanhailal...

Backstage Stories From The Mariinsky Theater Told By A Photographer

Posted by Elena Bobrova | 9th May 2018 | Interview, Russia, Theatre and Dance

Mark Olich has been snapping the repetitions and backstage life of the famous theater for many...

Women Dancers In India and UK At A Glance

Posted by Katerina Valdivia Bruch | 8th May 2018 | Essay, India, Theatre and Dance, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

Katerina Valdivia Bruch was in India as a bangaloREsident at Natya & STEM Dance Kampni. During...

Compelling Performance And Complex Metaphor In “King Arthur’s Night” Make For Remarkable Theatre (PuSh Festival)

Posted by Jocelyn Pitsch | 8th May 2018 | Canada, Festivals, Review, Theatre and Disability

Vancouver, British Columbia Jocelyn Pitsch reviews King Arthur’s Night, Neworld Theatre’s...

Foster On Aging: Amusing But Often Tasteless

Posted by Iris Winston | 8th May 2018 | Canada, Review, Theatre and Age

Jones And Barry In The Home by Norm Foster; a 3P Productions, Directed by Derek Ritschel As we...

At Carnegie Hall, Tianqi Du Chases After Bach’s Goldberg Variations

Posted by Kathy Tao | 8th May 2018 | New York, Review, Theatre and Opera, United States of America

In the world of piano, J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations is a siren’s call. Countless pianists have...

Russian Opera Singer Sets 2 World Records In St. Petersburg

Posted by Russia Beyond | 7th May 2018 | News, Russia, Theatre and Opera

Soprano sang highest ever note by a human, and also the most notes in a single second. On April 11...

The Body Labours Sonorously In Foxconn “Frequency (no. 3)” at The PuSh Festival

Posted by Hayley Malouin | 7th May 2018 | Festivals, Hong Kong, Review

Kelsey Blair reviews Hong Kong Exile’s Foxconn Frequency (no. 3): For Three Visibly Chinese...

“Mayfly” at The Orange Tree Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 7th May 2018 | London, Review, United Kingdom

The Orange Tree Theatre is a champion of new writing. Under artistic director Paul Miller, the...

Fight Of The Rebel Queen

Posted by Rajashree Das | 7th May 2018 | India, Review, Theatre and Gender

Theatre Nisha’s Gallantly Fought the Queen took us on a voyage into the life and times of the Rani...

Battle Cries For Liberation

Posted by Vikram Phukan | 6th May 2018 | India, Playwriting, Review, South Africa, Theatre and Gender

At a staging in Kerala in January, Sara Matchett’s Walk: South Africa proved to be a harrowing but...

Psychological Spaces, #Metoo, And “The Crucible:” A Conversation With Set Designer Andrew R. Cohen

Posted by Michael Schweikardt | 6th May 2018 | Design, Interview, United States of America

The Crucible (1953) is Arthur Miller’s harrowing play about the 1692 Salem witch trials. Set in...

“SeagullMachine” – The Assembly Mixes Chekhov and Müller

Posted by Heather Waters | 5th May 2018 | Acting, New York, Review, United States of America

The lights never go down on the audience, the result being we all play a part in the production, and there are no spectators. La MaMa E.T.C. is a beautiful, decrepit, wonderfully haunted space; to redefine audience roles and do away with spectators is an adventurous, fun design for this stage.