July 2019 - The Theatre Times

Avignon Festival 2019: “L’Amour Vainqueur”

Posted by Yana Meerzon | 31st Jul 2019 | Avignon 2019, Festivals, France, Review, Theatre for Young Audiences

What a delight, a relief and a sheer pleasure to sit through Olivier Py’s operetta for children...

Son of Semele Ensemble and “Men on Boats”

Posted by Christine Deitner | 30th Jul 2019 | Los Angeles, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

Son of Semele Ensemble brings Jaclyn Backhaus’ Men on Boats to Los Angeles audiences with a highly...

Deepan Sivaraman on Going Beyond Words to Embrace The Visual Language of Theatre

Posted by Sohaila Kapur | 30th Jul 2019 | Directing, India, Interview

The ace director has often faced flak from traditionalists. For well over a decade now, Deepan...

“Uprootedness Is Not Always Negative”: Nalini Malani

Posted by Ritika Kochhar | 29th Jul 2019 | India, Interview, Transmedia

Nalini Malani has won the prestigious Joan Miró Prize for 2019, and she talks of her journey. One...

Avignon 2019: Imagining Two Plays That Embody the Ghosts of Europe. “Dévotion” and “Nous l’Europe”

Posted by Yana Meerzon | 29th Jul 2019 | Avignon 2019, Festivals, France, Review, Theatre and Politics

Moving along with the themes of history, memory and forgetting – the focus of Paul Ricœur’s famous...

Syrian Wael Ali’s Play “Under Low Skies” to Premiere in Napoli, Italy

Posted by Ahram Online | 29th Jul 2019 | Directing, Italy, Napoli Teatro Festival 2019, News, Syria

The documentary theatre piece Under Low Skies (Sous Un Ciel Bas) from Syrian director Wael Ali had...

Bade Miyan Deewane: the Enduring Laugh Riot

Posted by Vikram Phukan | 29th Jul 2019 | India, Review, Theatre and Art

Still going strong at more than 80 shows in roughly ten years is Rangbaaz’s Bade Miyan Deewane, an...

Soyinka Meets Shakespeare

Posted by Franklin Ugobude | 28th Jul 2019 | Adaptation, Festivals, Lagos Theatre Festival 2019, Nigeria, Review

One of the only three curated shows showcased at the 2019 edition of the Lagos Theatre Festival...

“I Want My Own Sky”: Chinese Migrant Mothers Onstage

Posted by Fan Liya | 28th Jul 2019 | China, Review, Theatre and Gender

The women of Mulan Community Service Center share the stories of their lives as mothers and...

“Queen Moremi The Musical”: Immortalizing a Traditional Legend

Posted by Franklin Ugobude | 27th Jul 2019 | Musical Theatre, Nigeria, Review

The Story of the Little Known Heroine There are a couple of names that are in popular culture...

Lekan Balogun’s “Ogun Skugga”: Memoirs of A Civil War

Posted by Franklin Ugobude | 27th Jul 2019 | Adaptation, Festivals, Lagos Theatre Festival 2019, Nigeria, Review

The Lagos Theatre Festival may have come and gone but the memories of the week-long activities...

“The Hunt” at The Almeida Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 26th Jul 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Age, United Kingdom

For a while, child abuse was banished from our stages. After all, there is a limit, surely, to how...

Re-Staging The Past: “Copenhagen” at Madrid’s Abadía Theatre

Posted by Maria Delgado | 26th Jul 2019 | Review, Spain

Buenos Aires director Claudio Tolcachir has good reason to call Madrid his second home. His Timbre...

“Seven Methods Of Killing Kylie Jenner” At The Royal Court Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 25th Jul 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom

Few theatres have done as much to promote new young talent as the Royal Court; few theatres have...

Avignon 2019: “Architecture” – Between History and Philosophy

Posted by Yana Meerzon | 25th Jul 2019 | Avignon 2019, Festivals, France, Review

Walter Benjamin once said that storytelling is a form of “artisan communication”, a...

“Rust”at The Bush Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 24th Jul 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom

The best kind of two-hander is the play about couples. And the most dramatic way of saying...

Independent Shakespeare Co. Presents “Twelfth Night” – Free Shakespeare in Griffith Park

Posted by Christine Deitner | 24th Jul 2019 | Los Angeles, Review, United States of America

Independent Shakespeare Co. began performing for free in Los Angeles at Barnsdall Park after...

Tiffany Mann on Feeling Empowered By Her Work in Broadway’s “Be More Chill”

Posted by Holly Rosen Fink | 23rd Jul 2019 | Interview, Women on Broadway and Beyond

Tiffany Mann is currently co-starring in Be More Chill at the Lyceum Theatre, one of the most...

World Premiere of The Dramedy “Nancy F***ing Reagan” at Secret Rose Theatre

Posted by Christine Deitner | 23rd Jul 2019 | Los Angeles, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

The world premiere of a new play in North Hollywood opens old wounds for one man on his 50th...

10 Years On: Miguel del Arco’s “The Play to Be Done” In Its Swansong Run

Posted by Maria Delgado | 23rd Jul 2019 | Adaptation, Review, Spain

It has been a decade since Miguel del Arco—now one of Spain’s most admired directors— burst onto...

Month: July 2019

Avignon Festival 2019: “L’Amour Vainqueur”

Son of Semele Ensemble and “Men on Boats”

Deepan Sivaraman on Going Beyond Words to Embrace The Visual Language of Theatre

“Uprootedness Is Not Always Negative”: Nalini Malani

Avignon 2019: Imagining Two Plays That Embody the Ghosts of Europe. “Dévotion” and “Nous l’Europe”

Syrian Wael Ali’s Play “Under Low Skies” to Premiere in Napoli, Italy

Bade Miyan Deewane: the Enduring Laugh Riot

Soyinka Meets Shakespeare

“I Want My Own Sky”: Chinese Migrant Mothers Onstage

“Queen Moremi The Musical”: Immortalizing a Traditional Legend

Lekan Balogun’s “Ogun Skugga”: Memoirs of A Civil War

“The Hunt” at The Almeida Theatre

Re-Staging The Past: “Copenhagen” at Madrid’s Abadía Theatre

“Seven Methods Of Killing Kylie Jenner” At The Royal Court Theatre

Avignon 2019: “Architecture” – Between History and Philosophy

“Rust”at The Bush Theatre

Independent Shakespeare Co. Presents “Twelfth Night” – Free Shakespeare in Griffith Park

Tiffany Mann on Feeling Empowered By Her Work in Broadway’s “Be More Chill”

World Premiere of The Dramedy “Nancy F***ing Reagan” at Secret Rose Theatre

10 Years On: Miguel del Arco’s “The Play to Be Done” In Its Swansong Run

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