Sydney Theater Company’s “Julia” Powerfully Imagines the Life and Emotions of the Woman Behind the “Misogyny Speech”
Just over 10 years ago, then-Prime Minister Julia Gillard stood up in the House of Representatives...
Read MorePosted by Camilla Nelson | 29th Apr 2023 | Australia, Review, Sydney, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics
Just over 10 years ago, then-Prime Minister Julia Gillard stood up in the House of Representatives...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 28th Apr 2023 | Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
Is it possible to successfully challenge naturalism in British theatre today? At a time when...
Read MorePosted by Christine Brubaker, Taiwo Afolabi, Yvette Nolan, Jessica Thornton, and Heather Russek | 28th Apr 2023 | Canada, News, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Politics
Does it seem far-fetched to imagine a future where the government subsidizes theatres and theatre...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 27th Apr 2023 | Directing, Ireland, Review, United Kingdom
Brian Friel’s classic play about the blending of Paganism and Christianity in 1930s Ireland is...
Read MorePosted by Emiliia Dementsova | 26th Apr 2023 | Adaptation, Greece, Review, Theatre and Politics, Theatre Olympics 2023
No matter how trends, themes, agendas and moods of society change, the focus of the study of art...
Read MorePosted by Emiliia Dementsova | 25th Apr 2023 | Adaptation, Greece, Review, Theatre and Gender, Theatre Olympics 2023
Get inside a woman’s head and, by understanding her, unravel the mystery of how the world...
Read MorePosted by Rhiannon Ling and Kasia Lech | 22nd Apr 2023 | Dramaturgy, Interview, Netherlands, Theatre for Young Audiences
Paulien Geerlings is the head dramaturg at Amsterdam’s The Toneelmakerij, a theatre company...
Read MorePosted by Maria Delgado | 21st Apr 2023 | Adaptation, Review, Spain, Theatre and Disability
There is nothing easy about Alberto San Juan’s Lectura fácil. His adaptation of Cristina Morales’...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 21st Apr 2023 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
The popularity of plays that feature trauma is certainly a trend in British theatre today. But is...
Read MorePosted by Maria Delgado | 18th Apr 2023 | Adaptation, Review, Spain
Alejandro Palomas has transformed his acclaimed 2005 novel La isla del aire (The Island of Air)...
Read MorePosted by Anna Gryszkiewicz | 14th Apr 2023 | China, Festivals, Review, Theatre and AI, Transmedia
Even though for the last decade there have been numerous attempts to unleash Chinese theatre’s...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 13th Apr 2023 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Some plays are instantly forgettable, others leave a tender fold in the memory. I well remember...
Read MorePosted by Penelope Woods | 11th Apr 2023 | London, Review, United Kingdom
The Winter’s Tale is one of Shakespeare’s great “hospitality plays” — a tragicomedy about what...
Read MorePosted by Tim Hamilton | 10th Apr 2023 | Chicago, Palestine, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Politics, United States of America
Hummus is not appropriated hipster dip, it’s Palestinian food. So argues Wally, a...
Read MorePosted by Clare Cioffero | 10th Apr 2023 | Acting, New York, Review, United States of America
A small boat sails the stage while a trap door serves as the river depths for one of the characters to sink beneath the waves. And as the story reaches its inevitable conclusion, a snowstorm complete with snow drifts – an element taken directly from the origin story of Arden.
Read MorePosted by The Theatre Times | 10th Apr 2023 | Festivals, News, Worldwide
IOTF 2023: International Online Theatre Festival will launch April 17 – 30. Now in its...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 9th Apr 2023 | Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Contemporary Black British theatre is admirably adamant about pushing its own boundaries and...
Read MorePosted by Duška Radosavljević | 6th Apr 2023 | Adaptation, Denmark, Musical Theatre, Review
It’s about two years since I moved to the Oresund region, the liminal place between southern...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Kalb | 2nd Apr 2023 | Devised Theatre, Documentary Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom, United States of America
Alexander Zeldin’s Love— a much-celebrated, quietly confrontational, British-devised piece from...
Read MorePosted by Heather Waters | 2nd Apr 2023 | Essay, Theatre and AI, Theatre and Politics, Theatre and Science, Transmedia
That AI is poised to take over countless jobs, wipe out entire job sectors, is all over the news...
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