April 2023 - The Theatre Times

Sydney Theater Company’s “Julia” Powerfully Imagines the Life and Emotions of the Woman Behind the “Misogyny Speech”

Posted 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...

“Sea Creatures,” Hampstead Theatre

Posted 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...

The Theatre We Want In 2040? We Used “Strategic Foresight” To Plan On The Prairies

Posted 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...

Brian Friel’s “Dancing at Lughnasa” at the National Theatre: Josie Rourke’s Spirited Revival of This 1990 Classic Is More Fun than Subtle

Posted 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...

“Report to an Academy”: To Be or Not to Be Human?

Posted 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...

“Nora”: Present Continuous Hell

Posted 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...

A Question of Diversity: In Conversation with Paulien Geerlings

Posted 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...

Easy Reading (or not): Cristina Morales’s “Lectura fácil” on the Stage

Posted 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’...

Miriam Battye’s “Little Scratch” at the New Diorama Theatre: Restaged Adaptation of Rebecca Watson’s Novel Is Powerfully Theatrical

Posted 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...

The Brilliance of Nuria Espert: Secrets, Lies and “La Isla Del Aire”

Posted 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)...

The Sphinx’s Riddle Remains Unsolved. Scattering Chinese Art with “The First-Ever Metaverse Theatre Festival”

Posted 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...

“Further Than the Furthest Thing” at the Young Vic

Posted 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...

“The Winter’s Tale” Review: Jarring Shakespeare’s Globe Production Lacks Warmth

Posted 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...

Exploring Palestinian Allyship in “Decolonizing Sarah”

Posted 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...

Arden of Faversham: A True Crime Thriller

Posted 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.