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, 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.