Kia Mau Festival Brings Hana Keaka (Hawaiian Language Theatre) to Aotearoa: “Puana” by Tammy Haili‘ōpua Baker
In the opening scene of Puana, a musical play written and directed by Professor Tammy Haili‘ōpua...
Read MorePosted by David O'Donnell | 29th Jan 2026 | Festivals, Hawaii, New Zealand, Theatre and Decolonization, Transcultural Collaborations
In the opening scene of Puana, a musical play written and directed by Professor Tammy Haili‘ōpua...
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Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 8th Jan 2026 | Acting, London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom
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Read MorePosted by Susanna Sun | 7th Jan 2026 | Chicago, Directing, Interview, United States of America
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It’s very hard to define Chiao-Jung Chen as one kind of artist, for she is someone who works...
Read MorePosted by Susanna Sun | 4th Jan 2026 | Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America
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Read MorePosted by L. Peter Callender | 3rd Jan 2026 | Iran, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America
We all know the iconic closing lines: “For never was a story of more woe / Than this of...
Read MorePosted by Verity Healey | 3rd Jan 2026 | Review, United Kingdom
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Read MorePosted by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe | 2nd Jan 2026 | Directing, Germany, Review
The play Nebenan was premiered at Burgtheater Wien in 2022, based on the film of the same title...
Read MorePosted by Savas Patsalidis | 2nd Jan 2026 | Directing, Greece, Review, Transcultural Collaborations, United Kingdom
There are directors who have gotten us accustomed to treading on unconventional paths. They have...
Read MorePosted by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe | 1st Jan 2026 | Directing, Germany, Review
In 2019, Landestheater Salzburg used a new translation of Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People as the...
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