Russian Puppetry
It is natural for humans to animate and anthropomorphize anything they touch. Puppetry is a...
Read MorePosted by Julia Rybina and Anastasiya Karagodina for Russia Beyond Headlines | 1st May 2017 | Essay, Puppetry, Russia
It is natural for humans to animate and anthropomorphize anything they touch. Puppetry is a...
Read MorePosted by Sun Xiaoxing | 13th Apr 2017 | China, Essay, Transmedia
Twenty years ago, it was inconceivable for people to meet without a physical encounter. But today,...
Read MorePosted by Kasia Lech | 18th Mar 2017 | Directing, Essay, Poland, Theatre and Politics
This series continues to introduce Polish directors recognised in Poland and relatively unknown...
Read MorePosted by Chen Ran | 27th Feb 2017 | China, Essay, Immersive Theatre
The stage is a natural home for performance art, but any location where a performance can happen...
Read MorePosted by Oana Stoica | 25th Feb 2017 | Essay, Romania
Historical Context Twenty‑five years after the fall of the communist regime, the performing arts...
Read MorePosted by Rossella Ferrari | 15th Feb 2017 | China, Essay
Obituaries for the avant-garde proliferate. Critics, academics and cultural observers in the...
Read MorePosted by Kasia Lech | 11th Feb 2017 | Directing, Essay, Poland
This series will introduce Polish directors whose work is recognised in Poland, but they are...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 4th Feb 2017 | Essay, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
This year has got off to a very slow start, with exciting new British plays being exceedingly...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 3rd Feb 2017 | Essay, Playwriting, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
When Sarah Kane was still alive, it was vital to support her work — her style was so raw, so...
Read MorePosted by Joel Hodge | 31st Jan 2017 | Australia, Essay, Ireland, Sydney
Colm Tóibín’s play and the Booker-nominated novella The Testament of Mary aims to “demythologise”...
Read MorePosted by Bauke Lievens | 30th Jan 2017 | Belgium, Essay
“Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; Our meddling intellect Mis-shapes the beauteous form of...
Read MorePosted by Zoukak Theatre Company | 25th Jan 2017 | Essay, Lebanon, Theatre and Politics
THE BATTLE SCENE SCORE The stage is a raft on water. On stage, there are remains of a shipwreck:...
Read MorePosted by Marié-Heleen Coetzee | 25th Jan 2017 | Directing, Essay, South Africa
South African Indian actor and director Gopala Davies’s production of Les Cenci: A Story About...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 24th Jan 2017 | Essay, United Kingdom
Whether or not it really is a foreign country, the past has a tendency to feel like it’s a long...
Read MorePosted by Maria Pia Pagani | 24th Jan 2017 | Design, Essay, Italy
Ten years ago, on 26 January 2007, Emanuele Luzzati died, in Genua. He was one of Italian...
Read MorePosted by Dione Joseph | 23rd Jan 2017 | Dramaturgy, Essay, New Zealand
This is Part II of the series on dramaturgy in New Zealand. For Part I, click here. Dramaturgy is...
Read MorePosted by KaiChieh Tu | 23rd Jan 2017 | Essay, Taiwan, Theatre and Dance
As the darkness creeps in, the already crowded plaza in front of the National Taichung Theater...
Read MorePosted by Sara Jansen | 20th Jan 2017 | Essay, Japan, Playwriting
In May 2016, Japanese writer and director Toshiki Okada presented his latest production, Time’s...
Read MorePosted by Armando Rotondi | 20th Jan 2017 | Adaptation, Essay, Italy
The origin of the figure of Don Juan and, at the same time, of the related Statue of the Commander...
Read MorePosted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 18th Jan 2017 | Essay, South Korea, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics
Theatre Company Gorae’s Red Poem, written and directed by company founder Lee Hae-Sung, recently...
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