Jules Wright, Courageous Australian Theatre Director, Died Earlier This Year–Did You Know?
Old soldiers fade away. Old theatre directors disappear more quickly. And old female directors can...
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Too Close For Comfort: Contemplating The Plight Of Asylum Seekers In “From Afar On A Hill”
Australia’s “boat people crisis” has, we’re told, been averted and for many, it’s a case of “out...
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Not So Fringe: Interactive Children’s Theatre Takes Center Stage
A highlight of this year’s Melbourne Fringe Festival, which begins tomorrow, is an expanded...
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“Antigone” Now: Greek Tragedy Is The Debate We Have To Have
When you hear the words Greek tragedy, you might think of white masks, or even the ongoing...
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Intimidation Tactics: The Landscape of Russian Theatre
Caitlin Connell and Patrick Connelly have spent the summer in Moscow looking at the current...
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Disability in Comic and Tragic Frames
The connection between humor and disability is perhaps one of the most challenging and...
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What we really need in this capitalist, power-driven, exploitative, consumerist world, according...
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Opera, Sexual Violence, And The Art Of Telling Terrible Tales
As an art form routinely accused of contemporary irrelevancy, opera rarely makes headline news....
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Jan Kott, City Garage, and the Polish Theatre in Los Angeles
“Does anyone still read Jan Kott?” asked Michael Billington, theatre critic, in his article in The...
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John Freedman on New Russian Drama
Aleena Karim interviews John Freedman, an acclaimed American critic, translator and playwright, on...
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Monique Stalens: A Life Steeped In Polish Theater
Today, Monique Stalens often directs her theater adaptations of Gombrowicz and Witkacy in Polish,...
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Where are Women’s Voices in Translation?
Our correspondent Amelia Parenteau attended a “consciousness-raising” discussion of...
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Building Bridges: Moscow Play Unites Deaf-Blind, Sighted And Hearing Actors
A play staged by Moscow’s Theater of Nations has become the first theatrical production in Russia...
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Playwriting Doesn’t Get Better Or Worse–But It Does Evolve
This is a long-read essay, the third in a series on playwriting and drama by Julian Meyrick. Read...
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Built for Collapse: “Red Wednesday”
The evening that I saw Red Wednesday by Built for Collapse at the LaGuardia Performing Arts...
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Culture Wars in the Russian Theater
As the government continues to censor and cancel Russian theater performances, a group of artists...
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We Can’t Get Those Two Hours Back–Drama Works As Time Unfolds
This is a long-read essay, the second in a series on playwriting and drama by Julian Meyrick. Part...
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Why We Should Expect Great Things From David Bowie’s New Musical Play
I’m not sure many saw David Bowie’s latest creative project coming. It was recently announced that...
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Jimmy Savile Play May Revolt Some, But It’s A Necessary Part Of Confronting The Horror
The announcement that a play about Jimmy Savile is to be staged in London this summer has raised...
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Need A Stage Coach? Why Some Plays Work, And Others Don’t
We all know whether a given play, film or TV drama “works” or not, but it’s often difficult to...
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