Edinburgh Festivals: How They Became the World’s Biggest Arts Event
The Edinburgh Festival is upon us again, a three-week spectacular that turns the Scottish capital...
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The Dramaturgical Notion of Counter-text
The role of the dramaturg within text-based theatre is currently prescriptive and limiting. There...
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“Twelfth Night” and Cross-Mobility Casting
Renowned Shakespearean actor Robert Armin wrote in 1608 of the difference between a “natural” and...
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Secrets of the Bolshoi: The Life and Times of a Soviet Claque
Learn how to galvanize an enormous auditorium, tame an usherette and get the best seat in the...
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Please Think Twice Before Putting ‘Stage Combat’ On Your Resume
Attention Young Actors: You don’t always know what you think you know. This is especially...
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Dreams of Young Syrian Refugees Imagined
I am in the same room with three young asylum seekers from Syria—Abed, 17, from Deir al-Zour;...
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On Dramaturgy: Requirement. Excessive Demand. Living Art.
Knowing literature inside out, developing the repertoire, making translations…the list of skills...
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Suicide as the Awareness of Meaninglessness in “Death and the King’s Horseman”
On July 28, 1914, Austria declared war on Serbia. The next day, across the Danube, Belgrade, came...
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Public Theatres Vs. The Independents: The Saga Of The Never-Ending Systemic Change In Romania (I)
With a new–and technocratic–government, a Ministry of Culture with a limited mandate (until the...
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Lost Translations: What We Lose by Ignoring Plays That Aren’t in English
Bojana Janković calls out British theatre’s extreme reluctance to stage plays that...
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Jo Kanamori And Oriza Hirata Retell “La Bayadere” With A Dose Of Political Awareness
The atmosphere at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theater in St. Petersburg, Russia, must have been...
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Russian Comedies Shake Up UK Theaters
British stages have long been in love with Anton Chekhov and Nikolai Gogol, but there is...
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A Shared Vision From Studio to Stage: Opera as Collaboration
Gabriel Barredo’s Opera, Choreographed by Redha is a show fusing dance and the visual arts. Staged...
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World Was A Stage For Acclaimed Theater Director Yukio Ninagawa
Acclaimed stage director Yukio Ninagawa was a titan of global theater but his hand felt...
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“Kings of War” – A Dramaturgical Perspective
As part of a series of essays on Ivo van Hove’s dramaturgy, Duska Radosavljevic unpicks the...
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Immersive Theatre: Towards a Dramaturgy of Participation
As participatory theatre saturates the mainstream, here’s Persis Jade Maravala and Jorge...
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The Sovremennik: 60 Years At The Cutting Edge Of Russian Theater
One of Moscow’s leading theaters, the Sovremennik, is marking its 60th anniversary. The theater,...
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Thou Hadst Better Avoid Getting Teary–And King Leary–This Christmas
As the year’s major family holiday season arrives, now is a good time to consider how much about...
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Does ‘Translating’ Shakespeare Into Modern English Dimish Its Greatness?
An uproar ensued after it was reported that the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) – southern...
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African Theatre: Why It’s Important to Transpose Western Dramatic Classics
The Western dramatic canon has been a source of irritation to some Afrocentrists, who see it as...
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