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...
Read MorePosted by Julian Meyrick | 30th Apr 2015 | Australia, Dramaturgy, Essay, Playwriting
This is a long-read essay, the third in a series on playwriting and drama by Julian Meyrick. Read...
Read MorePosted by Amelia Parenteau | 29th Apr 2015 | Essay, New York, Theatre and Politics, Transmedia, United States of America
The evening that I saw Red Wednesday by Built for Collapse at the LaGuardia Performing Arts...
Read MorePosted by Ania Aizman | 22nd Apr 2015 | Essay, Russia, Theatre and Politics
As the government continues to censor and cancel Russian theater performances, a group of artists...
Read MorePosted by Julian Meyrick | 14th Apr 2015 | Dramaturgy, Essay, North America
This is a long-read essay, the second in a series on playwriting and drama by Julian Meyrick. Part...
Read MorePosted by Denis Flannery | 10th Apr 2015 | Adaptation, Essay, United Kingdom
I’m not sure many saw David Bowie’s latest creative project coming. It was recently announced that...
Read MorePosted by John Drakakis | 9th Apr 2015 | Adaptation, Essay, London, United Kingdom
The announcement that a play about Jimmy Savile is to be staged in London this summer has raised...
Read MorePosted by Julian Meyrick | 8th Apr 2015 | Australia, Essay, Playwriting
We all know whether a given play, film or TV drama “works” or not, but it’s often difficult to...
Read MorePosted by Ania Aizman | 4th Apr 2015 | Essay, Russia
On April 1st, 2015, orthodox activists, calling themselves “God’s Will”,...
Read MorePosted by Alexandra Guryanova | 29th Mar 2015 | Acting, Essay, Russia
In honor of World Theater Day on March 27, RBTH presents three of Russia’s greatest contributions...
Read MorePosted by Yekaterina Sinelschikova | 14th Mar 2015 | Essay, Russia, Theatre and Opera
A lawsuit filed by a local branch of the Russian Orthodox Church against the director of the...
Read MorePosted by Jackie Wykes and Cat Pausé | 10th Mar 2015 | Australia, Essay, Theatre and Politics
The fear and loathing of fat is such a ubiquitous part of contemporary Western culture that it...
Read MorePosted by Magda Romanska | 4th Mar 2015 | Essay, Poland, Polish Theatre Abroad, Theatre and Opera
Polish classical musicians and opera singers have always enjoyed global renown, with singers such...
Read MorePosted by Julian Meyrick | 25th Feb 2015 | Australia, Essay, Management
Is there any job other than theatre critic where so little knowledge can carry so much weight? If...
Read MorePosted by Julian Meyrick | 17th Feb 2015 | Australia, Essay, Management
Sociologist Max Weber once called politics “the slow boring of hard boards”. If he had been in the...
Read MorePosted by Colin Yeo | 28th Jan 2015 | Essay, North America, Theatre and Film
What do Shakespeare’s Hamlet, The Simpsons, and Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s film Birdman have in...
Read MorePosted by Amelia Parenteau | 23rd Dec 2014 | Directing, Essay, France
American playwright, translator, and journalist Amelia Parenteau is currently in residence in...
Read MorePosted by Amelia Parenteau | 19th Dec 2014 | Essay, France, Theatre and Gender
American playwright, translator, and journalist Amelia Parenteau is currently in residence in...
Read MorePosted by Charlotte M. Canning | 17th Dec 2014 | Essay, North America, Theatre and Politics
Director Ridley Scott recently set off a firestorm when he dismissed those who criticized him for...
Read MorePosted by Eric Rasmussen | 11th Dec 2014 | Essay, United Kingdom
The Shakespeare First Folio (1623), the first collected edition of his plays and the sole source...
Read MorePosted by John Freedman | 4th Dec 2014 | Essay, Playwriting, Russia
This is the second installment in John Freedman’s TheaterPlus video blog, which now appears...
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