Comparing New York and Parisian Theatre
American playwright, translator, and journalist Amelia Parenteau is currently in residence in...
Read MorePosted by Amelia Parenteau | 3rd Dec 2014 | Essay, France, Management, New York, United States of America
American playwright, translator, and journalist Amelia Parenteau is currently in residence in...
Read MorePosted by John Freedman | 17th Nov 2014 | Essay, Interview, Playwriting, Russia, Translation
Back when I used to publish a blog called TheaterPlus on the website of The Moscow Times, I would...
Read MorePosted by Amelia Parenteau | 3rd Nov 2014 | Essay, France
Since moving back to Paris this fall, I’ve been making my rounds at the theater, sampling this...
Read MorePosted by John Freedman | 7th Oct 2014 | Directing, Essay, Russia
The death of Yury Lyubimov in Moscow on Sunday morning, October 5, 2014, at the age of 97, puts...
Read MorePosted by Julian Meyrick | 1st Oct 2014 | Dramaturgy, Essay, Theatre and Politics
Drama and its core principles are to be found in theatres while the real world goes on outside,...
Read MorePosted by John Freedman | 26th Sep 2014 | Essay, Russia, Theatre and Politics
On occasion, rather than buried and hidden somewhere, essences lie right there on the surface,...
Read MorePosted by Gail Marshall | 24th Sep 2014 | Essay, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
Several British theatres have made a pledge to address the levels of gender inequality on the...
Read MorePosted by Dara Weinberg | 23rd Sep 2014 | Essay, Festivals, Poland
After the enormous Oratorium Dance Project, in 2011, no one wanted to stop working with the Łódź...
Read MorePosted by Mareile Pfannebecker | 22nd Sep 2014 | Essay, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
The ghost, in this autumn’s Royal Exchange Theatre production of Hamlet, is in the light bulbs....
Read MorePosted by Eloise Brook | 11th Sep 2014 | Australia, Essay, Playwriting
Here are two opposing definitions of rape: Rape: a violent, criminal act almost exclusively...
Read MorePosted by Paula James | 5th Sep 2014 | Essay, London, Theatre and Film, United Kingdom
The September 4 live transmission of Euripides’ Medea will have brought an ancient Greek tragedy...
Read MorePosted by Kirill Serebrennikov | 3rd Sep 2014 | Essay, Russia, Theatre and Politics
Kirill Serebrennikov, the artistic director of Moscow’s innovative Gogol Center, and a...
Read MorePosted by Joy Neumeyer | 1st Sep 2014 | Essay, Russia
Under Valery Gergiev’s leadership, the Mariinsky has emerged from the post-Soviet crisis to become...
Read MorePosted by Dara Weinberg | 30th Aug 2014 | Essay, Festivals, Poland
Over the five days of the Retro//Per//Spectives festival, the host company Teatr Chorea performed...
Read MorePosted by Dara Weinberg | 22nd Aug 2014 | Essay, Festivals, Poland
American writer/director, Dara Weinberg, live-blogs for TheTheatreTimes.com from Teatr...
Read MorePosted by Emily Lindsay Brown | 15th Aug 2014 | Essay, Scotland, Theatre and Politics
Alex Oates’ debut Fringe play traces the journey of 19-year-old Geordie lad Bruce, as he begins...
Read MorePosted by Andrew Blades | 4th Aug 2014 | Essay, London, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
My Night With Reg, Kevin Elyot’s 1994 play, has returned to the London stage, poignantly only a...
Read MorePosted by Laura Swift | 23rd Jul 2014 | Adaptation, Essay, London, United Kingdom
A new production of Medea recently opened at London’s National Theatre to critical acclaim. This...
Read MorePosted by Preti Taneja | 1st Jul 2014 | Adaptation, Essay, London, United Kingdom
I don’t really go in for creative mash-ups. You know: Alien Vs. Predator, or the films where...
Read MorePosted by Dmitriy Romendik | 16th Jun 2014 | Essay, Russia, Theatre for Young Audiences
There are over 200 theaters in Moscow. In addition to the traditional drama and music theaters,...
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