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New Fringe Play Offers Insights On Illegal “eBay For Drugs”

Posted 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...

Assessing The First Wave Of The AIDS Epidemic, A Generation On

Posted 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...

“Medea” Is As Relevant Today As It Was In Ancient Greece

Posted 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...

Romeo, Juliet, Viola, And Will: “Shakespeare In Love” Mash-Up Hits The Stage

Posted 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...

Bringing Children’s Stories Out Of The Shadows

Posted 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,...

Treading A Fine Line: The Return Of Politics To Russian Theater

Posted by Vladimir Kozlov | 2nd Jun 2014 | Essay, Russia, Theatre and Politics

After a long period in which Russian theater productions avoided political themes, the last few...

Bard Labour: Doing Time With The Shakespeare Prison Project

Posted by Rob Pensalfini | 20th May 2014 | Australia, Essay, Theatre and Politics

Since 2006, I have led the Shakespeare Prison Project, an initiative by the Queensland Shakespeare...

It’s Time To Adapt: We Need A Fully Functioning National Drama

Posted by Julian Meyrick | 14th May 2014 | Adaptation, Australia, Essay

Last year in Australian theatre a rare event took place: a sector-wide debate about the role of...

Women Directors in Poland

Posted by Magda Romanska | 6th May 2014 | Directing, Essay, Poland

Although historically Polish theatre has gained worldwide renown predominantly thanks to its male...

Shakespeare’s Globe: Why The Bard Travels So Well

Posted by Tony Howard | 24th Apr 2014 | Essay, Festivals, United Kingdom

We’ve been celebrating Shakespeare’s 450th birthday week with fun, festivals, exhibitions, a cake...

Sex, Rape, And Role Models–How Women In Comedy Perform

Posted by Jana Perkovic | 2nd Apr 2014 | Australia, Essay, Theatre and Gender

Two performance artists in this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF)–the...

We Need More Racial Diversity On The Stage, Both Sides Of The Pond

Posted by Tony Howard | 24th Mar 2014 | Acting, Essay, United Kingdom

In 1825 the African-American actor Ira Aldridge came to London in The Slave’s Revenge. Before...

Theatre for Dialogue Confront the Unrest in Ukraine

Posted by The Theatre Times | 22nd Feb 2014 | Essay, Participatory Theatre, Theatre and Politics, Ukraine

Between 11-18 February 2014, seven International Theatre of the Oppressed practitioners were...

Poland’s Teatr “Cinema”: Over 20 Years of Surrealist Collage

Posted by Dara Weinberg | 28th Jan 2014 | Essay, Poland, Review

The group of visual artists and actors who comprise the surrealist dance-theater Teatr...

Special Theatres Give The Disabled Self-Expression

Posted by Georgy Manaev | 24th Sep 2013 | Essay, Russia, Theatre and Disability

For people with physical or intellectual disabilities, the art of theatre is the powerful mode of...

Part Of A Living Tradition: Russian Drama In London

Posted by Phoebe Taplin | 21st Sep 2013 | Essay, Russia, Transcultural Collaborations

Some of London’s most innovative theatres and theatre companies are inspired by Russia but in very...

Alexander Ostrovsky: Russia’s Shakespeare?

Posted by Alisa Orlova | 3rd Aug 2013 | Essay, Playwriting, Russia

It is impossible to imagine the Russian stage without the works of Alexander Ostrovsky – they are...

Behind The Curtains Of The New Mariinsky

Posted by Pauline Tillmann | 6th Jun 2013 | Essay, Russia, Theatre and Opera

The new Mariinsky Theatre is a site of pilgrimage in St. Petersburg. Ballet and opera enthusiasts...

The Case for a National Theatre

Posted by Magda Romanska | 6th May 2013 | Essay, Management, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

Mitt Romney’s offhanded crusade against Big Bird, announced in a presidential debate with...

Report: “Songs of Lear” at the Teatr Pieśń Kozła

Posted by Dara Weinberg | 11th Dec 2012 | Adaptation, Essay, Poland

Report From Wrocław’s Grotowski Institute (the second annual Summer Seminars) and Teatr Pieśń...

Essay

New Fringe Play Offers Insights On Illegal “eBay For Drugs”

Assessing The First Wave Of The AIDS Epidemic, A Generation On

“Medea” Is As Relevant Today As It Was In Ancient Greece

Romeo, Juliet, Viola, And Will: “Shakespeare In Love” Mash-Up Hits The Stage

Bringing Children’s Stories Out Of The Shadows

Treading A Fine Line: The Return Of Politics To Russian Theater

Bard Labour: Doing Time With The Shakespeare Prison Project

It’s Time To Adapt: We Need A Fully Functioning National Drama

Women Directors in Poland

Shakespeare’s Globe: Why The Bard Travels So Well

Sex, Rape, And Role Models–How Women In Comedy Perform

We Need More Racial Diversity On The Stage, Both Sides Of The Pond

Theatre for Dialogue Confront the Unrest in Ukraine

Poland’s Teatr “Cinema”: Over 20 Years of Surrealist Collage

Special Theatres Give The Disabled Self-Expression

Part Of A Living Tradition: Russian Drama In London

Alexander Ostrovsky: Russia’s Shakespeare?

Behind The Curtains Of The New Mariinsky

The Case for a National Theatre

Report: “Songs of Lear” at the Teatr Pieśń Kozła

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