We Need More Racial Diversity On The Stage, Both Sides Of The Pond
In 1825 the African-American actor Ira Aldridge came to London in The Slave’s Revenge. Before...
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Theatre for Dialogue Confront the Unrest in Ukraine
Between 11-18 February 2014, seven International Theatre of the Oppressed practitioners were...
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Poland’s Teatr “Cinema”: Over 20 Years of Surrealist Collage
The group of visual artists and actors who comprise the surrealist dance-theater Teatr...
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Special Theatres Give The Disabled Self-Expression
For people with physical or intellectual disabilities, the art of theatre is the powerful mode of...
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Part Of A Living Tradition: Russian Drama In London
Some of London’s most innovative theatres and theatre companies are inspired by Russia but in very...
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Alexander Ostrovsky: Russia’s Shakespeare?
It is impossible to imagine the Russian stage without the works of Alexander Ostrovsky – they are...
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Behind The Curtains Of The New Mariinsky
The new Mariinsky Theatre is a site of pilgrimage in St. Petersburg. Ballet and opera enthusiasts...
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The Case for a National Theatre
Mitt Romney’s offhanded crusade against Big Bird, announced in a presidential debate with...
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Report: “Songs of Lear” at the Teatr Pieśń Kozła
Report From Wrocław’s Grotowski Institute (the second annual Summer Seminars) and Teatr Pieśń...
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I Want You Out Of My Sight: “Rainbow Stand 2012” and LGBTQ Rights in Poland
In an interview following Strzępka and Demirski’s receipt of the Polityka Passport Pawel Demirski...
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“O dobru (On Goodness)” and Arts Censorship in Poland
The last piece written by Demirski and directed by Strzępka brings a simple, and yet a very...
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Polish Movie Nite Presents Marcella Faustini: An Introduction To The Theatre Of Tadeusz Kantor
The following essay is the fifth in this six-part column for CR. Developed during Polish Movie...
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Bogusław Schaeffer: Poland’s Renaissance Man
Polish theatre has gained world renown thanks to its innovative and bold experimental style. In...
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Greek Chorus Variations: Oratorium Dance Project
Theatre Association, based in Łodź, which runs a theatre and education center offering a series of...
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War Children: The Heart Of Darkness
Jan Kott wrote that in Shakespeare’s Macbeth, history is shown as a nightmare, something that...
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Krystian Lupa Closely Examined: “Endgame”
Beckett would have been unhappy. Hamm’s feet sticking out from under the blanket, and in white...
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Grzegorzewski’s Instrumentarium
Theatre works chiefly through temporal sequences and if Jerzy Grzegorzewski was in his artistic...
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