Happy Birthday, Dracula!
Dedicated to the 125th anniversary of the legendary hero of the famous gothic novel “Dracula”,...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Monde | 14th Nov 2022 | Adaptation, Books, Essay, Musical Theatre
Dedicated to the 125th anniversary of the legendary hero of the famous gothic novel “Dracula”,...
Read MorePosted by Dmitry Troyanovsky | 11th Nov 2022 | Essay, Germany, Theatre and Politics, Ukraine
Dmitry Troyanovsky is a theatre and opera director living in Boston, MA. Born in Kyiv, Ukraine...
Read MorePosted by Tom Cornford | 17th Oct 2022 | Directing, Essay, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Since 2015, a large bronze statue has stood outside the Theatre Royal Stratford East. Raised on a...
Read MorePosted by James Layton | 18th Sep 2022 | Applied Theatre, Education, Essay, Theatre for Young Audiences, United Kingdom
Suicide is the second highest cause of death in 15-to-29-year-olds around the world, according to...
Read MorePosted by Vassili Schedrin | 14th Sep 2022 | Dramaturgy, Essay, New York, Russian Theatre Abroad, United States of America
“Time means nothing. That is, it does, but not in the way we think,” says Joseph, the protagonist...
Read MorePosted by Jade Thomas | 12th Sep 2022 | Belgium, Essay, Playwriting, Theatre and Decolonization, United States of America
African American drama, theater and performance has a rich and complex history. Only recently,...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Culpeper and Mathew Gillings | 11th Sep 2022 | Essay, Theatre and Decolonization, Translation, United Kingdom
Shakespeare’s language is widely considered to represent the pinnacle of English. But that status...
Read MorePosted by Neeraja Murthy | 19th Jun 2022 | Acting, Devised Theatre, Essay, India
Production-oriented workshops culminate in ticketed Telugu plays in Hyderabad. A manager by day...
Read MorePosted by Aprameya Manthena | 16th Jun 2022 | Applied Theatre, Essay, India, Theatre and Decolonization
Attired in a crisp white dhoti with a red zari border, bleached white shirt and angavastram, one...
Read MorePosted by Erica Tobolski | 10th Jun 2022 | Acting, Essay, Transmedia, United States of America
Though Gilbert Gottfried’s voice has alternatively been described as “shrill,” “annoying” and...
Read MorePosted by Rudi Laermans | 9th Jun 2022 | Belgium, Dramaturgy, Education, Essay
This is Part II of the essay. To read Part I, click here. 8. (ON A-HUMANISM, AGAIN) A-humanism is...
Read MorePosted by Rudi Laermans | 8th Jun 2022 | Belgium, Dramaturgy, Education, Essay
(A Lecture-Essay Hesitantly Affirming the Idea that Every Lecture is Also a Performance)[1]With...
Read MorePosted by Adrian Danks | 5th Jun 2022 | Acting, Books, Essay, United States of America
When an actor is criticized for peculiarly excessive preparation for a role, or an inability to...
Read MorePosted by Lara Cox | 23rd May 2022 | Essay, Theatre and Decolonization, Worldwide
Over the years, our contributors have been addressing the topic of decolonization in theatre and...
Read MorePosted by Elizabeth Kerr Zolima CityMag | 15th May 2022 | Design, Essay, Hong Kong, Theatre and Film
This story is part of a collaboration between Zolima CityMag and the Hong Kong Design Centre’s new...
Read MorePosted by Ananda Lal | 5th May 2022 | Essay, India, Playwriting, Theatre and Politics
The immediate trigger for the play was political and topical. West Bengal, in 1971, was passing...
Read MorePosted by Jamie Q. Roberts | 2nd May 2022 | Education, Essay, Transmedia, United Kingdom
Although I’m wary of declaring any literary work to be the greatest ever, Shakespeare’s Hamlet...
Read MorePosted by Borisav Matić | 20th Apr 2022 | Applied Theatre, Essay, Serbia, Theatre and Politics
Despite Serbia’s own environmental issues, work that explores ecological themes and the climate...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 12th Apr 2022 | Applied Theatre, Essay, Theatre and Politics
When theatres closed during the pandemic, the first reaction was shock. Then was born, at least...
Read MorePosted by Julian Meyrick | 8th Apr 2022 | Australia, Directing, Essay, Theatre and Politics
In 1943, Dolia Ribush, a Russian-speaking Latvian theatre director of medium height and...
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