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Story Of Kader Can; A Rapper Boy’s Journey From Poor Outskirts Of Istanbul To Military Barracks!

Posted by Handan Salta | 25th Feb 2019 | Review, Turkey

In this review, I tried to interview an imaginary well-read friend of mine who is fond of going to...

Gripping, Contemporary Take On Brecht: “The Good Person Of Szechwan” (Dir. Yury Butusov), At The Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre At The Barbican, London

Posted by Katalin Trencsényi | 25th Feb 2019 | Directing, Review, Russia, Russian Theatre Abroad, Transcultural Collaborations

It was long overdue for a British audience to be given the opportunity to see another work by the...

Setting The Stage For Climate Change: Place

Posted by Eleanor Warr | 25th Feb 2019 | Essay, Theatre and Science, United Kingdom

The Mayor of London’s 2008 practical guide to “Green Theatre” reported that the total...

“Kinkakuji:” Staging A Japanese Classic With A German Twist

Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 24th Feb 2019 | Adaptation, Japan, News, Theatre and Opera, Transcultural Collaborations

A new opera based on the quintessentially Japanese novel Kinkakuji is set to open in Tokyo...

Meshuggah, Nein? “Fiddler” In Yiddish

Posted by Abigail Weil | 24th Feb 2019 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

In 2004, Gwen Stefani, lately of the band No Doubt, released a song called Rich Girl which sampled...

“New Piece I: Since She”: Tanztheater Wuppertal and The Legacy of Pina Bausch

Posted by Duška Radosavljević | 24th Feb 2019 | Germany, Review, Theatre and Dance

In the last ten years since the death of Pina Bausch, Tanztheater Wuppertal, the company she...

Russian Actor Aleksei Guskov: An Actor Without A Stereotype

Posted by Sergey Elkin | 24th Feb 2019 | Acting, Interview, Russia, Russian Theatre - Featured

Sergey Elkin interviews Russian actor of stage and screen Aleksei Guskov, who stars in Stage Russia HD’s filmed version of “Smile Upon Us, Lord” at Moscow’s Vakhtangov Theatre.

“Gangsters Of Hong Kong:” A New Stage Play Fleshes Out Triad Drama

Posted by Zolima Citymag | 23rd Feb 2019 | China, Festivals, Hong Kong, News, Playwriting

Hong Kong’s reputation as a safe city is well-deserved. It ranks frequently among the top 10...

Kankurang Festival 2019: The Gambia

Posted by Aldith Gauci | 23rd Feb 2019 | Africa, Essay, Festivals, Gambia, Participatory Theatre

In 2005, Kankurang was inscribed by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity. The...

Subtle and Striking, Irondale’s Timely “The Life of Galileo” is Epic Theater

Posted by Michael Appler | 22nd Feb 2019 | New York, Review, Theatre and Politics, Theatre and Science, United States of America

Irondale’s innovative and triumphant “Galileo” is Bertolt Brecht at his most excellent, cradled by an ensemble of dynamic and invested performers and pitched inevitably toward its audience with a playful, conscious eye toward its own didactic mission.

David Ireland’s “Cyprus Avenue” At The Royal Court

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 22nd Feb 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom

With Brexit and Northern Ireland constantly in the news, the timeliness of this play is not in...

12 Seconds To The Year Of Theatre

Posted by Emiliia Dementsova | 22nd Feb 2019 | Essay, Russia, Russian Theatre - Featured

On the eve of 2019’s “Year of Theatre” in Russia, Emiliia Dementsova looks back...

“All About Eve” at Noel Coward Theatre

Posted by Duška Radosavljević | 21st Feb 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom

Some seventy-odd years ago, New Yorker Mary Orr wrote a short story for the Cosmopolitan magazine...

Basma Hamed, A Remarkable Star Of Egypt’s Arts Management

Posted by Ati Metwaly | 21st Feb 2019 | Egypt, Interview, Management

A unique cultural player, Hamed’s work in the PR and marketing of the arts, helped launch,...

Zimbabwean Theatre Culture “Emerging” From The Shadows

Posted by Alexander Nderitu | 21st Feb 2019 | Festivals, News, Zimbabwe

One of the first indications of the change in political temperatures was the production of the hilarious stage play ‘Operation Restore Legacy’ which re-imagines the military takeover in Harare that ended one of Africa’s longest and most controversial presidential tenures.