Dramaturgy Without a Dramaturg
Wherever dramaturgy is conceived as a practice of thought in advance of the event, it will be...
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Young Baghdad Actors Explore Iraq’s Problems
The art of mime may seem a little passé on European streets these days, with silver-coloured...
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The Staged Lives and Times of Two Mining Towns – “Marikana the Musical”
I had the opportunity to watch a performance of Billy Elliot – The Musical in Bradford, UK...
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Crown Troupe at 20: On 3rd Mainland Bridge and Keeping a Subculture Alive
Lagos is what it is. On 3rd Mainland bridge, on any given evening, you may look to your right and...
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“The Chat” Puts Audiences in The Hot Seat
As the ethics of punishment are debated in mainstream media, statistics, images and unanswerable...
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The Contexts Festival of Ephemeral Art
Being a festival visitor often leads to an impression of place or events that is slightly unreal....
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Egypt on Stage: Tanoura Folkloric Dance and Sahar El Mougy’s New Play
The Egyptian Tanoura Folkloric Dance The Tanoura dance or spectacle is a mystic, Sufi, folkloric...
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Prospero Revisits Lorca’s Capacity to Speak to Our Times
The Economist’s cultural and literary blog Prospero, recently published an interesting article on...
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Playwriting In Australia
The first Australian National Playwrights Centre (ANPC) was founded in 1973 – the age of bongs,...
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The Malta Festival, 2015
Last year the Malta Festival in Poznan celebrated its 25th anniversary. Now a well-established...
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British Council Invites Artists to be Part of the Lagos Theatre Festival 2017 Fringe
Lagos Theatre Festival (LTF) is the largest performing arts festival in Nigeria and indeed West...
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Edinburgh Festivals: How They Became the World’s Biggest Arts Event
The Edinburgh Festival is upon us again, a three-week spectacular that turns the Scottish capital...
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Marlowe’s “Edward II” at Melbourne’s Malthouse Theatre
While the rest of the world is marking the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death,...
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What is “Ketamine: The Musical?”
A “profound and numbing” play dedicated to the powerful psychedelic drug ketamine is due to open...
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Christina Papagiannouli on Cyberformance, Online Theatre, and Pokémon GO
Christina Papagiannouli directs and devises cyberformances on online platforms such as UpStage and...
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The Dramaturgical Notion of Counter-text
The role of the dramaturg within text-based theatre is currently prescriptive and limiting. There...
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Caryl Churchill’s “Pigs and Dogs” at the Royal Court Theatre
Caryl Churchill’s new 10-minute play, Pigs and Dogs, just opened at the Royal Court Theatre, under...
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“Twelfth Night” and Cross-Mobility Casting
Renowned Shakespearean actor Robert Armin wrote in 1608 of the difference between a “natural” and...
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Maverick Director Barrie Kosky On Rescuing Opera From The Taste Police
“It is easy for opera to be hijacked by the taste police, especially when the taste police have...
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The Classical Theatre Festival in Almagro Closes a 39th Edition Dedicated to Cervantes
The Almagro Classical Theatre Festival held its 39th edition this month of July, with a special...
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