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Democratizing the Theatre-Making Process: “Six Characters in Search of An Author”

Posted by Lara Cox | 16th Jun 2021 | France, Review

To re-open its season after the lifting of COVID-19-related restrictions, Paris’s Théâtre de la...

The Personal is Political: Theatre as Therapy in Madrid

Posted by Duncan Wheeler | 14th Jun 2021 | Review, Spain, Theatre and Gender

The Spanish capital ranks amongst the European cities with the highest mortality rates for...

About “The Elephant in the Room”

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 13th Jun 2021 | Review, Theatre and Dance, United Kingdom

Online performance, streamed instead of attended, has given theatre companies an immense amount of...

After the Pandemic: Nicola Piovani and the Reopening of the Trianon Viviani Theatre in Naples

Posted by Maria Pia Pagani | 13th Jun 2021 | Covid-19, Italy, Review

The Trianon Viviani Theatre is located in the Forcella quarter of the ancient center of Naples. It...

“Najdziwniejszy Androgyn” (The Strangest Androgyne): Autism in Performance

Posted by Katarzyna Ojrzyńska | 11th Jun 2021 | Between.Pomiędzy 2021, Festivals, Poland, Review, Theatre and Disability

A short documentary opening the series entitled Spradyczni artyści (Sporadic Artists, dir....

“Let Them Do Yeats Next!:” “AURIC” At The Brighton Fringe

Posted by Kasia Lech | 9th Jun 2021 | Adaptation, Festivals, France, Musical Theatre, Review, Spain, United Kingdom

AURIC (Songs from a Golden Age) at the Brighton Fringe is a unique aural journey and experience...

Separate Yet Together: The Twelfth International Between.Pomiędzy Festival of Literature and Theatre

Posted by Sylwia Dobkowska | 9th Jun 2021 | Between.Pomiędzy 2021, Festivals, Poland, Review

Can we be in two places at once? Can an event happen online and offline simultaneously? The...

The Play “Demo” Recreates a Virtual Meet-up

Posted by Neeraja Murthy | 8th Jun 2021 | India, Review, Transmedia

The online performance depicts marriage rituals and interactions in the digital world with a touch...

How a Polish Master, Krystian Lupa, Brought Lu Xun’s Madness to Life

Posted by Ziwen Gao | 6th Jun 2021 | Adaptation, China, Poland, Review

Written in 1918, Lu Xun’s A Madman’s Diary marked the advent of modern Chinese literature....

Two Productions of “The Plague” Push the Boundary of Theatre

Posted by Molly Grogan | 5th Jun 2021 | Adaptation, China, Hong Kong, Review, Transmedia

The Hong Kong Arts Festival has simultaneously commissioned two provocative productions of Neil...

The Body Tells the Story: Blessed Unrest’s “Touch”

Posted by Emily Cordes | 4th Jun 2021 | New York, Review, Theatre and Dance, United States of America

The past year has, in many ways, turned a sharper lens towards our bodies, particularly our...

“Tarantula” at the Southwark Playhouse

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 1st Jun 2021 | London, Review, United Kingdom

I think I can safely say that polymath playwright Philip Ridley has had a good lockdown. In March...

Battery Dance Festival+: Canadian Voices in Dance

Posted by Clare Cioffero | 31st May 2021 | Canada, Review, Theatre and Dance

In August 2020, Battery Dance shifted its annual Battery Dance Festival to a virtual format. The Festival is a storied free public dance festival commanding a large audience each year. Shifting to the virtual format has allowed Battery Dance to expand offerings and last month saw the birth of Battery Dance Festival+: Canadian Voices in […]