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The Shaw Festival Misfires With “The Baroness And The Pig”

Posted by Jamie Portman | 8th Jul 2018 | Canada, Festivals, Review

The scene does offer some amusement. A benevolent Baroness has embarked on a key initiative in her...

The Playful Vitality Of Matter: “The Goldfish And The Inner Tube” Of Ruth Childs And Stéphane Vecchione

Posted by Marilena Borriello | 7th Jul 2018 | Review, Switzerland

In the center of the stage, thirty-six deflated inner tubes are organized in six rows and six...

Martin McDonagh’s “The Lieutenant Of Inishmore” At The Noël Coward Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 7th Jul 2018 | London, Northern Ireland, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Actor Aidan Turner, who plays the Cornish land-owner Poldark in the hit BBC series of that name,...

“Carmen Jones”: A Classic Reborn

Posted by The Theatre Times | 6th Jul 2018 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

It is then, a refreshing surprise – as New York theatre recovers from the inundation of Broadway super-musicals that were too big to succeed – that Carmen Jones has returned in a razor-sharp 95-minute John Doyle production at the Classic Stage Company.

How To Make Plays In Foreign Languages Available To All Or Is This A Pipe Dream?

Posted by Philippa Wehle | 5th Jul 2018 | Canada, Festivals, Review, Translation

I was sitting expectantly in a theatre in Montreal to see Tom Na Fazenda (Tom A La Ferme or Tom At...

Chekov Surfaces In The Okanagan In A Sterling Shaw Festival Premiere

Posted by Jamie Portman | 5th Jul 2018 | Canada, Festivals, Review, Russian Theatre Abroad

Sarena Parmar’s new play, The Orchard, deserves to be met on its own quietly compelling terms....

The Cirque Du Soleil Redefines Its Space And Becomes Contemporary Theatre!

Posted by Alvina Ruprecht | 5th Jul 2018 | Canada, Review

Le Cirque du Soleil is back in Ottawa, this time with a show called Corteo already seen by 8...

“What They Said” About Love”: A “Scientific” Exploration of Love

Posted by Natasha Lomonossoff | 4th Jul 2018 | Canada, Review

Very few subjects have arguably invoked the same amount of concentrated meditation and thought as...

“This Is Step One” Is A Personal Plat For The #MeToo Era

Posted by Ryan Pepper | 3rd Jul 2018 | Canada, Festivals, Review, Theatre and Gender

An emotional storytelling solo show, This Is Step One tells a highly personal story of sexual...

“Fourteen” By Split Theatre: Getting Schooled

Posted by Isaac Lim | 3rd Jul 2018 | Review, Singapore, Theatre for Young Audiences

At front-of-house before the doors open, a crew member encourages the audience to walk around the...

A Reboot Of “Doctor Faustus” For The Cyber Age

Posted by Natasha Lomonossoff | 2nd Jul 2018 | Canada, Festivals, Review

Fables warning against the dangers of greed and temptation are nearly as old as humanity itself;...

Brainteasing Play “25” Offers A Puzzling Meditation On Being 25 That You’ll Have To Think About

Posted by Ryan Pepper | 2nd Jul 2018 | Canada, Festivals, France, Review

One of the more difficult plays at Fringe to understand, 25 is the type of work where you can see...

“One For Sorrow” at The Royal Court

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 1st Jul 2018 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

It’s the stuff of nightmares. There’s a massive explosion, the sound of smashing glass, falling...

World Premiere: “Lonesome Blues”

Posted by The Theatre Times | 1st Jul 2018 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

If you travel along the New York City underworld of trains and platforms, you’re likely to see a...

A Riveting “Therukoothu” Performance

Posted by Rupa Srikanth | 30th Jun 2018 | Festivals, India, Review

Shri Bavaani Amman Therukkoothu Nataka Manram, Kanchipuram, presented Alamugasooran Samhaaram, an...

“Teenage Dick”: A Study Of The Stereotypical Villain

Posted by Madison Parrotta | 30th Jun 2018 | New York, Review, Theatre and Disability, United States of America

Produced in conjunction with Ma-Yi Theater Company, the world premiere of Teenage Dick at The...

Baig’s “Acha Bacha” Shows That Sometimes Real Stories Don’t Have Happy Endings

Posted by Christopher Taylor | 30th Jun 2018 | Canada, Devised Theatre, LGBTQ+ Theatre, Review

I attended a live performance of Acha Bacha, written by Bilal Baig and directed by Brendan Healy,...

“Sea Of Common Catastrophe” At Irondale Center

Posted by Jack Wernick | 29th Jun 2018 | Devised Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

Irondale Ensemble Project, a self-defined “think tank” in Brooklyn’s bustling Fort Greene nabe is...

“Log Cabin,” and the Wilderness of LGBTQ Equality

Posted by Michael Appler | 29th Jun 2018 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

After a month of Pride, Log Cabin is a cautionary tale about the price of privilege, of survival after assimilation, of what we leave behind after fleeing the fringe.