“Still Life With Chickens:” New Samoan Play Confronts Loneliness Through Comedy
Samoan playwright David Fa’auliuli Mamea’s Still Life With Chickens won the 2017 Adam Award for...
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Review
Finding “Piramo E Tisbe”
Upon entering the theatre for Piramo E Tisbe, I was intrigued by the setup of the stage and the...
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A Cyclical Tragedy: Poetry, Humor, Theatre, And Neoliberalism In Argentina
Remar, An Improper Destination, written and directed by Mariano Saba, premiered at the Sportivo...
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“Masterpieces” at The Finborough Theatre
Neil McPherson, the long-serving head of this London fringe theatre, has a brilliant record of...
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Birthing A Country: “Womb Of Fire”
The provocative one-hander Womb Of Fire by The Mothertongue Project recently had a three-week run...
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Music At The Anthology
Music At The Anthology, also known as MATA, is in its 22nd year of commissioning and presenting...
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Ella Hickson’s “The Writer” at The Almeida Theatre
Is there such a thing as female writing? In the 1980s, a group of women writers emerged who...
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“Dissidents” At ARC
The Story: In this English language world premiere of Quebec playwright Philippe Ducros, a man,...
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“Nine Night” at The National Theatre: The Play About Grief
The good news about so-called black drama on British stages is that it has broken out of its...
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“Five Easy Pieces”: Milo Rau’s Extraordinary Work About Child Murderer
It’s not often that a children’s theatre features a piece about a pedophile and child...
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“Assembled Identity”: World Premiere
There is a rather iconic scene in The Devil Wears Prada where Miranda (played by Meryl Streep)...
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“BANG BANG” Is Equal Parts Disarming And Disturbing
Toronto, Ontario alt.theatre web editor Hayley Malouin reviews the world premiere of Kat...
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“Absolute Hell” at The National Theatre
Rodney Ackland must be the most well-known forgotten man in postwar British theatre. His legend...
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“Still Point Turning” is a Vital Affirmation of Trans People Through the Story of Catherine McGregor
“The unifying trans experience is rejection and repudiation.” So says Cate McGregor’s character in...
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“The Women Who Mapped The Stars”: The Struggle to be Acknowledged
The Women Who Mapped the Stars is a new work by Joyce Van Dyke, a rising dramatist with several...
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Natasha Marshall’s “Half Breed” at The Soho Theatre
In the 2000s one of the many glories of new writing for British stages was the linguistically...
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Anthony Neilson’s “The Prudes” at The Royal Court
Playwright Anthony Neilson has always been fascinated by sex. I mean, who isn’t? But he has made...
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The Cambridge Chamber Ensemble’s “Cendrillon” Showcases Talent But Misses Its Mark
The Cambridge Chamber Ensemble debuted their reimagined production of Pauline Viardot-Garcia’s...
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Angels (And Demons) Of History In EgoPo’s “Lydie Breeze” Trilogy
Jessica Rizzo sees the 10-hour, marathon performance of EgoPo Theater’s Lydie Breeze trilogy...
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Electra Takes Revenge into Her Own Hands
In Han Tae-sook’s Electra (LG Arts Center, April 26–May 5, 2018), the mourning daughter doesn’t...
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