Review Of “Bernarda Albas Haus,” Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Première 2 November 2024.
Interpretations in cultures and languages external to Spain have been integral to the survival of...
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Giuliana Musso Performs Franz Kafka’s “The Ape”
In his short story, A Report to an Academy, written and published in 1917, Franz Kafka imagines...
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Coral Wylie’s Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew at the Bush Theatre: Tender And Original Debut About The Black Queer Experience
Diaries are dynamite — they hold secrets, and secrets can tear families apart. In Coral Wylie’s...
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Laura Horton’s Lynn Faces at the New Diorama Theatre: Surreal Gig Theatre Event Explores Coercive Control Through Comedy
British people are socially awkward: this explains why we talk about the weather, queue...
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Show/Boat: A River Slashes Open an Old Classic
“The singing is nice, but the staging is atrocious.” So remarked the couple sitting behind me at...
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The Horror of Mundanity in NYTW’s A Knock On the Roof
Any frequent theater-goer is likely familiar with the “two block rule”, a piece of etiquette that...
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Dropping Balms
With the United States now governed by swaggering, ignorant bigots spewing xenophobic venom,...
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Eline Arbo’s The Years At The Harold Pinter Theatre: Nobel Prize Winner Annie Ernaux’s Book Gets A Problematic West-End Staging
Marketing is the new real. For many years, in theatre as elsewhere in society, the most important...
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Getting Known
Beckett Briefs is a great title for a program of short plays by Ireland’s most famously laconic...
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A Dystopian Sci-Fi: “Honey, I’m Home”
Factory Theatre, renowned for showcasing the latest works from Canada’s alternative and...
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Lucy Kirkwood’s “The Welkin” (“Empireo”) In Milan
Some of the outstanding works by British playwright Lucy Kirkwood are finally being staged in...
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A Canadian Epic: “Come From Away”
The Tony Award-winning Musical Come From Away, written by Irene Sankoff and David Hein, premiered...
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Rameau reinvented: Peter Sellars stages “Castor et Pollux” at the Opéra National de Paris
Peter Sellars isn’t afraid of taking risks. It’s part of his approach to making work, as his 2024...
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Philip Ridley’s Tarantula at the Arcola Theatre: Blazingly Emotive And Beautifully Poetic Account Of Trauma From A Master Penman
Even the best streamed theatre can’t compete with the live version. It’s simple — with this art...
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Disability, Kink, and Joy as Resistance in The Dan Daw Show
The Dan Daw Show’s long list of potentially triggering content includes depictions of kink...
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Roy Williams’s The Lonely Londoners at the Kiln Theatre: Superb Stage Adaptation Of The Classic Sam Selvon Windrush Novel
Is resilience the most powerful character trait? When you think about the suffering of the...
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From Hunting Ritual to Installation Art: Tianzhuo Chen and Siko Setyanto’s “Ocean Cage”
Ocean Cage engulfs its audience for almost two hours in a multi-sensorial, immersive performative...
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Filmmaker David Trueba’s theatre debut: “Los guapos/The Handsome Ones”
David Trueba’s films have often had a theatrical dimension. La silla de Fernando/ Fernando’s...
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“1936”: Andrés Lima puts the Spanish Civil War on Stage
How to begin to approach a history of the Spanish Civil War for the stage? An ambitious prospect...
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