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“King Lear” Reincarnates As Geoffrey Rush–It’s A Bloody Tragedy

Posted by Julian Meyrick and Elizabeth Schafer | 23rd Nov 2015 | Australia, Playwriting, Review

In one sense every play staged is a play for its times. Something about it attracts, provokes or...

Bell Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” Reviewed: The Same Great Themes In Some Strange New Haunts

Posted by Claire Hansen | 8th Nov 2015 | Australia, Directing, Review

Today, Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a play that haunts itself. Its saturation into cultural...

Romanian Surrealist Gellu Naum–Centenary Celebrations

Posted by Camelia Ciobanu | 5th Nov 2015 | Review, Romania

It’s one hundred years since the birth of Gellu Naum, Romania’s greatest Surrealist poet. Two...

Nigerian Theatre: Thespian Family Theatre’s Production of Femi Osofisan’s “Altine’s Wrath”

Posted by Kechi Nomu | 31st Oct 2015 | Nigeria, Review

At its worst, Altine’s Wrath, written by Femi Osofisan (one of Nigeria’s better-known playwrights)...

“The Experiment” Is A Musical Monodrama To Love, Hate, Or Both

Posted by David Chisholm | 22nd Oct 2015 | Australia, Musical Theatre, Review

Last night, The Experiment – of which I’m part – opened at the Melbourne Festival. The story of...

If I Be Left Behind: Toni Morrison’s “Desdemona” Reminds Us Too Many Voices Remain Unheard

Posted by Asher Warren | 19th Oct 2015 | Adaptation, Australia, Review

The tragedy of Shakespeare’s Desdemona haunts the literary canon. Her murder at the hands of her...

A Genre-Hopping Triumph: “The Rabbits”

Posted by Michael Halliwell | 18th Oct 2015 | Australia, Design, Review, Theatre and Opera

What is opera? This is a question that has engaged puzzled commentators and practitioners since...

Toni Morrison’s “Desdemona” Invites Us To Listen Not Just Hear

Posted by Paul Rae | 15th Oct 2015 | Adaptation, Australia, Review

In Desdemona, Toni Morrison’s response to Shakespeare’s Othello, which opens today at the...

Goodbye To All That: Orwell’s “1984” Is A Boot Stamping On A Human Face No More

Posted by Robert Hassan | 14th Oct 2015 | Adaptation, Australia, Melbourne, Review

The blurb for Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan’s stage adaption of George Orwell’s 1984 for the...

Redefining The (Able) Body

Posted by Yoni Prior | 29th Sep 2015 | Australia, Melbourne, Review, Theatre and Disability

When I first travelled overseas, fresh out of university in the early 1980s, I found myself in the...

“Betrayal” By Harold Pinter, And Our Betrayal Of Ourselves

Posted by Julian Meyrick | 26th Aug 2015 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Politics

Some plays are ruled by a single word. It burns through their action, dark as pitch. Watching them...

Daring And Visually Stunning: Robert Wilson’s Take On “Pushkin”

Posted by Marina Shimadina | 10th Jul 2015 | Directing, Review, Russia

The world premiere of a groundbreaking new production by Robert Wilson took place at Moscow’s...

British Director Brings Rock ‘N’ Roll Version Of “La Traviata” To Mariinsky

Posted by Oleg Serdobolsky | 21st Jun 2015 | Review, Russia, Theatre and Opera

The troupe of the Mariinsky Theater will present a new version of Giuseppe Verdi’s La...

“An Audience With Jimmy Savile”–This Is A Vital Play

Posted by Bernard Gallagher | 12th Jun 2015 | Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

In October 2012 ITV broadcast The Other Side Of Jimmy Savile, in which several women alleged that...

“The Waiting Room,” IVF And The Sanctity Of Sex–Review

Posted by Xavier Symons | 4th Jun 2015 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Science

Kylie Trounson is a writer and playwright–and the daughter of Melbourne IVF pioneer Alan Trounson....

Review: “The Merchant Of Venice,” Shakespeare’s Comedy Of Cruelty

Posted by Claire Hansen | 25th May 2015 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Politics

The Merchant Of Venice (first published in 1600) boasts a problematic and sometimes controversial...

“Beauty And The Beast” Promises And Fails At The Adelaide Festival

Posted by Daniela Kaleva | 12th Mar 2015 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Disability, United Kingdom

Beauty And The Beast is the quintessential story of a young beautiful daughter who has to live...

Western Sydney Meets The City In Nakkiah Lui’s “Kill The Messenger”

Posted by Victoria Grieves | 23rd Feb 2015 | Australia, Playwriting, Review

Last week I went to the theatre. Unusual? No. But I say this because this event was real theatre...

Sebastian Kreyer’s Staging of “Ghosts”

Posted by Ilana Walder-Biesanz | 13th Feb 2015 | Germany, Review

I’ve complained a lot in previous reviews about directors staging tragedies as comedies. But...

Florin Piersic Jr’s “Freak Show” Reviewed By Camelia Ciobanu

Posted by Camelia Ciobanu | 2nd Feb 2015 | Review, Romania

Humanity is by no means short of afflictions and artists never tire of exposing them. One of these...

Review

“King Lear” Reincarnates As Geoffrey Rush–It’s A Bloody Tragedy

Bell Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” Reviewed: The Same Great Themes In Some Strange New Haunts

Romanian Surrealist Gellu Naum–Centenary Celebrations

Nigerian Theatre: Thespian Family Theatre’s Production of Femi Osofisan’s “Altine’s Wrath”

“The Experiment” Is A Musical Monodrama To Love, Hate, Or Both

If I Be Left Behind: Toni Morrison’s “Desdemona” Reminds Us Too Many Voices Remain Unheard

A Genre-Hopping Triumph: “The Rabbits”

Toni Morrison’s “Desdemona” Invites Us To Listen Not Just Hear

Goodbye To All That: Orwell’s “1984” Is A Boot Stamping On A Human Face No More

Redefining The (Able) Body

“Betrayal” By Harold Pinter, And Our Betrayal Of Ourselves

Daring And Visually Stunning: Robert Wilson’s Take On “Pushkin”

British Director Brings Rock ‘N’ Roll Version Of “La Traviata” To Mariinsky

“An Audience With Jimmy Savile”–This Is A Vital Play

“The Waiting Room,” IVF And The Sanctity Of Sex–Review

Review: “The Merchant Of Venice,” Shakespeare’s Comedy Of Cruelty

“Beauty And The Beast” Promises And Fails At The Adelaide Festival

Western Sydney Meets The City In Nakkiah Lui’s “Kill The Messenger”

Sebastian Kreyer’s Staging of “Ghosts”

Florin Piersic Jr’s “Freak Show” Reviewed By Camelia Ciobanu

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