Plots, Counterplots, And Magyar Machinations: “The Cause” At Jermyn St. Theatre
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a group of naïve Bosnian students triggered World...
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“Loud Whispers” Stage Play: New Hope for Nigerian Theatre
Theatre in Nigeria was reborn on Workers` day – Sunday, May 1st when Comedy maestro Ali Baba,...
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“Banquet of Secrets”: Australian Musical Theatre Comes of Age
Original Australian musical theatre seems to be a relatively well-kept secret. The existing...
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Cultural Differences Over Suicide Made For An Interesting Creative Process In “Eternal Chikamatsu”
In 2014, rising playwright and director Kenichi Tani translated Harold Pinter’s Old Times for an...
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Zainichi Dramas Delve Into Japan’s Shadows
“At last, the masterpiece Yakiniku Dragon (Korean Barbecue Dragon) is going to be staged again!”...
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“Crazy Camel” Helps Butoh Over The Hump
“Many people have a preconception about butoh — that it is performed by dancers whose bodies...
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Sydney Festival Review: “All The Sex I’ve Ever Had”
Before even entering the Drama Theatre at the Sydney Opera House on the opening night of All The...
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Takehiro Hira Steps Into a 19th-Century Affair in the Award-Winning “Kaku Onna”
Tokyo was bathed in warm sunshine in the run-up to 2016, and when Takehiro Hira meets me at a...
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Kama Ginkas Playing Games With Dostoevsky Again
After a 24 year hiatus, Russian director Kama Ginkas has again stepped into one of the most famous...
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“King Lear” Reincarnates As Geoffrey Rush–It’s A Bloody Tragedy
In one sense every play staged is a play for its times. Something about it attracts, provokes or...
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Bell Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” Reviewed: The Same Great Themes In Some Strange New Haunts
Today, Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a play that haunts itself. Its saturation into cultural...
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Romanian Surrealist Gellu Naum–Centenary Celebrations
It’s one hundred years since the birth of Gellu Naum, Romania’s greatest Surrealist poet. Two...
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Nigerian Theatre: Thespian Family Theatre’s Production of Femi Osofisan’s “Altine’s Wrath”
At its worst, Altine’s Wrath, written by Femi Osofisan (one of Nigeria’s better-known playwrights)...
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“The Experiment” Is A Musical Monodrama To Love, Hate, Or Both
Last night, The Experiment – of which I’m part – opened at the Melbourne Festival. The story of...
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If I Be Left Behind: Toni Morrison’s “Desdemona” Reminds Us Too Many Voices Remain Unheard
The tragedy of Shakespeare’s Desdemona haunts the literary canon. Her murder at the hands of her...
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A Genre-Hopping Triumph: “The Rabbits”
What is opera? This is a question that has engaged puzzled commentators and practitioners since...
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Toni Morrison’s “Desdemona” Invites Us To Listen Not Just Hear
In Desdemona, Toni Morrison’s response to Shakespeare’s Othello, which opens today at the...
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Goodbye To All That: Orwell’s “1984” Is A Boot Stamping On A Human Face No More
The blurb for Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan’s stage adaption of George Orwell’s 1984 for the...
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Redefining The (Able) Body
When I first travelled overseas, fresh out of university in the early 1980s, I found myself in the...
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“Betrayal” By Harold Pinter, And Our Betrayal Of Ourselves
Some plays are ruled by a single word. It burns through their action, dark as pitch. Watching them...
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