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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...

A Better-Than-Traditional Woyzeck

Posted by Ilana Walder-Biesanz | 26th Jan 2015 | Germany, Review, Theatre and Gender

I don’t actually like Woyzeck very much, so I am not sure why I bought tickets to two different...

The Threepenny Non-Opera

Posted by Ilana Walder-Biesanz | 25th Jan 2015 | Germany, Musical Theatre, Review, Theatre and Opera

Brecht and Weill’s Threepenny Opera is much more of a musical than an opera. But it decidedly...

Every Detail Counts In “Wot? No Fish!!” At Sydney Festival

Posted by Renée Köhler Ryan | 20th Jan 2015 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Art

During an artist talk just an hour before performing Wot? No Fish!! on Saturday at the Sydney...

Moscow’s Oddest Puppet Theater: Ambulances, Shakespeare Menus, And Lilikans

Posted by Dmitriy Romendik | 6th Jan 2015 | Puppetry, Review, Russia

At the Ten’ (Shadow’) puppet theater in Moscow, audiences can watch plays in miniature or...

Tena Štivičić’s “3 Winters” At The Royal National Theatre, Reviewed By Evgeniya Yarkova

Posted by Evegeniya Yarkova | 19th Dec 2014 | Croatia, Review

3 Winters at the Royal National Theatre tells the 60-year story of a Croatian family living in...

Staging Power: David Williamson’s Portrait Of Citizen Murdoch

Posted by David Rowe and Rodney Tiffen | 15th Dec 2014 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Politics

The Melbourne Theatre Company’s (MTC) production of David Williamson’s 2013 play Rupert has...

“Venus in Furs” at The Budapest English Theatre

Posted by The Theatre Times | 15th Dec 2014 | Hungary, Review

Venus in Fur, the collaborative performance of the Budapest English Theatre and the Prague...

“Dangerous Acts Starring The Unstable Elements Of Belarus”: Review By Jesse Kirkwood

Posted by Jesse Kirkwood | 8th Dec 2014 | Belarus, Review, Theatre and Politics

“Belarus is not sexy. Sexy countries have oil, gas, diamonds, sea, mountains … Belarus has...

Pinchgut’s “Iphigénie En Tauride”: A Work Of Pure Theatrical Magic

Posted by Michael Halliwell | 3rd Dec 2014 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Opera

In any Opera History 101 course, Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) is cited as one of the...

Review

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

A Better-Than-Traditional Woyzeck

The Threepenny Non-Opera

Every Detail Counts In “Wot? No Fish!!” At Sydney Festival

Moscow’s Oddest Puppet Theater: Ambulances, Shakespeare Menus, And Lilikans

Tena Štivičić’s “3 Winters” At The Royal National Theatre, Reviewed By Evgeniya Yarkova

Staging Power: David Williamson’s Portrait Of Citizen Murdoch

“Venus in Furs” at The Budapest English Theatre

“Dangerous Acts Starring The Unstable Elements Of Belarus”: Review By Jesse Kirkwood

Pinchgut’s “Iphigénie En Tauride”: A Work Of Pure Theatrical Magic

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