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Review: Love And War In “All’s Well That Ends Well”

Posted by Claire Hansen | 31st Mar 2014 | Australia, Directing, Review

Love is a battlefield. While Pat Benatar might have made this line her own in the 1980s,...

“Ganesh Versus The Third Reich” And Actors With Disabilities

Posted by Anna Teresa Scheer | 11th Mar 2014 | Australia, Review, Sydney, Theatre and Disability

This week, Back to Back Theatre‘s 2012 production Ganesh Versus The Third Reich will open at...

Connecting Shakespearean “Roman Tragedies”

Posted by Christine Judith Nicholls | 10th Mar 2014 | Adaptation, Festivals, Immersive Theatre, Netherlands, Review, Theatre and Politics, Transmedia

Over six hours, three Shakespearean tragedies – Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, and Antony And...

Review: “Cock”

Posted by Stuart Richards | 16th Feb 2014 | Australia, LGBTQ+ Theatre, Review

British playwright Mike Bartlett’s contemporary comedy of manners Cock opened on the Melbourne...

The “Masking” of Immigrant New Zealanders

Posted by Harry Ricketts | 12th Feb 2014 | New Zealand, Review

Historically, geographically, culturally – there are many points of comparison between Australia...

The Experimental “Cadavre Exquis” At Sydney Festival

Posted by Ian Maxwell | 30th Jan 2014 | Australia, Devised Theatre, Festivals, Review, Sydney

The rules of Cadavre Exquis are basic. Four directors, each responsible for 15 minutes of...

Poland’s Teatr “Cinema”: Over 20 Years of Surrealist Collage

Posted by Dara Weinberg | 28th Jan 2014 | Essay, Poland, Review

The group of visual artists and actors who comprise the surrealist dance-theater Teatr...

“Black Diggers” Memorializes Indigenous WWI Soldiers

Posted by David Williams | 25th Jan 2014 | Australia, Festivals, Review, Sydney

In August 2012, I was invited by the Sydney Festival to work with Wesley Enoch, Artistic Director...

Intercultural Exchanges In “Chi Udaka” At Sydney Festival

Posted by Amanda Card | 20th Jan 2014 | Festivals, Review, Sydney, Transcultural Collaborations

There is speculation that the taiko drum was first used by soldiers in battle. At its best, Chi...

Cocteau’s “La Voix Humaine” Telephone Melodrama

Posted by Julian Murphet | 15th Jan 2014 | Australia, Festivals, Netherlands, Review, Sydney

An unnamed woman alone in an apartment conducts an increasingly panicked conversation on the...

Review: “Super Discount” By Back To Back Theatre

Posted by Helena Grehan and Peter Eckersall | 20th Nov 2013 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Disability

Super Discount – currently playing at Melbourne’s Malthouse Theatre – is the latest work by...

Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker” Cutting Edge On London Ice

Posted by Tatiana Rubleva | 2nd Nov 2013 | Review, Russia, Theatre and Dance

Anglo-Russian dance sensation marries ice-skating and theater in their production of Nutcracker on...

“Black Monk” Talks In Tongues

Posted by John Freedman | 30th Oct 2013 | Directing, Kama Ginkas Black Monk, Review, Russia

Of all the theatrical languages that coexist in Moscow, director Kama Ginkas is an intonation unto himself. You can hear it in his actors’ speech. “They often speak not as they do in life or even on stage for another...

Japan’s Kera Meets Chekhov

Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 12th Sep 2013 | Japan, Review, Russia, Transcultural Collaborations

“I have rarely seen a great production of any Chekhov play in Japan. Sometimes, I’ve even wanted...

Play By Soviet Writer Gorky Shines On London Stage

Posted by Phoebe Taplin | 25th Apr 2013 | Review, Russia, Theatre and Politics

A play in which the privileged are out of touch and the poor are getting poorer is all too apt in...

“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” at Apollo Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 17th Mar 2013 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom

Science is an area of perennial fascination for the theatre. In the past, plays as various as Tom...

Chekhov’s Famous Play “Uncle Vanya” Staged In London

Posted by Phoebe Taplin | 4th Jan 2013 | Adaptation, Review, Russia

A traditional version of Anton Chekhov’s play gets West End glamor and charm but lacks conviction....

London’s Youngest Playwright Re-Animates “The Seagull” In Southwark

Posted by Phoebe Taplin | 20th Nov 2012 | Adaptation, Review, Russia

Chekhov’s timeless exploration of youth, aging, and the desire for fame sprouts fresh wings in an...

Escape From Circus: Review Of Mabou Mines’ “Dollhouse”

Posted by Magda Romanska | 2nd Oct 2012 | Review, Theatre and Disability, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

During the ten years of its run, when asked what I thought of Mabou Mines’s Dollhouse, I’ve always...

Updated “Three Sisters” Opens At London’s Young Vic

Posted by Phoebe Taplin | 28th Sep 2012 | London, Review, Russia, United Kingdom

Dark comedy and psychological breakdown are never far from the surface in Benedict Andrews’ bleak...

Review

Review: Love And War In “All’s Well That Ends Well”

Connecting Shakespearean “Roman Tragedies”

Review: “Cock”

The “Masking” of Immigrant New Zealanders

The Experimental “Cadavre Exquis” At Sydney Festival

Poland’s Teatr “Cinema”: Over 20 Years of Surrealist Collage

“Black Diggers” Memorializes Indigenous WWI Soldiers

Intercultural Exchanges In “Chi Udaka” At Sydney Festival

Cocteau’s “La Voix Humaine” Telephone Melodrama

Review: “Super Discount” By Back To Back Theatre

Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker” Cutting Edge On London Ice

“Black Monk” Talks In Tongues

Play By Soviet Writer Gorky Shines On London Stage

“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” at Apollo Theatre

Chekhov’s Famous Play “Uncle Vanya” Staged In London

London’s Youngest Playwright Re-Animates “The Seagull” In Southwark

Escape From Circus: Review Of Mabou Mines’ “Dollhouse”

Updated “Three Sisters” Opens At London’s Young Vic

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