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“The Interview” Review: A Blend of Fact and Speculation

Posted by Victoria Chen | 10th Nov 2023 | Review, United Kingdom

One of the first questions anyone would ask after looking at a poster of Jonathan Maitland’s...

“Negotiating Peace”, Kosovo Theatre Showcase 2023

Posted by Verity Healey | 8th Nov 2023 | Kosovo, Review, Theatre and Politics

There are wars, and then there are post wars, the kind of which take place around the negotiating...

“A Short History of Burgers and Other Stories” Kosovo Theatre Showcase 2023

Posted by Verity Healey | 6th Nov 2023 | Dramaturgy, Kosovo, Review

Some years ago, I discussed my love of buckwheat with the co-artistic director of Belarus Free...

“Boy Parts.” Soho Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 5th Nov 2023 | London, Review, United Kingdom

We’ve all heard of the male gaze, but what about its subversion? Overturning masculine dominance...

Venus and Adonis: this “play within a plague” about Shakespeare is wildly romantic, erotic and colorful

Posted by Kirk Dodd | 5th Nov 2023 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Gender

Shakespeare wrote his famous narrative poem Venus and Adonis in a lockdown era when, in 1593, the...

“Gadjo (The Young Europeans)” Kosovo Theatre Showcase 2023

Posted by Verity Healey | 2nd Nov 2023 | Kosovo, Review, Theatre and Politics

Everywhere’s a stage, but not all stages are equal. Some stages are empty of story and empathy,...

SheNYC Takes the Stage: “Fort Huachuca” and “Bloodshot” at A.R.T./NY

Posted by Rhiannon Ling | 1st Nov 2023 | New York, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

To begin as we proceed, with full transparency, I have to admit how big a fan I am of SheNYC Arts...

“La Regenta” as Opera: a Coruscating Portrait of Smalltown Community Abuse

Posted by Maria Delgado | 30th Oct 2023 | Review, Spain

It is not an easy prospect to adapt into opera one of the most acclaimed social realist novels of...

The Danger Within: “Asesinato y adolescencia” / “Assassination and Adolescence” Opens the Español’s Season at Madrid’s Matadero

Posted by Maria Delgado | 28th Oct 2023 | Review, Spain

There is something beguiling, provocative and timely in Andrés Lima’s staging of Antonio San...

“Blue Mist,” Royal Court

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 28th Oct 2023 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Multiculturalism, according to the Home Secretary, has failed, so where does that leave British...

Floating Islands of AI: Agrupación Señor Serrano’s “La isla/The Island” in Madrid

Posted by Maria Delgado | 27th Oct 2023 | Review, Spain, Theatre and AI

Agrupación Señor Serrano go where other theatre-makers fear to tread. They are always one step...

“Strength, Don’t Let Yourself Be Anyone’s” – BITEF, Belgrade, Serbia

Posted by Emilija Kvočka | 26th Oct 2023 | Festivals, Review, Serbia

The Belgrade International Theater Festival was founded in 1967 and to this day represents one of...

“My Sister Jill:” Patricia Cornelius’ New Play is a Blistering Post-War Social and Cultural Commentary

Posted by Sarah Austin | 25th Oct 2023 | Adaptation, Australia, Review

Emerging from one of Australia’s most enduring and significant theatrical partnerships between...

Tartuffe or the Hypocrite: Tartare of Tartuffe

Posted by Emiliia Dementsova | 25th Oct 2023 | Directing, Festivals, Hungary, Review, Theatre Olympics 2023

One of the most popular dishes in French cuisine is tartare. Diced beef with egg yolk and lots of...

James Fritz’s The Flea at the Yard Theatre: History Play Gives a Queer Reading of the Cleveland Street Scandal of 1889

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 24th Oct 2023 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

Famous sex scandals don’t always make good plays. Although the tabloid nature of such events...

Lolita Chakrabarti’s Hamnet at the Garrick Theatre: Pedestrian Adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s Bestseller About Shakespeare’s Wife and Son

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 23rd Oct 2023 | Adaptation, Books, London, Review, United Kingdom

Why are stage adaptations of bestselling novels so disappointing? Okay, I appreciate the...

The Life of Three “Best Friends:” Anat Gov’s Feminism at the 14th Street Y

Posted by Rhiannon Ling | 22nd Oct 2023 | Adaptation, New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America, Worldwide

Anat Gov’s Best Friends lives in a world of dichotomy. The title is both entirely true and...

“The Overcoat:” A Balaganza of Absurdity and Travesty.

Posted by Emiliia Dementsova | 18th Oct 2023 | Georgia, Review, Theatre Olympics 2023

The 10th MITEM Theatre Festival continues to showcase the theatre achievements of Hungarian...

Tanika Gupta’s “The Empress” at the Lyric Hammersmith: Epic RSC History Play Tackles Race and Empire

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 18th Oct 2023 | India, London, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Anniversaries are great moments for reassessment. Ten years ago, the Royal Shakespeare Company...

“Leaning Church”: The Voices of a Vanished City

Posted by Emiliia Dementsova | 17th Oct 2023 | Czech Republic, Festivals, Review, Theatre and Politics, Theatre Olympics 2023

This is the story of the Big Bang. Not the explosion that gave birth to the universe. But an...

Review

“The Interview” Review: A Blend of Fact and Speculation

“Negotiating Peace”, Kosovo Theatre Showcase 2023

“A Short History of Burgers and Other Stories” Kosovo Theatre Showcase 2023

“Boy Parts.” Soho Theatre

Venus and Adonis: this “play within a plague” about Shakespeare is wildly romantic, erotic and colorful

“Gadjo (The Young Europeans)” Kosovo Theatre Showcase 2023

SheNYC Takes the Stage: “Fort Huachuca” and “Bloodshot” at A.R.T./NY

“La Regenta” as Opera: a Coruscating Portrait of Smalltown Community Abuse

The Danger Within: “Asesinato y adolescencia” / “Assassination and Adolescence” Opens the Español’s Season at Madrid’s Matadero

“Blue Mist,” Royal Court

Floating Islands of AI: Agrupación Señor Serrano’s “La isla/The Island” in Madrid

“Strength, Don’t Let Yourself Be Anyone’s” – BITEF, Belgrade, Serbia

“My Sister Jill:” Patricia Cornelius’ New Play is a Blistering Post-War Social and Cultural Commentary

Tartuffe or the Hypocrite: Tartare of Tartuffe

James Fritz’s The Flea at the Yard Theatre: History Play Gives a Queer Reading of the Cleveland Street Scandal of 1889

Lolita Chakrabarti’s Hamnet at the Garrick Theatre: Pedestrian Adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s Bestseller About Shakespeare’s Wife and Son

The Life of Three “Best Friends:” Anat Gov’s Feminism at the 14th Street Y

“The Overcoat:” A Balaganza of Absurdity and Travesty.

Tanika Gupta’s “The Empress” at the Lyric Hammersmith: Epic RSC History Play Tackles Race and Empire

“Leaning Church”: The Voices of a Vanished City

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