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Edinburgh International Festival 2023: “FOOD” By Geoff Sobelle

Posted by Duška Radosavljević | 17th Aug 2023 | Edinburgh 2023, Review, Scotland

You would not have been wrong to expect a feast in this show set at a giant dining table, fully...

“Rock Follies” Review: Powerful New Musical Brings 1970s Feminist TV Sensation to the Stage

Posted by Erika Hughes | 16th Aug 2023 | Adaptation, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

Rock Follies was a groundbreaking television series about an all-female rock band that originally...

Poland at The Edinburgh Fringe 2023: Lubuski Teatr’s “Gusła” And The Song Of The Goat’s “Andronicus Synecdoche”

Posted by Duška Radosavljević | 16th Aug 2023 | Edinburgh 2023, Poland, Review, Scotland

Thanks to the early 20th century ethnographic research of Milman Parry and Albert Lord, the word...

Edinburgh International Festival 2023: “Trojan Women” By The National Theatre Of Korea

Posted by Duška Radosavljević | 16th Aug 2023 | Edinburgh 2023, Review, Scotland, South Korea

There are multiple ways to admire this production of a Greek classic, directed by Singaporean Ong...

Brian Friel’s Dancing At Lughnasa At The National Theatre London

Posted by Michał Lachman | 10th Aug 2023 | Ireland, Review, United Kingdom

The recent production of Brian Friel’s Dancing at Lughnasa at London’s National Theatre offers its...

“Habitat” by Doris Uhlich: Performing a Landscape of Naked Bodies

Posted by Marilena Borriello | 6th Aug 2023 | Denmark, Review, Theatre and Art

In Ways of Seeing (1972), John Berger stated that “the way we see things is affected by what...

Natalia Lizorkina’s “Vanya is Alive” Is Both A Play and Witness Statement

Posted by Kitty Brandon-James & Alma Prelec | 5th Aug 2023 | Festivals, Review, Russian Theatre Abroad, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Vanya is alive; Vanya is alive and healthy; Vanya is alive and healthy and totally free. And we...

I Can’t Imagine Anybody Would Come Out Of “On The Beach” And Not Hold Their Loved Ones Just That Little Bit Closer

Posted by Huw Griffiths | 5th Aug 2023 | Australia, Review, Sydney, Theatre and Politics

Review: On The Beach, directed by Kip Williams. When Nevil Shute wrote his 1957 novel On the...

“Beneatha’s Place,” Young Vic

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 4th Aug 2023 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Trauma is the source of identity politics. In the case of African-Americans, the experience of...

“Kiss” at the Wilma Theater

Posted by Emily Maiorano | 27th Jul 2023 | Review, Transcultural Collaborations, Translation, United States of America

Directed by Fadi Skeiker with Wilma Hothouse Company favorites, the show’s physical and visual...

Stephen Brown And Mark Rylance’s “Dr Semmelweis” At The Harold Pinter Theatre

Posted by Mert Dilek | 25th Jul 2023 | Review, Theatre and Science, United Kingdom

Today’s obvious was most likely yesterday’s incredible. This is the conceit at the heart of Dr...

Monsters, Mayhem, and Maturation: “The Trouble with Dead Boyfriends” at the Players Theatre

Posted by Rhiannon Ling | 24th Jul 2023 | New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

Upon one’s first step into the Players Theatre, one knows exactly what they’re in for. The stage...

Sarah Middleton’s “Shewolves” at the Southwark Playhouse: Energetic Teen Fairy Tale

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 6th Jul 2023 | Review, Theatre and Science, United Kingdom

Climate-change activist Greta Thunberg is great at doing two things: irritating complacent adults...

James Graham’s “Dear England” At The National Theatre: Joseph Fiennes Plays A Mesmerizing Soccer Manager In This Sport-Of-The-Nation Drama

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 3rd Jul 2023 | Review, United Kingdom

James Graham’s Dear England at the National Theatre: Joseph Fiennes plays a mesmerizing soccer manager in this sport-of-the-nation drama

A Beloved Chinese Classic Gets a Weightless Adaptation

Posted by Chen Tian | 1st Jul 2023 | China, Chinese Theatre and Opera, Review

Kunqu opera has made a commercial comeback over the past two decades, but a recent adaptation of...

Martin McDonagh’s “The Pillowman” at the Duke of York’s Theatre

Posted by Mert Dilek | 29th Jun 2023 | Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Martin McDonagh is perhaps better known today globally for his recent accomplishments on screen as...

Laurie Anderson: “Let X=X.” Malmö/ Summer European Tour

Posted by Duška Radosavljević | 26th Jun 2023 | Review, Sweden

Laurie Anderson’s new show – currently on its European tour – is full of meteorological...

Rising Has Yet To Establish Its Voice – But This Year’s Festival Gave Us Significant And Thrilling Work By First Nations Artists

Posted by Sarah Austin | 25th Jun 2023 | Australia, Festivals, Melbourne, Review, Theatre and Decolonization

Rising has just completed its second run across Melbourne. The newest addition to the city’s...

A Reflection On Nuit, A Dance Performance Genuinely Talking The Truth Of Humanity

Posted by Azadeh Kangarani | 25th Jun 2023 | Canada, Review, Theatre and Dance

Night, a faint and obscure shroud, creeps over and overtakes space. Sounds of footsteps clattering...

“A Place Of Comfort In The Square:” Once Upon A Time In Baku Or Memory Of The Heart

Posted by Seyyare Khalfina | 23rd Jun 2023 | Adaptation, Azerbaijan, Review

The smooth curves of the fancy building, with no sharp angles, were embraced by the spicy Baku...

Review

Edinburgh International Festival 2023: “FOOD” By Geoff Sobelle

“Rock Follies” Review: Powerful New Musical Brings 1970s Feminist TV Sensation to the Stage

Poland at The Edinburgh Fringe 2023: Lubuski Teatr’s “Gusła” And The Song Of The Goat’s “Andronicus Synecdoche”

Edinburgh International Festival 2023: “Trojan Women” By The National Theatre Of Korea

Brian Friel’s Dancing At Lughnasa At The National Theatre London

“Habitat” by Doris Uhlich: Performing a Landscape of Naked Bodies

Natalia Lizorkina’s “Vanya is Alive” Is Both A Play and Witness Statement

I Can’t Imagine Anybody Would Come Out Of “On The Beach” And Not Hold Their Loved Ones Just That Little Bit Closer

“Beneatha’s Place,” Young Vic

“Kiss” at the Wilma Theater

Stephen Brown And Mark Rylance’s “Dr Semmelweis” At The Harold Pinter Theatre

Monsters, Mayhem, and Maturation: “The Trouble with Dead Boyfriends” at the Players Theatre

James Graham’s “Dear England” At The National Theatre: Joseph Fiennes Plays A Mesmerizing Soccer Manager In This Sport-Of-The-Nation Drama

A Beloved Chinese Classic Gets a Weightless Adaptation

Martin McDonagh’s “The Pillowman” at the Duke of York’s Theatre

Laurie Anderson: “Let X=X.” Malmö/ Summer European Tour

Rising Has Yet To Establish Its Voice – But This Year’s Festival Gave Us Significant And Thrilling Work By First Nations Artists

A Reflection On Nuit, A Dance Performance Genuinely Talking The Truth Of Humanity

“A Place Of Comfort In The Square:” Once Upon A Time In Baku Or Memory Of The Heart

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