“That Face” at Orange Tree Theatre
Playwright Polly Stenham had a meteoric rise with this play, her award-winning 2007 debut which...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 3rd Oct 2023 | Adaptation, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom
Playwright Polly Stenham had a meteoric rise with this play, her award-winning 2007 debut which...
Read MorePosted by Kopano Masibi | 29th Sep 2023 | Devised Theatre, Review, South Africa, Theatre and Decolonization
At the University of Pretoria, South Africa’s Student Gallery, I was met with the open space of...
Read MorePosted by Huw Griffiths | 28th Sep 2023 | Acting, Adaptation, Australia, Review, Sydney, Theatre and Politics
It is easy to forget that when Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest was first written and...
Read MorePosted by Antonio Hernández | 28th Sep 2023 | Edinburgh 2023, Review, Scotland
Edinburgh in August is a kind of Mecca for theatergoers around the world. It is due to its...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Monde | 24th Sep 2023 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America
Up to the present moment a debate has been going on – whether the demon-barber of Fleet Street had...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 22nd Sep 2023 | Review, Theatre and AI, United Kingdom
Androids no longer dream of electric sheep — instead they inhabit our dreams. Whether it is novels...
Read MorePosted by Trevor Boffone | 21st Sep 2023 | Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America
In 2019, I sat in the balcony of the Helen Hayes Theatre. My social media circles had been abuzz...
Read MorePosted by Bryce Lease | 20th Sep 2023 | Review, Sweden
In the Lilla scenen of Uppsala Stadsteater (City Theatre), a haunting echo of the past emerged,...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 19th Sep 2023 | Documentary Theatre, India, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Nobodies who kill somebodies: let’s make a list. Okay, there’s Lee Harvey Oswald (JFK), James Earl...
Read MorePosted by Minakhanim Gurbanova | 16th Sep 2023 | Adaptation, Azerbaijan, Review
It has become common practice to spend time on social networks at certain hours of the day,...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 11th Sep 2023 | Review, United Kingdom
Remember what a first date feels like? Awkward. Exciting. Awkward. Intriguing. Awkward. Difficult....
Read MorePosted by Annette Balam | 10th Sep 2023 | Review, Transmedia, United Kingdom
Originally Shomit Dutta’s new play Stumped was screened online from 27 September 2022. Streaming...
Read MorePosted by Walter Byongsok Chon | 9th Sep 2023 | Review, South Korea, Theatre and Dance
Writing Using is the most recent work by Ahn Aesoon, one of the most renowned contemporary dancers...
Read MorePosted by Andrej Čanji and Borisav Matić | 6th Sep 2023 | Festivals, Review, Serbia
The 68th Sterijino pozorje took place earlier this summer in Novi Sad. Critics Borisav Matić and...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 6th Sep 2023 | Review, United Kingdom
Okay, let’s start with a definition: it is said that sex is what you have between your legs, and...
Read MorePosted by Emilija Kvočka | 5th Sep 2023 | Festivals, Review, Serbia
The tenth in a row international theatre festival “Shakespeare Festival”, whose...
Read MorePosted by Annette Balaam | 4th Sep 2023 | Review, Transmedia, United Kingdom
UNBOX ME! Written by Simon Jones. Directed by Simon Jones. Dramaturgy by Sara Giddens. Bodies in...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 3rd Sep 2023 | Acting, London, Review, United Kingdom
This is a play about censorship in a totalitarian state — but, no, I’m not reviewing The...
Read MorePosted by Rhiannon Ling | 2nd Sep 2023 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America
It’s no secret that I’m an advocate for feminist, queer theatre. Or that I enjoy worlds of the...
Read MorePosted by Morgan Skolnik | 1st Sep 2023 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review
“We’re not here to make fairytales, we’re here to follow them,” quips the narrator (Adam Godley)...
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