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The Envy of Baz Luhrmann: A Parkside “Romeo + Juliet” to Remember

Posted by Rhiannon Ling | 23rd Mar 2023 | Adaptation, New York, Review, United States of America

It can be difficult to gain contemporary audience for Shakespearean performance. Though the Bard’s...

“Sex Magick”: This Gender-Bending, Time-Traveling Play Invites You to Detangle Love and Sex

Posted by Aisha Malik | 20th Mar 2023 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Gender

Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love with girl and follows her to India. Boy has a transformative...

You Came to See the Obscene?—”2020: Obscene”

Posted by Lisa Moravec | 13th Mar 2023 | Directing, Greece, Review, Theatre and Dance, Theatre and Gender

Alexandra Bachzetsis’s latest group performance, 2020: Obscene, estranges the word obscene from...

Bjørg Vik’s “The Journey To Venice” At the Finborough Theatre: Norwegian Memory Play Is Tender If Slight

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 13th Mar 2023 | London, Norway, Playwriting, Review, Translation, United Kingdom

Bjørg Vik’s The Journey to Venice at the Finborough Theatre: Norwegian memory play is tender if slight

Remembering A Silenced Teacher: Xavier Bobés And Alberto Conejero’s “El Mar. Visión De Unos Niños Que No Lo Han Visto Nunca”/”The Sea. Vision Of Some Children Who Have Never Seen It”

Posted by Maria Delgado | 8th Mar 2023 | Education, Review, Spain, Theatre and Politics

Xavier Bobés is one of those remarkable artists able to conjure a world through a few objects that...

Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini’s “Sleepova” at the Bush Theatre: Rather Predictable, but Fun Show about Coming of Age

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 6th Mar 2023 | London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

Is anyone still nostalgic about their teen years? The coming-of-age drama is a staple of...

Prototype Festival: “Mary Motorhead/Trade” and “In Our Daughter’s Eyes”

Posted by Clare Cioffero | 2nd Mar 2023 | Festivals, New York, Review, Theatre and Opera, United States of America

It has been so challenging to write these reviews of three recent works presented as part of the...

“Trouble In Butetown” at the Donmar Warehouse

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 1st Mar 2023 | Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

With the fast-approaching anniversary of the latest war in Europe, our culture’s continued...

Friendship And Its Discontents: Juan Mayorga’s “Amistad”

Posted by Maria Delgado | 1st Mar 2023 | Playwriting, Review, Spain

Juan Mayorga, one of Spain’s most decorated dramatists — a member of Spain’s Spanish Royal Academy...

“Much Ado About Nothing:” National Youth Theatre Gives Shakespeare the Love Island Treatment

Posted by Penelope Woods | 23rd Feb 2023 | Adaptation, London, Review, Theatre and Film, United Kingdom

“What’s your type on paper?” is frequently asked by contestants on the popular reality dating...

Brecht, Kabarett, and Pussy Riot: The Impact of AnomalousCo’s “(beyond) Doomsday Scrolling”

Posted by Rhiannon Ling | 22nd Feb 2023 | Devised Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

Entering the theatre at HERE Arts, there is already a sense of broken ground. My companion and I...

More Than 2,000 People from Wittenoom Died of Asbestos-Related Diseases. A Powerful and Compelling Requiem Brings Their Story to the Stage

Posted by Kate Hunter | 17th Feb 2023 | Australia, Melbourne, Review, Theatre and Science

Deep in the remote Pilbara region of Western Australia, the town of Wittenoom lies empty,...

Laura Horton’s “Breathless” at the Soho Theatre: Slender but Heartfelt Account of Hoarding

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 16th Feb 2023 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

The female monologue is a well-established contemporary theatre form, but often the content is...

Josep Maria Pou Excels In a Minimalist Catalan-language Production of Florian Zeller’s “The Father”

Posted by Maria Delgado | 15th Feb 2023 | Directing, Review, Spain

Florian Zeller’s The Father, first produced in 2012, remains a timely play for various reasons. It...

“Phaedra” at The National Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 15th Feb 2023 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom

How can old texts speak to us now? The point is not just to adapt classics, but to reimagine them...

Àlex Rigola’s Lean, Mean Riff on “Hedda Gabler”

Posted by Maria Delgado | 14th Feb 2023 | Adaptation, Design, Directing, Review, Spain

Catalan director Àlex Rigola, the former artistic director of the Venice Biennale’s theatre...

The Geography of Theatre Imagination: A New “Endgame” at a New Irish Theatre Festival

Posted by S.E. Gontarski | 13th Feb 2023 | Adaptation, Directing, New York, Review, United States of America

Much of my approach to theatre, to performance, especially, consists in locating and assessing a...

The Poeticism of Woman’s War: AnomalousCo’s “(beyond) Doomsday Scrolling”

Posted by Rhiannon Ling | 13th Feb 2023 | Devised Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

Only a week after the invasion of Ukraine, three creatives found themselves nestled around a...

Willy Hudson’s “Welcome Home” at the Soho Theatre: Messy Queer Sci-Fi Show

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 5th Feb 2023 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, Review, Theatre and Religion, United Kingdom

Willy Hudson is a writer and performer from Exeter — his Willy Hudson Ltd theatre company...

“La Cupa” of Mimmo Borrelli: A Lunar Fable Turning to be the Most Powerful and Poetic Theatrical Event of 2022 in Naples

Posted by Sabrina Sabatino | 3rd Feb 2023 | Festivals, Italy, Musical Theatre, Review

Naples. Last October and November, Naples was traversed by a cultural event that aimed to reassign...

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Review

The Envy of Baz Luhrmann: A Parkside “Romeo + Juliet” to Remember

“Sex Magick”: This Gender-Bending, Time-Traveling Play Invites You to Detangle Love and Sex

You Came to See the Obscene?—”2020: Obscene”

Bjørg Vik’s “The Journey To Venice” At the Finborough Theatre: Norwegian Memory Play Is Tender If Slight

Remembering A Silenced Teacher: Xavier Bobés And Alberto Conejero’s “El Mar. Visión De Unos Niños Que No Lo Han Visto Nunca”/”The Sea. Vision Of Some Children Who Have Never Seen It”

Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini’s “Sleepova” at the Bush Theatre: Rather Predictable, but Fun Show about Coming of Age

Prototype Festival: “Mary Motorhead/Trade” and “In Our Daughter’s Eyes”

“Trouble In Butetown” at the Donmar Warehouse

Friendship And Its Discontents: Juan Mayorga’s “Amistad”

“Much Ado About Nothing:” National Youth Theatre Gives Shakespeare the Love Island Treatment

Brecht, Kabarett, and Pussy Riot: The Impact of AnomalousCo’s “(beyond) Doomsday Scrolling”

More Than 2,000 People from Wittenoom Died of Asbestos-Related Diseases. A Powerful and Compelling Requiem Brings Their Story to the Stage

Laura Horton’s “Breathless” at the Soho Theatre: Slender but Heartfelt Account of Hoarding

Josep Maria Pou Excels In a Minimalist Catalan-language Production of Florian Zeller’s “The Father”

“Phaedra” at The National Theatre

Àlex Rigola’s Lean, Mean Riff on “Hedda Gabler”

The Geography of Theatre Imagination: A New “Endgame” at a New Irish Theatre Festival

The Poeticism of Woman’s War: AnomalousCo’s “(beyond) Doomsday Scrolling”

Willy Hudson’s “Welcome Home” at the Soho Theatre: Messy Queer Sci-Fi Show

“La Cupa” of Mimmo Borrelli: A Lunar Fable Turning to be the Most Powerful and Poetic Theatrical Event of 2022 in Naples

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