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“One Arm” Review: Artscape

Posted by Beverley Brommert | 9th Mar 2022 | Adaptation, Review, South Africa

ONE ARM. Adaptation: Fred Abrahamse and Marcel Meyer. Director: Fred Abrahamse. Cast: Marcel Meyer...

Still a Bitter Pill: An Involving Play of Love and Loss

Posted by Donald Brown | 8th Mar 2022 | LGBTQ Theatre, Review, United States of America

This Bitter Earth is another good choice of an intimate, well-scripted play for TheaterWorks by Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero, letting audiences experience a meaningful take on the issues of our day as filtered through dramatic situations.

“The Double Life”

Posted by Natasha Tripney | 5th Mar 2022 | Kosovo, Review, Transcultural Collaborations

Teatri Oda, Prishtina (part of the Kosovo Theatre Showcase) There are more people in the world who...

“The Chairs” at The Almeida Theatre

Posted by Duška Radosavljević | 3rd Mar 2022 | Acting, London, Review, Translation, United Kingdom

Eugene Ionesco’s 1952 play The Chairs belongs to the moment of post-second world war European...

“Uncanny Valley” at The Battersea Arts Centre

Posted by Duška Radosavljević | 2nd Mar 2022 | Germany, London, Review, Theatre and Science, Transmedia, United Kingdom

When Uncanny Valley premiered back in 2018, the idea of artificial intelligence augmenting or...

Dmitry Krymov Plumbs the Depths of Memory (part 2)

Posted by Alexander Barkar | 26th Feb 2022 | Design, Directing, Review, Russia

This is part 2 of a piece on Dmitry Krymov’s Everyone Is Here. For part 1, click here. Along...

Dmitry Krymov Plumbs the Depths of Memory (part 1)

Posted by Alexander Barkar | 25th Feb 2022 | Design, Directing, Review, Russia

There is one wonderful detail in the Russian language. The letter E (“ye”) can be absolutely...

No Longer Silent: How a Bosnian Theatre Festival Became a Focal Point for The MeToo Movement

Posted by Natasha Tripney | 22nd Feb 2022 | Bosnia, Festivals, Review, Theatre and Gender

Across the western Balkans women are raising their voices against violence following a series of...

“Alles Unter Kontrolle”

Posted by Natasha Tripney | 21st Feb 2022 | Germany, Review, Theatre and Politics

Maxim Gorki Theatre, Berlin, premiered on 21st June 2021, streamed on 28th January 2022 Oliver...

A New Musical, “Panawathi Girl,” is a Fantasy of Australia’s Past — and a Critique of Australia’s Present

Posted by Jonathan W. Marshall | 18th Feb 2022 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Politics

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names of people...

A Celebration of Wondering: “The Hang” is a Party You Won’t Want to Miss

Posted by Megan C. McCormick | 11th Feb 2022 | New York, Review, Theatre and Opera, United States of America

I was instantly transported into the world of the play as soon as I walked into the theater. A mismatch assortment of upholstered chairs made up the small audience, butting right up against the floor space that acted as the stage. The ceiling was draped with long pieces of billowing fabric, and multicolored, multi-shaped seating dotted the stage, from a hanging chair adorned with large colorful balls along a back pillar to a large, velvety poof.