British New Writing In An Age Of Austerity
Friday, May 7, 2010; Brixton, south London; darkest night. Early dawn touches a Victorian terraced...
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Immersive Theatre On A Silver Platter: “The Hungry Hearts Supper Club”
Earlier this year, as a whimsical Valentine’s Week Special targeted the blissfully single rather...
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“Parliament Square” at The Bush Theatre: Politics at All Costs
The political story of our time is the upsurge in support for Jeremy Corbyn, leftwing leader of...
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Room to Dream: The Théâtre du Soleil at the Park Avenue Armory
If theater could save the world, it would no doubt do so under the exacting direction of Arianne...
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Why Do We Hate?: Censoring the Minority 2017
Namsan Arts Center’s 2017 season opened with Censoring the Minority 2017 (written and directed by...
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Afterthoughts On Ivo van Hove’s “The Fountainhead”
Toward the end of the fourth and final hour of Ivo van Hove’s interminable adaptation of Ayn...
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“The Secret Theatre” at The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Who will watch the watchers? As Sir Francis Walsingham, Queen Elizabeth I’s spymaster, says, in...
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A Pacific Production Of “The Mountaintop” By Katori Hall
For the past two years, Samoan playwright Victor Rodger has been tireless in bringing plays by...
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“OCD Love:” LEV Dance Company Delves Into A Paradox, The Strange Psychic Disruption Of The Troubled Body!
This latest work by the Israeli dance company LEV Dance, created by Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar is a...
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Blood on the Stage: “Let the Right One In” is a Vampire Love Story For Our Times
The popularity of vampires has endured since Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Bride of Corinth (1797)...
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“Voices From Chernobyl”–Ténéré Arte’s Brilliant, Ghostly Retelling Of The World’s Worst Nuclear Disaster
Svetlana Alexievich’s Voices From Chernobyl collected the testimonies of survivors from the...
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Tracing With Body And Music In Jeff Ho’s “Trace”
In his debut as playwright, Jeff Ho presents a solo piece that explores his family history through...
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“The Taste Of Displacement” – Diasporic Performance from Iraq
The Taste of Displacement (2014) is a video project and an experimental performance piece that...
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“Mrs. Pistols” A Requiem For A Dream
Mrs. Pistols is an outstanding example of an Iranian play that meets the intellectual and...
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The Epic Of American Capitalism: Luca Ronconi’s “Lehman Trilogy”
Sam Mendes–Oscar-winning Sam Mendes (American Beauty [1999])–has confirmed it: in 2018, he will be...
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“Muriel’s Wedding: The Musical” Is A Deeply Satisfying Tribute To Australia’s Most-Loved Dag
Muriel Heslop occupies a precious position in Australian cultural life. She is, perhaps, our...
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Junpei Mizobata Plunges Headfirst Into The Absurdist World Of Harold Pinter
As the saying goes, “You can’t judge a book by its cover.” In the same way, if you thought the...
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Natal’ya Vorozhbit’s “Bad Roads” at The Royal Court Theatre
War is morally acidic: it dissolves social rules, loosens inhibitions and gives permission to men...
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Julia Cho’s “Office Hour”
Julia Cho’s Office Hour began life as a reaction to the 2007 mass-shooting at Virginia Tech. It...
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Zuni Icosahedron Proves Hong Kong Can Be A Fertile Ground For Experimentation
Among Hong Kong’s artists, designers, playwrights and stage directors are polymaths who somehow...
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