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Conor McPherson’s The Brightening Air at the Old Vic: Wonderfully Numinous And Eccentric Account Of Family Life In 1980s Rural Ireland

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 29th Apr 2025 | Ireland, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

Theatre needs mystery. In the darkened auditorium, with a crowd of strangers sharing your...

A Play About Abortion – “Hypothetıcal Baby”

Posted by Berna Ataoğlu | 25th Apr 2025 | Canada, Review, Theatre and Gender

Hypothetical Baby is a one-woman show written and performed by Rachel Cairns, centered on her own...

Five Young Performance Artists Unravel the Meaning of Tradition: A Review of “Practicing Freedom”

Posted by Kyungjin Jo | 24th Apr 2025 | Review, South Korea, Transcultural Collaborations

In the intimate setting of a small black box theatre, audience members find themselves not in the...

Queer Surrealism in Two Sisters Find a Box of Lesbian Erotica in the Woods

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 20th Apr 2025 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, New York, Review

Space Lesbians! Portals! Psychic Sisters! Oh my! These are just some of the elements introduced in...

“Shards of Chaotic Memory in Multicoloured Ink”

Posted by Margaret Rose | 16th Apr 2025 | Italy, Review, Theatre and Disability

At Milan’s Franco Parenti theatre, Shards of Chaotic Memory in Multicoloured Ink (Schegge di...

Julia Grogan’s Playfight at the Soho Theatre: Superbly Punchy Teen Drama That Electrifies The Senses And Engages The Emotions

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 15th Apr 2025 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, Review, United Kingdom

Coming of age stories are more or less all the same. But what distinguishes Julia Grogan’s...

Uncle Actor

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 12th Apr 2025 | Adaptation, New York, Review

Andrew Scott’s Vanya—a solo show in which he plays all the roles in Anton Chekhov’s classic...

Robert Icke’s Manhunt at the Royal Court Theatre: Terrifyingly Powerful Account Of Toxic Masculinity And Murderous Rage

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 11th Apr 2025 | Documentary Theatre, Dramaturgy, Review, United Kingdom

Are we really in “a new era of male anger, societal discontent and rage”? This is what Royal Court...

“Liberation.” Roundabout Theatre. Look Back to Know Where You Are

Posted by Cristina Modreanu | 7th Apr 2025 | Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

Did you knit your scarf? A woman asked me while we were waiting in the line for the restroom. No!...

The Beauty of Cultural Specificity in “Bubble Schmeisis”

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 2nd Apr 2025 | New York, Review, Theatre and Religion

The room is thick with steam (ok, it’s smoke machine smoke), an accordion and clarinet cycle...

Underneath the Grass Roots

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 2nd Apr 2025 | New York, Review, Theatre and Art

Alice Childress has been having a moment the past few years. This extraordinary Black playwright,...

Chris Fung’s “The Society for New Cuisine” at Omnibus Theatre: Exceptionally Powerful Monologue About Grief And Mental Torment

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 28th Mar 2025 | Acting, London, Review, United Kingdom

Anxiety. Apprehension. Angst even. Yes, that’s the feeling that rises in me as I come into the...

The Rebellious Power of “Liberation” at Roundabout Theatre Company

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 27th Mar 2025 | New York, Review, Theatre and Gender

Much like the women it centers on, Roundabout Theatre Company’s Liberation is rebellious and not...

Nikoletta Soumelidis’s Spent at the Old Red Lion Theatre: Intriguing And Suggestive Exploration Of Gender Roles

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 21st Mar 2025 | London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

One of the joys of contemporary playwriting is its openness to flexible casting. In Ruby Thomas’s...

Brave New Theatrical World or One Flew Over the 21st Century’s Cuckoo’s Nest?: “Nexxt”

Posted by Emilija Kvočka | 18th Mar 2025 | Directing, Review, Serbia

The theatrical kamikaze that destroys all the mechanisms of the world and itself—that is, theatre...

An Innovative “Romeo E Giulietta” In Milan

Posted by Margaret Rose | 10th Mar 2025 | Directing, Italy, Review

In February I caught Antonio Syxty’s staging of Romeo e Giulietta (Romeo and Juliet) at Milan’s...

Woman Is A Changeling: Redefining Femininity In “Maiden Mother Crone”

Posted by Emily Cordes | 8th Mar 2025 | Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

But a woman is a changeling, always shifting shape Just when you think you have it figured out...

Nick Payne’s One Day When We Were Young at Park Theatre: Time-Hopping Love Story Is Restrained By The Slenderness of the Plot

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 5th Mar 2025 | Acting, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

How long would you wait for your soulmate? In “The Demon Lover”, a short story by Elizabeth Bowen,...

Victor’s Journey

Posted by Margaret Rose | 5th Mar 2025 | Italy, Review, Theatre and Science

Rarely have I spent such an intense ninety minutes watching a show, as I did the other evening at...

Review Of “Bernarda Albas Haus,” Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Première 2 November 2024.

Posted by Geraldine Brodie | 3rd Mar 2025 | Germany, Review, Theatre and Gender

Interpretations in cultures and languages external to Spain have been integral to the survival of...

Review

Conor McPherson’s The Brightening Air at the Old Vic: Wonderfully Numinous And Eccentric Account Of Family Life In 1980s Rural Ireland

A Play About Abortion – “Hypothetıcal Baby”

Five Young Performance Artists Unravel the Meaning of Tradition: A Review of “Practicing Freedom”

Queer Surrealism in Two Sisters Find a Box of Lesbian Erotica in the Woods

“Shards of Chaotic Memory in Multicoloured Ink”

Julia Grogan’s Playfight at the Soho Theatre: Superbly Punchy Teen Drama That Electrifies The Senses And Engages The Emotions

Uncle Actor

Robert Icke’s Manhunt at the Royal Court Theatre: Terrifyingly Powerful Account Of Toxic Masculinity And Murderous Rage

“Liberation.” Roundabout Theatre. Look Back to Know Where You Are

The Beauty of Cultural Specificity in “Bubble Schmeisis”

Underneath the Grass Roots

Chris Fung’s “The Society for New Cuisine” at Omnibus Theatre: Exceptionally Powerful Monologue About Grief And Mental Torment

The Rebellious Power of “Liberation” at Roundabout Theatre Company

Nikoletta Soumelidis’s Spent at the Old Red Lion Theatre: Intriguing And Suggestive Exploration Of Gender Roles

Brave New Theatrical World or One Flew Over the 21st Century’s Cuckoo’s Nest?: “Nexxt”

An Innovative “Romeo E Giulietta” In Milan

Woman Is A Changeling: Redefining Femininity In “Maiden Mother Crone”

Nick Payne’s One Day When We Were Young at Park Theatre: Time-Hopping Love Story Is Restrained By The Slenderness of the Plot

Victor’s Journey

Review Of “Bernarda Albas Haus,” Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Première 2 November 2024.

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