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Haruna Lee’s “Suicide Forest”

Posted by Abigail Weil | 6th Mar 2020 | Design, Japan, New York, Review, Transcultural Collaborations, United States of America

Suicide Forest, written by and starring Haruna Lee is a trippy meditation on the extremes of...

“United Queendom”: When Immersive Theatre Meets Historical Reenactment Tour

Posted by Aida Rocci | 5th Mar 2020 | Immersive Theatre, London, Review, United States of America

United Queendom shines with potential. The location itself offers the thrill of being after hours in a royal palace, the expectations of whispers and court intrigue. Queen Caroline and Henrietta Howard bring a captivating tale and Les Enfants Terribles have a relevant lens to approach it and a bold aesthetic to make a memorable event. But I wished I had been part more of an immersive show than of a historical tour.

Sally Abbott’s “I Think We Are Alone” at Theatre Royal Stratford East: Coolly Controlled Study of Loneliness

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 5th Mar 2020 | London, Review, Theatre and Dance, United Kingdom

Once radical theatre companies are increasingly celebrating anniversaries, as if to say, hey,...

Factory 20/20: Five Women, Five Mediums, One Tribute to BausHaus

Posted by Matt Hanson | 2nd Mar 2020 | Review, Theatre and Art, Turkey

At the inaugural show of Istanbul’s newest art space KoloniX, the all-women collective...

Chutti Artiste Margi Raveendran Nair’s Make-Up Transforms Kathakali Actors into Characters

Posted by Saraswathy Nagarajan | 2nd Mar 2020 | India, Review, Theatre and Art

For more than three decades, the artist has been applying the intricate and distinctive make-up of...

Girls to the Front: “Mac Beth” at Hunter Theater Project

Posted by Andrew Agress | 1st Mar 2020 | New York, Review, United States of America

Reading dry Shakespeare texts and going to parties at friends’ places seem like quintessential...

“The Chains:” Dance Theatre Uganda Returns with a Bang!

Posted by Ian Kiyingi Muddu | 1st Mar 2020 | Review, Theatre and Dance, Uganda

We last saw them on stage in 2016. We thought they had gone down the way of most companies –...

Churchill’s “Far Away” at The Donmar Warehouse

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 28th Feb 2020 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Caryl Churchill, Britain’s best living playwright, is enjoying a spate of high-profile revivals of...

Filming in Cunningham’s Footprints

Posted by Katalin Trencsényi | 27th Feb 2020 | Review, Theatre and Dance, Theatre and Film, United States of America

Cunningham Directed by Alla Kovgan “A 3D cinematic experience about legendary American...

Born Toulouse

Posted by Abigail Weil | 27th Feb 2020 | New York, Participatory Theatre, Review, Theatre and Disability, United States of America

To find Unmaking Toulouse-Lautrec, you will first enter through the wrong door. The production is...

Tim Cowbury’s “The Claim” at Shoreditch Town Hall: Quietly Satirical Account of Political Asylum

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 26th Feb 2020 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Your story. Our story. Their story. Just imagine: you’re a political refugee, and, having...

“Albion” Returns to The Almeida, but Falls Short of Its Political Aspirations

Posted by Julian De Medeiros | 25th Feb 2020 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

There is nothing wrong with Albion. But the fact that the play is now ‘returning’ to the Almeida...

On Guts and Astonishing Effect: Gctc’s “Kiinalik: These Sharp Tools”

Posted by Aisling Murphy | 25th Feb 2020 | Canada, Participatory Theatre, Review

There’s a danger to hasty reaction. To act on instinct is to perhaps ignore a bigger contextual...

Henrietta Baird’s “The Weekend” Proves the Enduring Power of Solo Performance

Posted by Caroline Wake | 24th Feb 2020 | Australia, Festivals, Review

If this year’s Sydney Festival is any indication, the monologue is back. So far, I have seen...

Funny and Fem, “She the People” at the Huntington Theatre Company

Posted by Matthew McMahan | 23rd Feb 2020 | Boston, North America, Participatory Theatre, Review, United States of America

Visiting the city of Boston during its national tour, the Second City sketch revue She The People:...

“Revenge Song” – A Vampire Cowboys Creation at Geffen Playhouse

Posted by Christine Deitner | 23rd Feb 2020 | Los Angeles, Review, United States of America

Okay, my global theatre friends, we admit it – we here in Los Angeles have been missing...

Antoinette Nwandu’s “Pass Over” at the Kiln Theatre

Posted by Mert Dilek | 22nd Feb 2020 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom, United States of America

Antoinette Nwandu’s play Pass Over is a palimpsest. Its outer surface looks familiar: haunted by...

Screaming, Sweat, and Prizes in “Old School Game Show” at OBERON

Posted by Matthew McMahan | 22nd Feb 2020 | Boston, Participatory Theatre, Review, United States of America

One of Boston’s long-running interactive theatrical events, now featured routinely at the...

Caryl Churchill’s “A Number” at the Bridge Theatre: Family Drama About Genetic Manipulation

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 21st Feb 2020 | Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Genetic engineering is in the news again. This follows the resignation of Andrew Sabisky as...

Martin Sherman’s “Rose” in Athens

Posted by Antigoni Gaitana | 21st Feb 2020 | Acting, Greece, Review

She is in her eighties when we meet her and shares with the audience the story of her life which began in a tiny Russian village, took her to Warsaw’s ghettos and a ship called The Exodus, and finally to the boardwalks of Atlantic City, the Arizona canyons and salsa-flavored nights in Miami beach.