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13 Outstanding Theatrical Performances of 2019 in India

Posted by Vikram Phukan | 20th Jan 2020 | India, News, Review

This year the stage threw up apostles of hope aplenty, whose quiet energy and presence allowed us...

1930s America on Opera Stage with “Gangster” Musical in Ankara

Posted by Anadolu Agency | 20th Jan 2020 | Musical Theatre, Review, Turkey

The world premiere of the Gangster musical, which will be staged by the Ankara State Opera and...

Review: “Antigone” at the New Diorama Theatre

Posted by Julian De Medeiros | 17th Jan 2020 | Adaptation, London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

In her contemporary re-working of Sophocles’ tragedy, Lulu Raczka has chosen to...

Alexandra Wood’s “The Tyler Sisters” at the Hampstead Theatre: The Future Is Female In Epic Family Saga

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 16th Jan 2020 | Acting, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

What has Saint Augustine of Hippo got to do with new writing? At first sight, not very much. That...

“Magdalene” at Prototype Festival

Posted by Abigail Weil | 16th Jan 2020 | Dramaturgy, New York, Prototype 2020, Review, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Opera, Theatre and Religion, United States of America

What are the first words you think of when you hear the name Mary Magdalene? Prostitute? Saved?...

“Cyrano De Bergerac” at The Playhouse Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 14th Jan 2020 | London, Review, United Kingdom

Actor James McAvoy is much in demand: in the BBC’s His Dark Materials he is busy saving a parallel...

A Space Divided: GCTC’s “Cottagers and Indians” an Evocative Disavowal of White Privilege

Posted by Aisling Murphy | 14th Jan 2020 | Canada, Design, Review

The split is clear upon first glance. He wears muddy jeans and rain boots, while she dons...

“Chicago:” Presenting Crime as a Show

Posted by Lorena Meeser | 13th Jan 2020 | Mexico, Musical Theatre, Review, Theatre and Dance

Chicago combines passion, adultery, crime, murder, greed, corruption, violence, exploitation and...

Groundbreaking Festival of Indigenous Theatre at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa: Inaugural Season

Posted by Alvina Ruprecht | 13th Jan 2020 | Canada, Festivals, Review

Under the direction of Kevin Loring in collaboration with artistic associate Lindsay Lachance, the...

“Touching the Void” at The Duke of York’s Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 12th Jan 2020 | London, Review, United Kingdom

Theatre can touch thousands of lives. But can it compete with the success of a bestselling book?...

Kitchen Aromas and Angels with Water Guns: Japanese Visual Storytelling Comes Alive at OzAsia

Posted by Maggie Ivanova | 12th Jan 2020 | Australia, Festivals, Japan, Review

Review: The Dark Master and Totes Adorbs ♥ Hurricane, OzAsia Festival, Adelaide, 22 October...

“A Kind of People” at The Royal Court

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 11th Jan 2020 | London, Review, United Kingdom

The trouble with prejudice is that you can’t control how other people see you. At the start of her...

“Trojan Horse” at the Battersea Arts Centre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 10th Jan 2020 | Adaptation, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Media hysteria needs good branding. So when in March 2014 an email letter was leaked to the press,...

The Democracy of a Whale Ship (and then a Vaudeville)

Posted by James Montaño | 8th Jan 2020 | Adaptation, Boston, Review, United States of America

Moby-Dick at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA For those who are not familiar with...

“Casablanca:” We’ll Always Have the Radio!!!

Posted by Kennedy Fiorella | 8th Jan 2020 | Adaptation, Canada, Review

Gone are the days when, on a cold winter night, the family gathered around a fire to listen to the...

“The Arrival” at The Bush Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 7th Jan 2020 | London, Review, United Kingdom

Family dramas are a staple of British new writing, but as well as talking about our nearest and...

“Rhinoceros” by Eugène Ionesco: A Novella

Posted by Darie Ducan | 5th Jan 2020 | Adaptation, France, Review

Rhinoceros (1959) is one of Eugène Ionesco’s best-known plays, one of the plays with which the...

“Queen-Size:” Blurring the Lines Between Public and Private

Posted by Aprameya Manthena | 5th Jan 2020 | India, LGBTQ+ Theatre, Review, Theatre and Dance

Single Performance: Queen-Size, by Sandbox Collective, a dance-performance at Spaces, Chennai,...

“Macondo” in New York: Russian Theatre Brings Márquez’s Epic to Life

Posted by Victoria Zavyalova | 4th Jan 2020 | Adaptation, New York, Review, Russian Theatre Abroad, Transcultural Collaborations, United States of America

A thread of life and blood, unconditional love and death, incest and destiny all interconnect in...

Teatr Brama’s “Ghost Dance”

Posted by Sarah Magill | 3rd Jan 2020 | Devised Theatre, Poland, Review

In the main Sala of the Vorpommen Theater in Greifswald, northern Germany, a row of bare-footed...

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13 Outstanding Theatrical Performances of 2019 in India

1930s America on Opera Stage with “Gangster” Musical in Ankara

Review: “Antigone” at the New Diorama Theatre

Alexandra Wood’s “The Tyler Sisters” at the Hampstead Theatre: The Future Is Female In Epic Family Saga

“Magdalene” at Prototype Festival

“Cyrano De Bergerac” at The Playhouse Theatre

A Space Divided: GCTC’s “Cottagers and Indians” an Evocative Disavowal of White Privilege

“Chicago:” Presenting Crime as a Show

Groundbreaking Festival of Indigenous Theatre at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa: Inaugural Season

“Touching the Void” at The Duke of York’s Theatre

Kitchen Aromas and Angels with Water Guns: Japanese Visual Storytelling Comes Alive at OzAsia

“A Kind of People” at The Royal Court

“Trojan Horse” at the Battersea Arts Centre

The Democracy of a Whale Ship (and then a Vaudeville)

“Casablanca:” We’ll Always Have the Radio!!!

“The Arrival” at The Bush Theatre

“Rhinoceros” by Eugène Ionesco: A Novella

“Queen-Size:” Blurring the Lines Between Public and Private

“Macondo” in New York: Russian Theatre Brings Márquez’s Epic to Life

Teatr Brama’s “Ghost Dance”

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