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Lekan Balogun’s “Ogun Skugga”: Memoirs of A Civil War

Posted by Franklin Ugobude | 27th Jul 2019 | Adaptation, Festivals, Lagos Theatre Festival 2019, Nigeria, Review

The Lagos Theatre Festival may have come and gone but the memories of the week-long activities...

“The Hunt” at The Almeida Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 26th Jul 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Age, United Kingdom

For a while, child abuse was banished from our stages. After all, there is a limit, surely, to how...

Re-Staging The Past: “Copenhagen” at Madrid’s Abadía Theatre

Posted by Maria Delgado | 26th Jul 2019 | Review, Spain

Buenos Aires director Claudio Tolcachir has good reason to call Madrid his second home. His Timbre...

“Seven Methods Of Killing Kylie Jenner” At The Royal Court Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 25th Jul 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom

Few theatres have done as much to promote new young talent as the Royal Court; few theatres have...

Avignon 2019: “Architecture” – Between History and Philosophy

Posted by Yana Meerzon | 25th Jul 2019 | Avignon 2019, Festivals, France, Review

Walter Benjamin once said that storytelling is a form of “artisan communication”, a...

“Rust”at The Bush Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 24th Jul 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom

The best kind of two-hander is the play about couples. And the most dramatic way of saying...

Independent Shakespeare Co. Presents “Twelfth Night” – Free Shakespeare in Griffith Park

Posted by Christine Deitner | 24th Jul 2019 | Los Angeles, Review, United States of America

Independent Shakespeare Co. began performing for free in Los Angeles at Barnsdall Park after...

World Premiere of The Dramedy “Nancy F***ing Reagan” at Secret Rose Theatre

Posted by Christine Deitner | 23rd Jul 2019 | Los Angeles, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

The world premiere of a new play in North Hollywood opens old wounds for one man on his 50th...

10 Years On: Miguel del Arco’s “The Play to Be Done” In Its Swansong Run

Posted by Maria Delgado | 23rd Jul 2019 | Adaptation, Review, Spain

It has been a decade since Miguel del Arco—now one of Spain’s most admired directors— burst onto...

Avignon 2019: Staging the Impossible. On Exile, Community and Hope in Christiane Jatahy’s “Le Présent Qui Déborde – Notre Odyssée II”

Posted by Yana Meerzon | 23rd Jul 2019 | Avignon 2019, Brazil, France, Review, Transcultural Collaborations

Exile, migration, refugee crisis, loss of home and family, and death are among many realities and...

“Brooklyn Quartet”: A Story of Resonating Political Polarization

Posted by Gowri S | 23rd Jul 2019 | India, Review, Theatre and Politics

The Auroville Theatre Group’s latest production adapts a searing drama of social injustice written...

“The Caucasian Chalk Circle” at Antaeus Theatre Company

Posted by Christine Deitner | 23rd Jul 2019 | Adaptation, Los Angeles, Review, United States of America

“Oh, one wants to come to some arrangement, does one? You don’t get more shameless than that. He...

Beginnings And Endings Pepper Premiere Stage’s “The Wake”

Posted by Madison Parrotta | 22nd Jul 2019 | Review, United States of America

Premiere Stages at Kean University begins its 15th season with an ending – the ashes of Maggie and...

“The Play That Goes Wrong” at the Ahmanson Theatre

Posted by Christine Deitner | 22nd Jul 2019 | Los Angeles, Review, United States of America

If you are in Los Angeles and find yourself in need of a good laugh, Center Theatre Group has you...

Avignon 2019: In Search Of Multiple Selves: “Multiple-S” By Salia Sanou And “Oskara” By Kukai Dantza

Posted by Yana Meerzon | 21st Jul 2019 | Avignon 2019, Burkina Faso, Devised Theatre, Festivals, France, Review

The focus of this review is inspired by the title and the theme of Salia Sanou’s multidisciplinary...

Oriza Hirata’s “In the Heart of a Forest”: Mastering Multilingual Performance

Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 21st Jul 2019 | Japan, Playwriting, Review

Tokyo’s cozy 60-odd-seat Komaba Agora Theater isn’t perhaps where you would expect a cutting-edge...

Company of Fools: No Foolin’. This “Romeo and Juliet” Is a Capering Classic

Posted by Patrick Langston | 20th Jul 2019 | Acting, Adaptation, Canada, Review

Has A Company of Fools rediscovered its mojo? After a series of hits and misses, including last...

“Europe” at The Donmar Warehouse

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 20th Jul 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

In the middle of the current decade, there was a mild vogue for reviving a handful of the great...

Avignon 2019: Seeking Truth: On History, Memory and Fiction in Alexandra Badea’s Points de Non-Retour [Quais de Seine]

Posted by Yana Meerzon | 20th Jul 2019 | Avignon 2019, Festivals, France, Review, Theatre and Politics

Following the themes of the Avignon 2019, Alexandra Badea’s Points de non-retour [Quais de...

Lorca, Lopez, and Translating Desire: “Yerma” at the Huntington Theater Company

Posted by James Montaño | 19th Jul 2019 | Adaptation, Boston, Review, Spain, Translation, United States of America

Yerma, the titular character of Federico García Lorca’s play is terribly desperate. She...

Review

Lekan Balogun’s “Ogun Skugga”: Memoirs of A Civil War

“The Hunt” at The Almeida Theatre

Re-Staging The Past: “Copenhagen” at Madrid’s Abadía Theatre

“Seven Methods Of Killing Kylie Jenner” At The Royal Court Theatre

Avignon 2019: “Architecture” – Between History and Philosophy

“Rust”at The Bush Theatre

Independent Shakespeare Co. Presents “Twelfth Night” – Free Shakespeare in Griffith Park

World Premiere of The Dramedy “Nancy F***ing Reagan” at Secret Rose Theatre

10 Years On: Miguel del Arco’s “The Play to Be Done” In Its Swansong Run

Avignon 2019: Staging the Impossible. On Exile, Community and Hope in Christiane Jatahy’s “Le Présent Qui Déborde – Notre Odyssée II”

“Brooklyn Quartet”: A Story of Resonating Political Polarization

“The Caucasian Chalk Circle” at Antaeus Theatre Company

Beginnings And Endings Pepper Premiere Stage’s “The Wake”

“The Play That Goes Wrong” at the Ahmanson Theatre

Avignon 2019: In Search Of Multiple Selves: “Multiple-S” By Salia Sanou And “Oskara” By Kukai Dantza

Oriza Hirata’s “In the Heart of a Forest”: Mastering Multilingual Performance

Company of Fools: No Foolin’. This “Romeo and Juliet” Is a Capering Classic

“Europe” at The Donmar Warehouse

Avignon 2019: Seeking Truth: On History, Memory and Fiction in Alexandra Badea’s Points de Non-Retour [Quais de Seine]

Lorca, Lopez, and Translating Desire: “Yerma” at the Huntington Theater Company

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