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“Chiaroscuro” at The Bush Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 22nd Sep 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Identity politics have been around for decades. But it’s always good to revisit the subject....

Julia Leigh Continues to Explore Definitions of Womanhood in New Adaptation of Her Memoir

Posted by Camilla Nelson | 22nd Sep 2019 | Australia, Review, Sydney, Theatre and Gender

Review: Avalanche: A Love Story, directed by Anne-Louise Sarks, Sydney Theatre Company Maxine...

Maya Arad Yasur’s “Amsterdam” at the Orange Tree Theatre: Crimpian Account of the Past in the Present

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 21st Sep 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

The past can often hang like a nightmare on the present. And, in the case of Jewish identity, this...

“All That Remains” At Etcetera Theatre Camden: An Emotional Journey

Posted by Juno Schwarz | 21st Sep 2019 | London, Review, Transmedia, Ukraine, United Kingdom

What happens when somebody dies at the frontline? Who’s responsible for getting in touch with...

Alexander Zeldin’s “Faith, Hope and Charity” at the National Theatre

Posted by Mert Dilek | 21st Sep 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Alexander Zeldin’s new play arrives at the National Theatre’s Dorfman stage with a title...

“Skintight” at Geffen Playhouse

Posted by Christine Deitner | 20th Sep 2019 | Los Angeles, Review, United States of America

Elliot: “You don’t get to choose people’s words, Jodi.” Jodi: “No, I don’t. But I won’t...

“Hansard” at the National Theatre

Posted by Konrad Zielinski | 20th Sep 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Simon Wood’s debut play Hansard, performed at London’s National Theatre Lyttleton...

There But For the Grace: Cusi Cram’s “Novenas for a Lost Hospital”

Posted by Abigail Weil | 19th Sep 2019 | Immersive Theatre, LGBTQ+ Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre and Politics, Theatre and Religion, United States of America

The dramatis personae of Novenas for a Lost Hospital is wide-ranging. There are doctors and nurses...

Sniff Like a Dog Sniffs the Wondrous: “Warsaw’s Daughters #100LAT” by Teraz Poliż

Posted by Agata Łuksza | 18th Sep 2019 | Poland, Review, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics

“I sniff like a dog sniffs the wondrous,” says Lunatic in Anna Świrszczyńska’s...

HERE’s “Looking at You”: Exposure & Revelation

Posted by Abigail Weil | 17th Sep 2019 | Immersive Theatre, Musical Theatre, New York, Participatory Theatre, Review, Theatre and Opera, Theatre and Science, Transmedia, United States of America

My instinct is to describe Looking at You, the new opera from librettist Rob Handel, composer...

Elena Serra Keeps Mime Alive

Posted by Neeraja Murthy | 16th Sep 2019 | India, Review, Theatre and Art

Artiste and teacher Elena Serra shares the joy of conveying emotions without words. The greenroom...

Stratford 2019: “Nathan the Wise”- A Parable of Tolerance

Posted by Barbara Gabriel | 16th Sep 2019 | Canada, Festivals, Review

“ I hear, I hear, come finish with thy tale. Is it soon ended?” – Nathan the Wise There are...

“The Talmud” at DOXSEE

Posted by Abigail Weil | 14th Sep 2019 | Adaptation, New York, Review, Theatre and Religion, Transcultural Collaborations, United States of America

The Talmud, Meta-Phys Ed.’s new play at The DOXSEE Theater in Brooklyn, is ambitious. I mean, just...

“Total Immediate Collective Imminent Terrestrial Salvation” at The Royal Court

Posted by Duška Radosavljević | 13th Sep 2019 | Review, United Kingdom

Fresh from a sold-out run at the Edinburgh International Festival, Tim Crouch’s latest piece (a...

Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House” at the Lyric Hammersmith: New Artistic Director’s Superb Debut

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 13th Sep 2019 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom

Rachel O’Riordan, the new artistic director of this Off-West End venue, has arrived with a program...

“The Secret River” at The National Theatre

Posted by Konrad Zielinski | 12th Sep 2019 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom

The revival of Sydney Theatre Company’s production of The Secret River, performed to great acclaim...

“8 Hotels” at Minerva Theatre

Posted by Konrad Zielinski | 11th Sep 2019 | Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Beliefs of racial purity and superiority were at the heart of the conflict that brought about the...

Maxine Peake Brings Warmth and Likability to Raw, Bitter Pain in a Candid Tale of IVF Failure

Posted by Camilla Nelson | 10th Sep 2019 | Australia, Review, Sydney

Review: Avalanche: A Love Story, directed by Anne-Louise Sarks, Sydney Theatre Company. Maxine...

Mental Illness And Childhood Trauma On Indian Stage: QTP’s “Every Brilliant Thing”

Posted by Abhimanyu Acharya | 10th Sep 2019 | India, Review, Theatre and Age

In a country where mental illness is as big an issue as poverty is but is not talked about and dealt with the same zeal and enthusiasm, Mumbai-based QTP’s latest production Every Brilliant thing, written by British playwrights Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe, and directed by Quasar Thakore-Padamsee, comes as a much needed venture.