Gabriel Gbadamosi’s “Stop And Search” at The Arcola Theatre
Police stop and search activities—the harassment of young, usually black, men in the streets of...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 25th Jan 2019 | Ireland, London, Nigeria, Review, United Kingdom
Police stop and search activities—the harassment of young, usually black, men in the streets of...
Read MorePosted by Caroline Wake | 25th Jan 2019 | Australia, Canada, Festivals, Review, Theatre and Gender
One of the most exhilarating things about Wesley Enoch’s tenure as Artistic Director of the Sydney...
Read MorePosted by Matthew McMahan | 24th Jan 2019 | Puppetry, Review, Theatre and Film, United States of America
ArtsEmerson, Boston’s hub for international, experimental, and cutting-edge theatre, has invited...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 23rd Jan 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom
Playwright Mark Ravenhill, who shot to fame in 1996 with his in-yer-face shocker Shopping And...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 22nd Jan 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Religion, United Kingdom
Wow! First, the Black Panther team took cinema by storm; now, they have conquered theatre as well....
Read MorePosted by Alvina Ruprecht | 22nd Jan 2019 | Adaptation, Canada, Review
The narrative voices of Irish novelist and playwright Maeve Binchy that emerge in Minding Frankie...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 21st Jan 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom
Mainstream theatre is often a huge treasure chest, blazing with jewels and flashing lights, while...
Read MorePosted by Zainabu Jallo | 21st Jan 2019 | Puppetry, Review, Switzerland, Theatre for Young Audiences
It is the very last day of autumn and the last yellow leaf has just fallen from the tree. Mr....
Read MorePosted by Abigail Weil | 20th Jan 2019 | New York, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America
The mission of AWAKE!, written and directed by K. Lorrel Manning and currently premiering at the...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Lund | 19th Jan 2019 | Adaptation, China, Immersive Theatre, Review
As we neared the elevator doors, a woman dressed in a beautiful 1930s-era gown directed us to keep...
Read MorePosted by Heather Waters | 18th Jan 2019 | Prototype 2019, Review, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Opera, United Kingdom, United States of America
4.48 Psychosis, by Sarah Kane, was turned into an opera by composer Philip Venables in a...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 18th Jan 2019 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, London, Review, United Kingdom
Long before Mark Ravenhill’s Shopping And Fucking, or Jonathan Harvey’s Beautiful Thing, Kevin...
Read MorePosted by Jillian Walker | 17th Jan 2019 | New York, Review, United States of America
An audience-sized mirror, a small wooden table with a bowl of fruit, and the lyrics to Rihanna’s...
Read MoreDirected by the famous comedy actor Ashraf Abdel-Baky, Crime In Maadi play surpasses any revival...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Kalb | 15th Jan 2019 | Immersive Theatre, Review, United Kingdom, United States of America
“Immersive theater” is a gimmicky term that can be just an indiscriminate pitch nowadays for any...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 15th Jan 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom
Superlative. It might seem odd that it is this show, a retelling of a Greek myth, and not a piece...
Read MorePosted by Vikram Phukan | 15th Jan 2019 | India, Musical Theatre, Review
If broadsheets and banners are to be taken into account, this has been another fertile year for...
Read MorePosted by Rem Myers | 13th Jan 2019 | Divine Comedy Festival 2018, Festivals, Poland, Review
Zapiski Z Wygnania [Notes from Exile] directed by Magda Umer. Presented at Narodowy Stary...
Read MorePosted by Rem Myers | 13th Jan 2019 | Divine Comedy Festival 2018, Festivals, Poland, Review
Wyjeżdżamy [We are Leaving], directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski. Presented at Teatr Łaźnia...
Read MorePosted by Rem Myers | 12th Jan 2019 | Divine Comedy Festival 2018, Festivals, Poland, Review, Theatre and Gender
Pod presją [Under the Influence], directed by Maja Kleczewska. Presented at Teatr Ludowy, ICE...
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