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In the Mind’s Eye: Collective Imagination at the Edinburgh Fringe 2026

Posted by Duška Radosavljević | 28th Aug 2026 | Edinburgh 2026, Essay, United Kingdom

I started my Edinburgh Fringe 2026 lying down. On a white bunk bed – a middle height one of a...

Beyond the Velvet Ropes: Inside Lincoln Center’s Next Act

Posted by Alexander Fatouros | 28th Aug 2026 | Interview, New York, Transmedia

For Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, home to the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan...

From Bacon to Bananas: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026 in 24 Shows

Posted by Mert Dilek | 28th Aug 2026 | Edinburgh 2026, Festivals, Review, United Kingdom

With more than 4,200 shows making up this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, twenty-four...

A Fish Swimming Across Tanks: An Interview with Taiwanese Playwright Yu-Hsuan Chou

Posted by Kuan-Ting Lin | 26th Aug 2026 | Interview, Playwriting, Taiwan, Transcultural Collaborations

Even with solid training in xiqu, or Chinese opera, Yu-Hsuan Chou tried to leave traditions behind...

Most Importantly, The Child Should Experience How Theatre Can Make Kindness, Patience, Courage And Curiosity Matter

Posted by Ivanka Apostolova Baskar | 26th Aug 2026 | Algeria, Interview, Macedonia, Theatre for Young Audiences

An interview with Laouni Bellil, a gentle and inspiring Algerian storyteller and theatre maker....

Monumental Environment For 9-Hour Celebration Of Goethe’s “Faust” At The Goetheanum

Posted by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe | 24th Aug 2026 | Acting, Directing, Review, Switzerland

Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) is recognized internationally as the founder of anthroposophy, which,...

Confidence Is A Rollercoaster – Don’t Ever Pay Money To Become Famous

Posted by Ivanka Apostolova Baskar | 24th Aug 2026 | Interview, Macedonia, Theatre and Film, United Kingdom

An Interview with deeply inspiring Tanja Tzarovska – musician, singer (for film/theatre projects),...

Dancing With Bob: Visual Arts And Dance In Dialogue With Each Other

Posted by Ariadne Mikou | 24th Aug 2026 | Festivals, Italy, Review, Theatre and Dance

On 11 and 12 July, in Spoleto (Italy), there was the European premiere of a significant...

“The Story of the Stone”: A Chinese Classic as an Epic Musical Awes Korean Audience

Posted by Walter Byongsok Chon | 21st Aug 2026 | China, Musical Theatre, Review, South Korea

The Chinese musical The Story of the Stone was staged at the 600-seat ARKO (Arts Council Korea)...

Laughing in Transit: Humor and Absurdism in Arab Canadian Theatre

Posted by Amir Al-Azraki | 21st Aug 2026 | Canada, Essay, Theatre and Art

Arab Canadian theatre is frequently discussed through the language of war, displacement, exile,...

“Low German” Theatre in Bremerhaven: “The Physicists” by Dürrenmatt

Posted by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe | 17th Aug 2026 | Germany, Review, Translation

In terms of linguistics, Low German (Plattdeutsch) is a language of its own, not a dialect, and...

Iraqi Theatre in Canada: Exile Beyond Arrival

Posted by Amir Al-Azraki | 13th Aug 2026 | Canada, Essay, Iraq, Theatre and Art

Iraqi theatre did not remain in Iraq. Over the past several decades, Iraqi playwrights, actors,...

Alan Ayckbourn’s “How the Other Half Loves” at the Old Vic: Technically Brilliant if Rather Overlong and Old-Fashioned West End Farce

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 13th Aug 2026 | Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

Is there a crisis in British new writing? The comparative paucity of new work in mainstream...

CATS: Expanding the Horizons. An Exclusive Interview with Betty Buckley – Broadway’s Original Grizabella

Posted by Lisa Monde | 12th Aug 2026 | Interview, Musical Theatre, New York

Dedicated to the 45th anniversary of the world premiere of the musical “Cats” The concept...

A Man Without Shadows: An Interview with Theatre Artist Koh Choon Eiow, Part 2

Posted by Yi-Ming Chen | 21st Jul 2026 | Acting, Directing, Interview, Malaysia, Playwriting, Taiwan, Theatre and Art

(Read the first part of the interview here.) Chen: In your plays, or the ways you answer...

A Man Without Shadows: An Interview with Theatre Artist Koh Choon Eiow, Part 1

Posted by Yi-Ming Chen | 20th Jul 2026 | Acting, Directing, Interview, Malaysia, Playwriting, Taiwan, Theatre and Art

(Read the second part of the interview here.) Outside the bright, modern meeting room on the 10th...

Beyond the Storm, a New York City Opera Thrives

Posted by Marcina Zaccaria | 19th Jul 2026 | New York, Review, Theatre and Opera, United States of America

That day, I aimed to view a production of The Tempest through a difficult flood. Prepared to pique an interest in the larger “theater is life” argument, I got my notebook ready. The hours passed. I sought to leave my apartment, and my transit app reported possible subway interruption. Ugh! Cancel culture, after three days of extraordinary weather, somehow won the play card again. Why hadn’t I seen the opera on opening night on Thursday?