“Goats” by Syrian Playwright Liwaa Yazjiat at The Royal Court
The civil war in Syria spawns image after image of hell on earth. Staging the stories of that...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 18th Dec 2017 | Review, Syria, Translation, United Kingdom
The civil war in Syria spawns image after image of hell on earth. Staging the stories of that...
Read MorePosted by Diwan Singh Bajeli | 18th Dec 2017 | Adaptation, India, Review
Kanchan Ujjal Singh’s adaptation of Amrita Pritam’s popular novel, Pinjar, does justice to the...
Read MorePosted by Anadolu Agency | 17th Dec 2017 | News, Theatre and Disability, Turkey
The whirling dervishes group, “Umudun Kanatları” (“Wings of Hope”),...
Read MorePosted by Mathias Daval | 16th Dec 2017 | Festivals, Israel, Review
Each year, the Hanoch Levin Institute organizes a showcase of theatre creations: International...
Read MorePosted by Margarita Vargas | 15th Dec 2017 | Adaptation, Mexico, Playwriting, Review
After a successful run at the Teatro Jorge Negrete since February 2017, Variaciones Enigmaticas is...
Read MorePosted by Emiliia Dementsova | 15th Dec 2017 | Directing, Essay, News, Russia, Russian Theatre - Featured, Theatre and Politics
World-renowned Russian and Soviet theatre director Yuri Lyubimov (1917–2014) rose to fame and...
Read MorePosted by Clement Lee | 14th Dec 2017 | Design, Hong Kong, Netherlands, Review
In early September, around 20 participants, including I, have ended a magical month as theatre...
Read MorePosted by Annie Smith | 14th Dec 2017 | Canada, Festivals, Review, Theatre and Dance
Vancouver, British Columbia Annie Smith review’s Circadia Indigena’s Greed/REsolve, a contemporary...
Read MorePosted by Christopher Harris | 13th Dec 2017 | Dramaturgy, Netherlands, News, Transcultural Collaborations
ASAP is a new initiative of both staff members and students from the Theatre Studies department at the UvA in order to create space for exchange within and around the department of Theatre Studies.
Read MorePosted by Duška Radosavljević | 13th Dec 2017 | Dramaturgy, Essay, Participatory Theatre, United Kingdom
Between 2002–2005, I carried the professional title of a Dramaturg in the UK. Even when confronted...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 12th Dec 2017 | Essay, London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Friday, May 7, 2010; Brixton, south London; darkest night. Early dawn touches a Victorian terraced...
Read MorePosted by Vikram Phukan | 12th Dec 2017 | Immersive Theatre, India, Review
Earlier this year, as a whimsical Valentine’s Week Special targeted the blissfully single rather...
Read MorePosted by Meg Elkins and Bronwyn Coate | 11th Dec 2017 | Essay, United Kingdom, United States of America
A new ticketing system that allows people to buy tickets for others who may not be able to afford...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 11th Dec 2017 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
The political story of our time is the upsurge in support for Jeremy Corbyn, leftwing leader of...
Read MorePosted by Claudine van Hensbergen | 10th Dec 2017 | Essay, Musical Theatre, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Such has been the demand for tickets to the London season of the multi-award-winning...
Read MorePosted by Jessica Rizzo | 10th Dec 2017 | France, Review
If theater could save the world, it would no doubt do so under the exacting direction of Arianne...
Read MorePosted by Emiliia Dementsova | 9th Dec 2017 | Essay, Russia
In a few days, two prestigious theatre awards are to be presented at a ceremonial event: the...
Read MorePosted by Um Hyun-hee | 9th Dec 2017 | Documentary Theatre, LGBTQ+ Theatre, Review, South Korea, Theatre and Gender
Namsan Arts Center’s 2017 season opened with Censoring the Minority 2017 (written and directed by...
Read MorePosted by Henning Bochert | 9th Dec 2017 | Essay, Russia, Theatre and Politics
A Series of Plays by the Theatre of Generations (Театр Поколений) marked the 100th Anniversary of...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Kalb | 8th Dec 2017 | Belgium, New York, Review, United States of America
Toward the end of the fourth and final hour of Ivo van Hove’s interminable adaptation of Ayn...
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