“The Secret Theatre” at The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Who will watch the watchers? As Sir Francis Walsingham, Queen Elizabeth I’s spymaster, says, in...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 8th Dec 2017 | London, Review, United Kingdom
Who will watch the watchers? As Sir Francis Walsingham, Queen Elizabeth I’s spymaster, says, in...
Read MorePosted by Jessica Hinds-Bond | 7th Dec 2017 | Essay, Russia, Russian Theatre Abroad, Theatre and Opera
In December 1913, Russian Futurist opera Victory Over The Sun premiered in Saint Petersburg, the...
Read MorePosted by David O'Donnell | 7th Dec 2017 | New Zealand, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America
For the past two years, Samoan playwright Victor Rodger has been tireless in bringing plays by...
Read MorePosted by Alvina Ruprecht | 6th Dec 2017 | Canada, Israel, Review, Theatre and Dance
This latest work by the Israeli dance company LEV Dance, created by Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar is a...
Read MorePosted by Zolima Citymag | 6th Dec 2017 | China, Festivals, Hong Kong, News
There is probably no place more appropriate than a backstage dressing room to interview Tisa Ho....
Read MorePosted by Conrad Landin | 5th Dec 2017 | London, News, United Kingdom
A play inspired by Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’s “coughing major” is set to transfer to the West...
Read MorePosted by Ágnes Bakk | 5th Dec 2017 | Germany, Interview, Participatory Theatre, Transmedia
It’s often stated that performing arts reflect changes in society. But how does this look when we...
Read MorePosted by Vivienne Glance | 4th Dec 2017 | Adaptation, Australia, Review
The popularity of vampires has endured since Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Bride of Corinth (1797)...
Read MorePosted by Julia Secklehner | 3rd Dec 2017 | Adaptation, Belarus, Review
Svetlana Alexievich’s Voices From Chernobyl collected the testimonies of survivors from the...
Read MorePosted by Shelley Liebembuk | 3rd Dec 2017 | Canada, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender
In his debut as playwright, Jeff Ho presents a solo piece that explores his family history through...
Read MorePosted by Dena Al-Adeeb | 3rd Dec 2017 | Iraq, Participatory Theatre, Review, Theatre and Film
The Taste of Displacement (2014) is a video project and an experimental performance piece that...
Read MorePosted by Jessica Hinds-Bond | 2nd Dec 2017 | Interview, Producing, Russia, Russian Theatre Abroad, Translation
Noah Birksted-Breen is the artistic director of London’s Sputnik Theatre Company, which he...
Read MorePosted by Baharak Sahami | 2nd Dec 2017 | Directing, Iran, Review
Mrs. Pistols is an outstanding example of an Iranian play that meets the intellectual and...
Read MorePosted by Davide Cioffrese | 1st Dec 2017 | Italy, Review, Theatre and Politics
Sam Mendes–Oscar-winning Sam Mendes (American Beauty [1999])–has confirmed it: in 2018, he will be...
Read MorePosted by Leigh Boucher | 30th Nov 2017 | Australia, Musical Theatre, Review
Muriel Heslop occupies a precious position in Australian cultural life. She is, perhaps, our...
Read MorePosted by Yan Chen | 30th Nov 2017 | Interview, Russia, Russian Theatre - Featured, Transcultural Collaborations
John Freedman was Theatre Critic at The Moscow Times from 1992 to 2015 and is currently Assistant...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 29th Nov 2017 | Acting, Directing, Japan, Review
As the saying goes, “You can’t judge a book by its cover.” In the same way, if you thought the...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 29th Nov 2017 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, Ukraine, United Kingdom
War is morally acidic: it dissolves social rules, loosens inhibitions and gives permission to men...
Read MorePosted by Agnieszka Slodownik. | 29th Nov 2017 | Interview, Poland, Transmedia
With the team of Polski Theater in the underground we streamed 360-degree video from the container...
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