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Festival/Tokyo Director Sachio Ichimura Looks To A New Generation
At the end of his speech in July announcing details of this year’s Festival/Tokyo running from...
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Seven years ago, a new play challenged the role of the actor, the playwright, the audience, and the capacity of one individual to travel. The play was White Rabbit Red Rabbit, written by the mysterious Nassim Soleimanpour, an Iranian writer who encouraged the audience to email him with impressions about his play.
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Thomas Ostermeier’s “Richard III” at BAM
Richard Crookback is Shakespeare’s dazzling carnival monster, a showoff criminal who charms us...
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“A Feminine Edition”: Women’s Voices Prevail At 2017 Cairo Contemporary Theatre Festival
Ten out of 20 plays at this year’s Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental...
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“A Day By The Sea” at Southwark Playhouse
Some plays would now be completely forgotten if not for a scandal that makes them memorable. NC...
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Fresh Takes On Fresh Meat, Part 1
Jonas McLean catches the first weekend of Ottawa’s Fresh Meat Fest, a self-described “playground”...
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Going To The Theatre Could Be As Good For Your Heart As Half An Hour Of Exercise
Going to the theatre can stimulate a person’s cardiovascular system as much as doing nearly half...
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Corbyn-Era Labour Tackled By David Hare In New National Theatre Play
Sir David Hare will return to the National Theatre with the latest addition to a wave of plays...
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The Great Australian Plays: Williamson, Hibberd, And The Better Angels Of Our Country’s Nature
Two of Australian theatre’s most celebrated artists are scientists. Their CVs may not be...
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The Wuppertal Tanztheater Returns To Its Origins With “Café Müller” And “The Rite Of Spring”
The ghost of Pina Bausch was no doubt fluttering with excitement around the NAC last month as the...
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Abu Dhabi Festival: An Investment In Culture
A report on the 14th edition of the Abu Dhabi Festival.
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Vietnam Is A Lullaby Of Dissolution In “My Lai” at BAM
It’s breathtaking, attending the 2017 BAM Next Wave Festival. Few opera houses have the majestic...
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Jan Lauwers: Beyond Postmodernism
How are we to live together in this day and age? Jan Lauwers, the ‘first among equals’ at...
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“Thebes Land. Kassandra” – Migrant Myth
Uruguayan playwright Sérgio Blanco is well known in Latin America and other countries. He is one...
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The Making Of La Dramaturgie In France
The cover image of the January 1986 special issue of Théâtre/Public, “Dramaturgie,” offers a...
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Dallas Theater Center’s “Hair” Lets the Sunshine In
While I grew up around musical theatre, I certainly didn’t grow up around Hair. “Oh, What a...
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“King Kong”: Legendary South African Musical Returns To A Fragmented Country
After an absence of over half a century, the courageous musical King Kong has smashed its way back...
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All-black South African Cast Explosive in the Rewarding “King Kong” Revival at Joburg Mandela Theatre
It’s about time but perhaps that’s what was needed to do justice to such an iconic show. What King...
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The Role Of The Dramaturg In The Creation Of New Opera Works
The successful development of new work for the opera stage is a complex and often elusive process....
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