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Kama Ginkas Playing Games With Dostoevsky Again

Posted by John Freedman | 24th Nov 2015 | Directing, Review, Russia

After a 24 year hiatus, Russian director Kama Ginkas has again stepped into one of the most famous...

“King Lear” Reincarnates As Geoffrey Rush–It’s A Bloody Tragedy

Posted by Julian Meyrick and Elizabeth Schafer | 23rd Nov 2015 | Australia, Playwriting, Review

In one sense every play staged is a play for its times. Something about it attracts, provokes or...

Bell Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” Reviewed: The Same Great Themes In Some Strange New Haunts

Posted by Claire Hansen | 8th Nov 2015 | Australia, Directing, Review

Today, Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a play that haunts itself. Its saturation into cultural...

Romanian Surrealist Gellu Naum–Centenary Celebrations

Posted by Camelia Ciobanu | 5th Nov 2015 | Review, Romania

It’s one hundred years since the birth of Gellu Naum, Romania’s greatest Surrealist poet. Two...

Does ‘Translating’ Shakespeare Into Modern English Dimish Its Greatness?

Posted by Sheila T. Cavanagh | 3rd Nov 2015 | Essay, Translation, United Kingdom

An uproar ensued after it was reported that the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) – southern...

Nigerian Theatre: Thespian Family Theatre’s Production of Femi Osofisan’s “Altine’s Wrath”

Posted by Kechi Nomu | 31st Oct 2015 | Nigeria, Review

At its worst, Altine’s Wrath, written by Femi Osofisan (one of Nigeria’s better-known playwrights)...

African Theatre: Why It’s Important to Transpose Western Dramatic Classics

Posted by Samuel Ravengai | 30th Oct 2015 | Essay, South Africa, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Politics

The Western dramatic canon has been a source of irritation to some Afrocentrists, who see it as...

Dinosaurs On Stage: “Jurassica” Continues Australia’s Proud Lineage Of Italian Migration Stories

Posted by Giorgia Alu | 27th Oct 2015 | Australia, Essay, Theatre and Politics

The play Jurassica, currently being performed at St. Kilda Theatre in Melbourne, begins with “the...

“The Experiment” Is A Musical Monodrama To Love, Hate, Or Both

Posted by David Chisholm | 22nd Oct 2015 | Australia, Musical Theatre, Review

Last night, The Experiment – of which I’m part – opened at the Melbourne Festival. The story of...

Jules Wright, Courageous Australian Theatre Director, Died Earlier This Year–Did You Know?

Posted by Julian Meyrick and Elizabeth Schafer | 21st Oct 2015 | Australia, Directing, Essay

Old soldiers fade away. Old theatre directors disappear more quickly. And old female directors can...

If I Be Left Behind: Toni Morrison’s “Desdemona” Reminds Us Too Many Voices Remain Unheard

Posted by Asher Warren | 19th Oct 2015 | Adaptation, Australia, Review

The tragedy of Shakespeare’s Desdemona haunts the literary canon. Her murder at the hands of her...

A Genre-Hopping Triumph: “The Rabbits”

Posted by Michael Halliwell | 18th Oct 2015 | Australia, Design, Review, Theatre and Opera

What is opera? This is a question that has engaged puzzled commentators and practitioners since...

Toni Morrison’s “Desdemona” Invites Us To Listen Not Just Hear

Posted by Paul Rae | 15th Oct 2015 | Adaptation, Australia, Review

In Desdemona, Toni Morrison’s response to Shakespeare’s Othello, which opens today at the...

Too Close For Comfort: Contemplating The Plight Of Asylum Seekers In “From Afar On A Hill”

Posted by Farida Fozdar | 14th Oct 2015 | Australia, Essay, Theatre and Dance

Australia’s “boat people crisis” has, we’re told, been averted and for many, it’s a case of “out...

Goodbye To All That: Orwell’s “1984” Is A Boot Stamping On A Human Face No More

Posted by Robert Hassan | 14th Oct 2015 | Adaptation, Australia, Melbourne, Review

The blurb for Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan’s stage adaption of George Orwell’s 1984 for the...

Defying Tradition: 32 Rue Vandenbranden and the Flemish Wave

Posted by Anny Mokotow | 13th Oct 2015 | Australia, Festivals, Melbourne, News, Transcultural Collaborations

Last week, Melbourne Festival opened with a production from the Belgian dance theatre...

EURODRAM 2016 – Open Call

Posted by The Theatre Times | 13th Oct 2015 | Europe

The call for submissions is now open for EURODRAM 2016! EURODRAM is a theatrical promotion network of works in European, Mediterranean and Central Asian languages. Its main objective is to present works by contemporary...

Redefining The (Able) Body

Posted by Yoni Prior | 29th Sep 2015 | Australia, Melbourne, Review, Theatre and Disability

When I first travelled overseas, fresh out of university in the early 1980s, I found myself in the...

Not So Fringe: Interactive Children’s Theatre Takes Center Stage

Posted by Jennifer Anderson | 14th Sep 2015 | Australia, Essay, Participatory Theatre, Theatre for Young Audiences

A highlight of this year’s Melbourne Fringe Festival, which begins tomorrow, is an expanded...

In The Spirit Of Positive Disgrace: An Interview With Katarzyna Lemańska

Posted by Justyna Wasilewska | 10th Sep 2015 | Acting, Interview, Poland

What were the beginnings of your work with the Garbaczewski & Cecko duo? You met while working...

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Kama Ginkas Playing Games With Dostoevsky Again

“King Lear” Reincarnates As Geoffrey Rush–It’s A Bloody Tragedy

Bell Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” Reviewed: The Same Great Themes In Some Strange New Haunts

Romanian Surrealist Gellu Naum–Centenary Celebrations

Does ‘Translating’ Shakespeare Into Modern English Dimish Its Greatness?

Nigerian Theatre: Thespian Family Theatre’s Production of Femi Osofisan’s “Altine’s Wrath”

African Theatre: Why It’s Important to Transpose Western Dramatic Classics

Dinosaurs On Stage: “Jurassica” Continues Australia’s Proud Lineage Of Italian Migration Stories

“The Experiment” Is A Musical Monodrama To Love, Hate, Or Both

Jules Wright, Courageous Australian Theatre Director, Died Earlier This Year–Did You Know?

If I Be Left Behind: Toni Morrison’s “Desdemona” Reminds Us Too Many Voices Remain Unheard

A Genre-Hopping Triumph: “The Rabbits”

Toni Morrison’s “Desdemona” Invites Us To Listen Not Just Hear

Too Close For Comfort: Contemplating The Plight Of Asylum Seekers In “From Afar On A Hill”

Goodbye To All That: Orwell’s “1984” Is A Boot Stamping On A Human Face No More

Defying Tradition: 32 Rue Vandenbranden and the Flemish Wave

EURODRAM 2016 – Open Call

Redefining The (Able) Body

Not So Fringe: Interactive Children’s Theatre Takes Center Stage

In The Spirit Of Positive Disgrace: An Interview With Katarzyna Lemańska

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