Magda Romanska on Dramaturgy and Opera
BLO: What is a dramaturg? MR: In its broadest and earliest definition, dramaturgy means a...
Read MorePosted by Magda Romanska | 28th Jan 2014 | Dramaturgy, Interview, Theatre and Opera, United States of America
BLO: What is a dramaturg? MR: In its broadest and earliest definition, dramaturgy means a...
Read MorePosted by Dara Weinberg | 28th Jan 2014 | Essay, Poland, Review
The group of visual artists and actors who comprise the surrealist dance-theater Teatr...
Read MorePosted by David Williams | 25th Jan 2014 | Australia, Festivals, Review, Sydney
In August 2012, I was invited by the Sydney Festival to work with Wesley Enoch, Artistic Director...
Read MorePosted by Amanda Card | 20th Jan 2014 | Festivals, Review, Sydney, Transcultural Collaborations
There is speculation that the taiko drum was first used by soldiers in battle. At its best, Chi...
Read MorePosted by The Theatre Times | 18th Jan 2014 | News, United States of America
This winter, the Open Program team of the legendary Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas...
Read MorePosted by Julian Murphet | 15th Jan 2014 | Australia, Festivals, Netherlands, Review, Sydney
An unnamed woman alone in an apartment conducts an increasingly panicked conversation on the...
Read MorePosted by Pawel Soszynski | 11th Dec 2013 | Collaborating Across Cultures, Interview, Poland, Theatre and Politics
Divine Kraków, Un-Divine Comedy: A talk with Croatian Director Oliver Frljić of Un-Divine Comedy...
Read MorePosted by Beatriz Cabur | 10th Dec 2013 | Immersive Theatre, News, Spain
On a Saturday night, Madrid’s Microtheatre performs 54 mini-shows back to back in the...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Wolf | 9th Dec 2013 | Spain, Theatre and Politics, Transcultural Collaborations
This post was written by the director, dramaturg, and educator, Hannah Wolf, who is currently in...
Read MorePosted by Helena Grehan and Peter Eckersall | 20th Nov 2013 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Disability
Super Discount – currently playing at Melbourne’s Malthouse Theatre – is the latest work by...
Read MorePosted by Tatiana Rubleva | 2nd Nov 2013 | Review, Russia, Theatre and Dance
Anglo-Russian dance sensation marries ice-skating and theater in their production of Nutcracker on...
Read MorePosted by John Freedman | 30th Oct 2013 | Directing, Kama Ginkas Black Monk, Review, Russia
Of all the theatrical languages that coexist in Moscow, director Kama Ginkas is an intonation unto himself. You can hear it in his actors’ speech. “They often speak not as they do in life or even on stage for another...
Read MorePosted by Georgy Manaev | 24th Sep 2013 | Essay, Russia, Theatre and Disability
For people with physical or intellectual disabilities, the art of theatre is the powerful mode of...
Read MorePosted by Phoebe Taplin | 21st Sep 2013 | Essay, Russia, Transcultural Collaborations
Some of London’s most innovative theatres and theatre companies are inspired by Russia but in very...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 12th Sep 2013 | Japan, Review, Russia, Transcultural Collaborations
“I have rarely seen a great production of any Chekhov play in Japan. Sometimes, I’ve even wanted...
Read MorePosted by Alisa Orlova | 3rd Aug 2013 | Essay, Playwriting, Russia
It is impossible to imagine the Russian stage without the works of Alexander Ostrovsky – they are...
Read MorePosted by Paul Duvernet | 28th Jun 2013 | News, Russia, Theatre and Dance
The Bolshoi Theater’s new season opens Sept. 17. It will include seven new productions...
Read MorePosted by Alena Aniskiewicz | 25th Jun 2013 | Books, Poland, Translation
This beautiful new volume, a collection of three plays translated by Magda Romanska, is an...
Read MorePosted by Pauline Tillmann | 6th Jun 2013 | Essay, Russia, Theatre and Opera
The new Mariinsky Theatre is a site of pilgrimage in St. Petersburg. Ballet and opera enthusiasts...
Read MorePosted by Ekaterina Vlasova and Moskovskie Novosti | 2nd Jun 2013 | Interview, Russia, Transcultural Collaborations
Cazimir Liske, an American actor at the Praktika Theatre, talks about Russia’s literary...
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