In the City of al-Sayyab, Theatre Still Speaks
Basra is shaped by louder forces such as oil, politics, and the constant negotiation of visible...
Read MorePosted by Amir Al-Azraki | 19th Feb 2026 | Essay, Iraq, Theatre and Politics
Basra is shaped by louder forces such as oil, politics, and the constant negotiation of visible...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 19th Feb 2026 | Acting, Directing, Review, United Kingdom
Terence Rattigan is a posh playwright whose work encapsulates the emotional restraint of the...
Read MorePosted by Margaret Rose | 17th Feb 2026 | Adaptation, Italy, Review
In late January and early February, Filippo Timi’s Hamlet² played to full houses at the 500-seater...
Read MorePosted by Morgan Skolnik | 13th Feb 2026 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, New York, Review
Anticipation and intrigue flood the room– a room which both is and is not the club. I and around...
Read MorePosted by Teodora Medeleanu | 10th Feb 2026 | Essay, Festivals, Poland, Romania, Transcultural Collaborations
Somewhat on the fringes of the Poland-Romania Cultural Season, the 2025 Between.Pomiędzy Festival...
Read MorePosted by Victoria Zavyalova | 9th Feb 2026 | Australia, Festivals, Review, United States of America
In January, the NYC Under the Radar Festival presented some of the most innovative and...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 9th Feb 2026 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
Some shows have great moments, but somehow just don’t work — the whole is less than the sum of its...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Monde | 8th Feb 2026 | Essay, Musical Theatre, United States of America
For American audiences, the musical The Devil Wears Prada, anticipated to premiere on Broadway in...
Read MorePosted by Paulina Peret | 6th Feb 2026 | Essay, Festivals, Poland
The “Screen / Stage” program was created as a space for shared viewing, discussion, and reflection...
Read MorePosted by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe | 6th Feb 2026 | Directing, Germany, Review
For this production of Shakespeare’s play, Oldenburgisches Staatstheateer used the 2007...
Read MorePosted by Margaret Rose | 6th Feb 2026 | Directing, Italy, Review
Neapolitan poet and dramatist Enzo Moscato passed away in 2024 at the age of 75. Together with...
Read MorePosted by Yizhou Zhang | 5th Feb 2026 | Argentina, Canada, Review, Theatre and Decolonization
A shimmering Andes mountain range made of light and weave. The sound of rattling bells. A...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Kalb | 4th Feb 2026 | Playwriting, Review, United States of America
At the risk of sounding smug, let me say: I have been yowling, since the early days of the...
Read MorePosted by Maria Delgado | 4th Feb 2026 | Chile, Festivals, Review
There were two key themes running through this year’s Teatro a Mil, the Chilean capital’s...
Read MorePosted by Margaret Rose | 3rd Feb 2026 | Italy, Review, Theatre and Politics
A Place of Safety, A Journey in the Central Mediterranean, produced by the Kepler-452 Company...
Read MorePosted by David O'Donnell | 29th Jan 2026 | Festivals, Hawaii, New Zealand, Theatre and Decolonization, Transcultural Collaborations
In the opening scene of Puana, a musical play written and directed by Professor Tammy Haili‘ōpua...
Read MorePosted by Margaret Rose | 27th Jan 2026 | Acting, Italy, Review
Before the Storm is set in a rather dilapidated dressing room where an elderly actor waits to go...
Read MorePosted by Morgan Skolnik | 27th Jan 2026 | Review, United States of America
The morning of the day I saw Narcissister’s spellbinding and stunningly original Voyage Into...
Read MorePosted by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe | 26th Jan 2026 | Directing, Germany, Review
Many, especially prestigious, new productions of Chekhov’s The Seagull in the UK and USA...
Read MorePosted by Morgan Skolnik | 23rd Jan 2026 | New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America
Wet Mess is a captivating performer with a playfully defined aesthetic. Their checkerboard face...
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David Yazbek: The Master of Adapting Films into… by Lisa Monde 2nd April 2026
Maxim Sukhanov – About The “Brew”… by Sergey Elkin 1st May 2026
“Broken Melody” at MITEM: A Music That Finds Its Way Home by Emiliia Dementsova 13th May 2026 

Waking Up in the Spotlight with “The Unusual… by Alexander Fatouros 24th March 2026 

Michael Frayn’s “Copenhagen” at the Hampstead… by Aleks Sierz 14th April 2026 