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Corinna Harfouch’s Showpiece Of The Art Of Acting In Haidle’s “Spirit And The Dust”

Posted by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe | 2nd Jun 2026 | Acting, Germany, Review

Spirit and the Dust is a play by American dramatist Noah Haidle. The world premiere of the play,...

“Circle Mirror Transformation”

Posted by Margaret Rose | 27th May 2026 | Acting, Italy, Review

Annie Baker’s Circle Mirror Transformation is currently enjoying a highly acclaimed tour to major...

Guilt And Resilience, And “The Fear Of 13”

Posted by Teodora Medeleanu | 3rd May 2026 | Acting, Adaptation, New York, Review, United States of America

What if the guilt one feels on the death row is not for what he has (allegedly) done? The Fear of...

Maxim Sukhanov – About The “Brew” Of A Performance, Krymov Rehearsals, “Dramatic Provocations” And The “Hope For The Good”.

Posted by Sergey Elkin | 1st May 2026 | Acting, Directing, Interview, Lithuania, Russia

The interview took place on January 17, 2026. Maxim, do you remember your first...

Memories Of And Acting In Old Age Are Central To “Ein Deutsches Leben”

Posted by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe | 8th Apr 2026 | Acting, Germany, Review, Theatre and Politics

In 2016, Austrian director Christian Krönes and colleagues launched their two-hour documentary...

A Beer And A Mop

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 7th Mar 2026 | Acting, New York, Playwriting, Review, United States of America

Jake Brasch’s The Reservoir tells the story of a charmingly self-deprecating, openly gay NYU...

Monster Mash

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 3rd Mar 2026 | Acting, New York, Review, United States of America

Ngozi Anyanwu’s The Monsters is a poignant and muscular two-hander about a Black brother and...

Terence Rattigan’s “Man and Boy” at the National Theatre: Rare 1960s Rattigan Play Gets A Meta-Theatrical Revival

Posted 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...

“Before The Storm” (“Prima Del Temporale”) At Milan’s Piccolo Teatro

Posted 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...

What’s Eating You

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 20th Jan 2026 | Acting, Review, United States of America

Bug is a thoughtfully creepy psycho-thriller, set in a Texas motel, about a seemingly likeable yet...

Alan Ayckbourn’s Woman in Mind at the Duke of York’s Theatre: Starry West End Staging Is More Visually Delightful Than Emotionally Compelling

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 8th Jan 2026 | Acting, London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

New Year, new line up of West End stars. This time it’s the turn of Olivier-Award-winner Sheridan...

“A Working Class Hero” – Identity And Class at Voila! Theatre Festival

Posted by Verity Healey | 2nd Dec 2025 | Acting, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Representation in the performing arts in the UK is in crisis. For years, voices have been warning...

Nearly Finished

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 15th Nov 2025 | Acting, Review, United States of America

With a depressingly vacuous, celebrity-circus Waiting for Godot sucking up so much oxygen on...

Conor McPherson’s “The Weir” at the Harold Pinter Theatre: Beautifully Acted Revival Of A 1990s New Writing Classic

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 26th Sep 2025 | Acting, Dramaturgy, London, Review, United Kingdom

Perhaps it’s an indicator of the feebleness of new writing after the pandemic that so many of the...

Theatre Is A University, A Lifelong Study Of Human Nature

Posted by Ivanka Apostolova Baskar | 15th Sep 2025 | Acting, Interview, Macedonia

Interview with Sandra Gribovska Ilievska, theatre actress, Bitola, R. Macedonia Sandra Gribovska...

To Embrace Vulnerability As One Of My Greatest Strengths (Stronger, Braver, Vulnerable)

Posted by Ivanka Apostolova Baskar | 28th Aug 2025 | Acting, Interview, Macedonia

An Interview with wonderful talented actresses Jovana Miladinova, Skopje, R.N. Macedonia....

Do Not Get Your Acting Degree So That You Can Become Part Of The Payroll, Only To Satisfy Your Appetites

Posted by Ivanka Apostolova Baskar | 9th May 2025 | Acting, Interview, Macedonia

An Interview with Mr.Bajrus Mjaku – one of the most remarkable theatre character actors from...

Chris Fung’s “The Society for New Cuisine” at Omnibus Theatre: Exceptionally Powerful Monologue About Grief And Mental Torment

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 28th Mar 2025 | Acting, London, Review, United Kingdom

Anxiety. Apprehension. Angst even. Yes, that’s the feeling that rises in me as I come into the...

Nick Payne’s One Day When We Were Young at Park Theatre: Time-Hopping Love Story Is Restrained By The Slenderness of the Plot

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 5th Mar 2025 | Acting, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

How long would you wait for your soulmate? In “The Demon Lover”, a short story by Elizabeth Bowen,...

2024 Dublin Theatre Festival – Subjective Report [Part II]

Posted by Michał Lachman | 4th Mar 2025 | Acting, Festivals, Ireland

To read PART I of this report, go to this link. The line of Irish productions at 2024...

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