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Re-visiting Sartre with a Pacific Twist: “Uma Lava” by Victor Rodger

Posted by David O'Donnell | 3rd Jan 2020 | Adaptation, LGBTQ+ Theatre, New Zealand, Review

Uma Lava by Victor Rodger, Circa Theatre, Wellington. 23 November – 7 December 2019. Directed by...

Bringing a Greek Tragedy to 21st-Century Japan

Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 28th Dec 2019 | Adaptation, Japan, Review

What is it about stories from the ancient world that attracts contemporary dramatists? One person...

National Theatre: Inua Ellam’s “Three Sisters” Surges with Narrative Energy, Depicting Sisterhood and Colonial Injustice in the Short-Lived Republic of Biafra

Posted by Julian De Medeiros | 14th Dec 2019 | Adaptation, London, Nigeria, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

In recent years there has been a resurgence of progressive adaptations of Chekhov’s realist...

Martin Crimp’s “Cyrano de Bergerac” at the Playhouse Theatre

Posted by Mert Dilek | 12th Dec 2019 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom

“You into words?” Jamie Lloyd’s magnificent treatment of Cyrano de Bergerac very much...

“Rhinoceros”: TheatreDuo Examines the Absurdity of the Human Condition

Posted by Tonderai Chiyindiko | 11th Dec 2019 | Adaptation, Review, South Africa

Rhinoceros, the official production commemorating the Market Theatre Lab’s 30th-anniversary...

“An Iliad:” A Retelling of the Horrors of War Beyond Troy!

Posted by Jane Baldwin | 4th Dec 2019 | Adaptation, Boston, Review, United States of America

Denis O’Hare and Lisa Peterson created Homer’s Coat, a theatre company that explores...

Elena Ferrante’s “My Brilliant Friend” at The National Theatre

Posted by Mert Dilek | 29th Nov 2019 | Adaptation, Italy, London, Review, United Kingdom

Adapting novels for the stage is a tricky business. When the novel in question happens to be...

“Painted Alice” Review: Down The Rabbit Hole Once More

Posted by Zhe Pan | 9th Nov 2019 | Adaptation, Review, United States of America

Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a popular source of musical adaptions....

Mozart by Way of Cape Town

Posted by James Montaño | 9th Nov 2019 | Adaptation, Boston, Review, South Africa, Theatre and Opera, United States of America

The Magic Flute by the Isango Ensemble at ArtsEmerson When the Isango Ensemble plays—on only eight...

Between the Virtual and Real

Posted by Renu Ramanath | 4th Nov 2019 | Adaptation, Immersive Theatre, India, Review

Four strangers, a car and a video call make the play Bhranthu an unconventional visual experience....

“Oscar Wao” at Repertorio Español

Posted by Jack Wernick | 2nd Nov 2019 | Adaptation, New York, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

Repetorio Español, in New York’s Gramercy Park neighborhood, is currently home to a new...

Maxim Gorky’s “Vassa” at the Almeida Theatre

Posted by Mert Dilek | 25th Oct 2019 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom

“Our family doesn’t get on,” sneers the eponymous matriarch of Maxim Gorky’s Vassa, now playing at...

Samuel Gallet’s “Mephisto [A Rhapsody]” at The Gate Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 25th Oct 2019 | Adaptation, London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Adaptation is too banal a word to describe the cross-fertilization of theatre and other art forms....

David Greig’s “Solaris” at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre

Posted by Mert Dilek | 17th Oct 2019 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom

Far away from Earth, there is a planet called Solaris. It is covered by an ocean and orbits two...

“Anna Karenina”—Silk, Pearls and Satin Sadness

Posted by Emilija Kvočka | 15th Oct 2019 | Adaptation, Design, Review, Serbia

The Russian winter sprinkled with the aristocratic splendor of Imperial Moscow and Petersburg in...

“Re-Storying the Southside”: A Polynesian “Midsummer Night’s Dream”

Posted by David O'Donnell | 7th Oct 2019 | Adaptation, New Zealand, Review, Theatre for Young Audiences, Transcultural Collaborations

Dream The Black Friars Theatre Company, Mangere Arts Centre, Auckland, 18-21 September 2019 Where...

Kosmas Politis, “Eroica” by Yolanda Markopoulou

Posted by Yalena Kleidara | 6th Oct 2019 | Adaptation, Greece, Review

“Heroism is to this decision that you make by yourself, to stick to it until the very...

“The Ugly One:” Re-adaptation Attempts Face-Lift

Posted by Alvina Ruprecht | 1st Oct 2019 | Adaptation, Canada, Germany, Review

Marius von Mayenburg, author of The Ugly One, representing the new young German Theatre, is...

The WaxFactory’s “Lulu XX”

Posted by Abigail Weil | 28th Sep 2019 | Adaptation, Design, New York, Review, Theatre and Film, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

The WaxFactory’s new production Lulu XX is many steps away from originality. The heart of the play...

“Distancias Cortas” (Short Distances): Four Spaces, Four Moments

Posted by Lorena Meeser | 23rd Sep 2019 | Adaptation, Immersive Theatre, Mexico, Review

A wonderful experience of intimate theatre. Distancias Cortas is a scenic production that presents...

Adaptation

Re-visiting Sartre with a Pacific Twist: “Uma Lava” by Victor Rodger

Bringing a Greek Tragedy to 21st-Century Japan

National Theatre: Inua Ellam’s “Three Sisters” Surges with Narrative Energy, Depicting Sisterhood and Colonial Injustice in the Short-Lived Republic of Biafra

Martin Crimp’s “Cyrano de Bergerac” at the Playhouse Theatre

“Rhinoceros”: TheatreDuo Examines the Absurdity of the Human Condition

“An Iliad:” A Retelling of the Horrors of War Beyond Troy!

Elena Ferrante’s “My Brilliant Friend” at The National Theatre

“Painted Alice” Review: Down The Rabbit Hole Once More

Mozart by Way of Cape Town

Between the Virtual and Real

“Oscar Wao” at Repertorio Español

Maxim Gorky’s “Vassa” at the Almeida Theatre

Samuel Gallet’s “Mephisto [A Rhapsody]” at The Gate Theatre

David Greig’s “Solaris” at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre

“Anna Karenina”—Silk, Pearls and Satin Sadness

“Re-Storying the Southside”: A Polynesian “Midsummer Night’s Dream”

Kosmas Politis, “Eroica” by Yolanda Markopoulou

“The Ugly One:” Re-adaptation Attempts Face-Lift

The WaxFactory’s “Lulu XX”

“Distancias Cortas” (Short Distances): Four Spaces, Four Moments

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