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The Neverending Story: NAC’s Production a Visual Feast Which Doesn’t Quite Gel with the Story

Posted by Maja Stefanovska | 7th Feb 2020 | Adaptation, Canada, Review

The Neverending Story is a testament to the importance of imagination and the power of stories....

“Peggy’s Song:” A Sincere Exploration of Grief which Asks Important Questions

Posted by Natasha Lomonossoff | 2nd Feb 2020 | Adaptation, Canada, Review

Peggy’s Song, the final production of Theatre Kingston’s 2019-20 season, provides a light-hearted...

Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya” at the Harold Pinter Theatre

Posted by Mert Dilek | 1st Feb 2020 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom

The wilting characters of Uncle Vanya would like us to believe that their scenes from country life...

“Ellen West” at The Prototype Festival

Posted by Abigail Weil | 26th Jan 2020 | Adaptation, New York, Prototype 2020, Review, Theatre and Opera, United States of America

Two embarrassing conditions unsettled me at the top of Ellen West, the new opera by Ricky Ian...

Review: “Antigone” at the New Diorama Theatre

Posted by Julian De Medeiros | 17th Jan 2020 | Adaptation, London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

In her contemporary re-working of Sophocles’ tragedy, Lulu Raczka has chosen to...

“Trojan Horse” at the Battersea Arts Centre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 10th Jan 2020 | Adaptation, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Media hysteria needs good branding. So when in March 2014 an email letter was leaked to the press,...

The Democracy of a Whale Ship (and then a Vaudeville)

Posted by James Montaño | 8th Jan 2020 | Adaptation, Boston, Review, United States of America

Moby-Dick at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA For those who are not familiar with...

“Casablanca:” We’ll Always Have the Radio!!!

Posted by Kennedy Fiorella | 8th Jan 2020 | Adaptation, Canada, Review

Gone are the days when, on a cold winter night, the family gathered around a fire to listen to the...

The Dramaturgy of “The Banquet at elBulli”

Posted by Clement Lee | 6th Jan 2020 | Adaptation, Dramaturgy, Essay, Hong Kong, Theatre and Opera

This excerpt of the article is originally written in Chinese by the author. Full article will be...

“Rhinoceros” by Eugène Ionesco: A Novella

Posted by Darie Ducan | 5th Jan 2020 | Adaptation, France, Review

Rhinoceros (1959) is one of Eugène Ionesco’s best-known plays, one of the plays with which the...

“Macondo” in New York: Russian Theatre Brings Márquez’s Epic to Life

Posted by Victoria Zavyalova | 4th Jan 2020 | Adaptation, New York, Review, Russian Theatre Abroad, Transcultural Collaborations, United States of America

A thread of life and blood, unconditional love and death, incest and destiny all interconnect in...

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...

Adaptation

The Neverending Story: NAC’s Production a Visual Feast Which Doesn’t Quite Gel with the Story

“Peggy’s Song:” A Sincere Exploration of Grief which Asks Important Questions

Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya” at the Harold Pinter Theatre

“Ellen West” at The Prototype Festival

Review: “Antigone” at the New Diorama Theatre

“Trojan Horse” at the Battersea Arts Centre

The Democracy of a Whale Ship (and then a Vaudeville)

“Casablanca:” We’ll Always Have the Radio!!!

The Dramaturgy of “The Banquet at elBulli”

“Rhinoceros” by Eugène Ionesco: A Novella

“Macondo” in New York: Russian Theatre Brings Márquez’s Epic to Life

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

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