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Brecht In Exile: “Galileo” In Brooklyn

Posted by Jack Wernick | 1st Mar 2019 | Adaptation, Germany, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

New York’s Irondale Project presents a scrupulously faithful production of Brecht’s The Life Of...

“Kinkakuji:” Staging A Japanese Classic With A German Twist

Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 24th Feb 2019 | Adaptation, Japan, News, Theatre and Opera, Transcultural Collaborations

A new opera based on the quintessentially Japanese novel Kinkakuji is set to open in Tokyo...

“Medea” By Simon Stone, The New Stage Sensation

Posted by Antonio Hernández | 14th Feb 2019 | Adaptation, Review, Spain

Simon Stone is a stage director who began working in Australia and is currently working in Europe. His successful production of Yerma, by Federico García Lorca, was selected by The New York Times theatre critics as one of the best plays in New York in 2018. Medea, a Simon Stone collaboration with the prestigious Ivo Van […]

“The Tempest” At The Pittsburgh Public Theater In Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Posted by Wendy Arons | 11th Feb 2019 | Adaptation, Pittsburgh, Review, The Pittsburgh Tatler, United States of America

A couple of decades ago my then-colleague Jan Hagens introduced me to a genre categorization that...

Sleuthing With Slingsby

Posted by Vikram Phukan | 29th Jan 2019 | Adaptation, India, News

Erich Kästner’s 90-year-old German novella Emil Und Die Detektive (Emil And The Detectives), a...

“Crime And Punishment”: The Crime You’ll Be Glad You Were A Witness To

Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 26th Jan 2019 | Adaptation, Japan, News

In a scoop for Tokyo, Theatre Cocoon in Shibuya Ward is set to mark the new year with the world...

“Minding Frankie”: A Canadian Premiere Of An Irish Adaptation Goes Straight To The Heart!

Posted by Alvina Ruprecht | 22nd Jan 2019 | Adaptation, Canada, Review

The narrative voices of Irish novelist and playwright Maeve Binchy that emerge in Minding Frankie...

The Play That Never Sleeps: “Macbeth” In China

Posted by Hannah Lund | 19th Jan 2019 | Adaptation, China, Immersive Theatre, Review

As we neared the elevator doors, a woman dressed in a beautiful 1930s-era gown directed us to keep...

A Review of “Disgrace” from the 2018 Boska Komedia Festival: Fascinating but Problematic Theatre

Posted by Rem Myers | 12th Jan 2019 | Adaptation, Divine Comedy Festival 2018, Festivals, Poland, Review

Hańba [Disgrace] directed by Marcin Wierzchowski. Presented at Teatr Ludowy—Scena Stolarnia for...

Theatre Review: Xameleon Theatre Presents “A Dog’s Heart”–”A Brilliantly Clever Production”

Posted by Juno Schwarz | 17th Dec 2018 | Adaptation, London, Review, Russian Theatre Abroad, United Kingdom

In a memorable production, Xameleon Theatre recently brought Mikhail Bulgakov’s complex novel A...

Dystopian Fairy Tale: Faezeh Jalali Adapts Vineet Bhalla’s Award Winning Play, “A Farming Story,” For The Mumbai Stage

Posted by Vikram Phukan | 18th Nov 2018 | Adaptation, Directing, India

The prolific theatremaker Faezeh Jalali has once again emerged from a strenuous and demanding...

Nick Stafford’s “War Horse” At The National Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 16th Nov 2018 | Adaptation, London, Puppetry, Review, United Kingdom

In the days after the widespread commemorations of the 100th anniversary of the end of the first...

Zadie Smith’s “White Teeth” at The Kiln Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 14th Nov 2018 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom

You can see why artistic director Indhu Rubasingham chose to stage this version of Zadie Smith’s...

Dead Centre’s “Chekhov’s First Play”

Posted by Duška Radosavljević | 11th Nov 2018 | Adaptation, Ireland, Review

Also known as Platonov or the Play Without A Title, Chekhov’s first playtext, written when he was...

Theatre Review: Xameleon Theatre’s “The Little Prince”–”A Play For Young And Old”

Posted by Juno Schwarz | 5th Nov 2018 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom

First published in 1943 in New York, the story of the little prince and his travels hasn’t lost...

A New Take On “An Enemy Of The People” Fizzes With Contemporary Relevance

Posted by Huw Griffiths | 5th Nov 2018 | Adaptation, Australia, Review, Sydney

The fitness of Henrik Ibsen’s plays to address the political questions of our modern lives renews...

An Adaptation of Samuel Beckett’s “Watt” Questions Being And Perception

Posted by Sarah Balkin | 20th Oct 2018 | Adaptation, Festivals, Ireland, Melbourne, Review

It resembled a pot, it was almost a pot, but it was not a pot of which one could say, Pot, pot,...

Jasmin Vardimon: Adapting “Medusa” Myth In The Liquid Modernity Age

Posted by Armando Rotondi | 14th Oct 2018 | Adaptation, Essay, Review, Theatre and Dance, United Kingdom

Choreographer Jasmin Vardimon’s new show, Medusa, is a multiple and composite piece of art that is...

Hal Coase’s “Mrs. Dalloway” At The Arcola Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 6th Oct 2018 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom

Since Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway was first published in 1925 its reputation as a brilliant...

Adapting Identities: Freya Treutmann’s “Scratches” And “Evidence Of Codes” In Edinburgh

Posted by Armando Rotondi | 3rd Oct 2018 | Adaptation, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Art, United Kingdom

The relation between identity and performance is one of the strongest topics in the field of...

Adaptation

Brecht In Exile: “Galileo” In Brooklyn

“Kinkakuji:” Staging A Japanese Classic With A German Twist

“Medea” By Simon Stone, The New Stage Sensation

“The Tempest” At The Pittsburgh Public Theater In Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Sleuthing With Slingsby

“Minding Frankie”: A Canadian Premiere Of An Irish Adaptation Goes Straight To The Heart!

The Play That Never Sleeps: “Macbeth” In China

A Review of “Disgrace” from the 2018 Boska Komedia Festival: Fascinating but Problematic Theatre

Theatre Review: Xameleon Theatre Presents “A Dog’s Heart”–”A Brilliantly Clever Production”

Nick Stafford’s “War Horse” At The National Theatre

Zadie Smith’s “White Teeth” at The Kiln Theatre

Dead Centre’s “Chekhov’s First Play”

Theatre Review: Xameleon Theatre’s “The Little Prince”–”A Play For Young And Old”

A New Take On “An Enemy Of The People” Fizzes With Contemporary Relevance

An Adaptation of Samuel Beckett’s “Watt” Questions Being And Perception

Jasmin Vardimon: Adapting “Medusa” Myth In The Liquid Modernity Age

Hal Coase’s “Mrs. Dalloway” At The Arcola Theatre

Adapting Identities: Freya Treutmann’s “Scratches” And “Evidence Of Codes” In Edinburgh

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