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“The Black Monk”: Dramatism And A Large Dose Of Slapstick

Posted by Jonathan Karstadt | 29th Mar 2018 | Adaptation, Kama Ginkas Black Monk, Review, Russia

Of all the great Russian writers of the second half of the nineteenth century, none perfected the...

“Goodbye, Mr. Yi Sang”: Seoul Performing Arts Company’s New Experiment

Posted by Lee Chin-A | 24th Mar 2018 | Adaptation, Immersive Theatre, Review, South Korea, Theatre and Dance

Theatre adaptations of novels are on the rise this season. Of course, this is nothing new....

“Lessons Learnt” By A Professional Translator–Adapting The Same Play Three Times Over Three Years

Posted by Noah Birksted-Breen | 23rd Mar 2018 | Adaptation, Russia, Translation, United Kingdom

I have just finished translating Mikhail Durnenkov’s The War Hasn’t Yet Started for the third time...

Dairakudakan’s “Unearthly” Butoh Meets A Tortured Russian tale

Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 22nd Mar 2018 | Adaptation, Japan, News, Theatre and Dance

Following a January press conference in which the New National Theatre, Tokyo, announced that...

American Actors Give New Voice To French Theater

Posted by French Culture | 22nd Mar 2018 | Adaptation, France, News, Theatre and Art, Translation

As a young French director visiting New York with his theater troupe, Paul Desveaux hardly...

“Jubilee” at The Lyric Hammersmith: Adapting Punk Classic

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 20th Mar 2018 | Adaptation, London, Musical Theatre, Review, United Kingdom

The late Derek Jarman’s 1978 film Jubilee is a punk classic. I think he was in his Fellini phase,...

“Memorial” Is A Shattering Excavation Of The Scars Of War Through Poetry, Dance, And Mind Blowing Score

Posted by Julian Meyrick | 19th Mar 2018 | Adaptation, Australia, Festivals, Review

Arthur Danto, in his Analytic Philosophy of History, calls the common noun “scar” a...

Discussion On The Greatest Theatrical Scandal Of 2017: “Klątwa” At The Powszechny Theatre In Warsaw

Posted by Agata Łuksza | 18th Mar 2018 | Adaptation, Croatia, Directing, Dramaturgy, Interview, Poland, Theatre and Politics

Kasia Lech (KL): How could we introduce Klątwa [The Curse] and its context to someone for whom the...

Contemporary “Electra” by DumbWise at The Bunker Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 13th Mar 2018 | Adaptation, London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

Electra is the protagonist in two Ancient Greek tragedies, one by Sophocles and the other by...

I Wanted To Remove The Language Of Gender: Hindi Adaptation of Lorca’s “Yerma”

Posted by Vikram Phukan | 13th Mar 2018 | Adaptation, India, Interview, LGBTQ+ Theatre, Theatre and Gender

Mahesh Dattani explores the symbolism, futurism and surreal influences of Spanish dramatist...

“Y Tad” – Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru (A Welsh Translation of Florian Zeller’s “The Father”)

Posted by Christopher Harris | 10th Mar 2018 | Adaptation, Review, Transcultural Collaborations, Translation, United Kingdom

Terry Eagleton reminds us that in order for tragedy to occur, then the protagonist must be in...

Chris Goode’s “Jubilee” – The State of The (Punk) Nation

Posted by Duška Radosavljević | 9th Mar 2018 | Adaptation, London, Musical Theatre, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

The idea here is both exquisitely complex and wonderfully simple. On the one hand, Chris Goode’s...

Molière’s “The School For Wives” At The City Garage Theatre, Santa Monica

Posted by Christine Deitner | 8th Mar 2018 | Adaptation, Los Angeles, Review

Los Angeles can be a tricky theatre city to pin down. Though we do have a theatre district it is...

Rude Mechs’ Experiment With Dostoevsky’s “Brothers Karamazov”

Posted by Jane Baldwin | 3rd Mar 2018 | Adaptation, Review, United States of America

Rude Mechs, an Austin-based ensemble in their twenty-first year of collective creation, recently...

“I Feel As If I’m Loosing My Leaves:” Translatability Of Theme Through Language In Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru’s Production Of Florian Zeller’s “Y Tad”

Posted by Christopher Harris | 15th Feb 2018 | Adaptation, Review, Transcultural Collaborations, Translation, United Kingdom

The universality of Florian Zeller’s undiminished modern masterpiece The Father has ceased...

Reinterpreting The Tradition: A Contemporary Retelling Of Tang Xianzu’s “The Handan Dream” By The Guangzhou Dramatic Arts Centre

Posted by Letizia Fusini | 14th Feb 2018 | Adaptation, China, Review, Theatre and Opera

Conceived in 2016 in Guangzhou and previously performed in Beijing and St. Petersburg, the...

Satoshi Miyagi Returns To The Japan Society With “Mugen Noh Othello”

Posted by Alex Rogals | 10th Feb 2018 | Adaptation, Japan, Review, Transcultural Collaborations

New York City’s Japan Society closed out its 2017-18 Noh-Now series this past January with...

See Naples And Die! Marco D’Amore’s “American Buffalo”

Posted by Davide Cioffrese | 22nd Jan 2018 | Adaptation, Italy, Review

American Buffalo is the story of a failure. A foretold, almost desired conclusion, an inescapable...

“The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time” Trades Deadpan For High-octane

Posted by Sandra D'urso | 21st Jan 2018 | Adaptation, Australia, Melbourne, Review

The National Theatre’s production of The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time, currently...

Tom Rachman’s “Basket Of Deplorables”

Posted by Rajka Stefanovska | 8th Jan 2018 | Adaptation, Books, Review, United States of America

Basket Of Deplorables By Tom Rachman at Gladstone Theatre. If the definition of satire is: “the...

Adaptation

“The Black Monk”: Dramatism And A Large Dose Of Slapstick

“Goodbye, Mr. Yi Sang”: Seoul Performing Arts Company’s New Experiment

“Lessons Learnt” By A Professional Translator–Adapting The Same Play Three Times Over Three Years

Dairakudakan’s “Unearthly” Butoh Meets A Tortured Russian tale

American Actors Give New Voice To French Theater

“Jubilee” at The Lyric Hammersmith: Adapting Punk Classic

“Memorial” Is A Shattering Excavation Of The Scars Of War Through Poetry, Dance, And Mind Blowing Score

Discussion On The Greatest Theatrical Scandal Of 2017: “Klątwa” At The Powszechny Theatre In Warsaw

Contemporary “Electra” by DumbWise at The Bunker Theatre

I Wanted To Remove The Language Of Gender: Hindi Adaptation of Lorca’s “Yerma”

“Y Tad” – Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru (A Welsh Translation of Florian Zeller’s “The Father”)

Chris Goode’s “Jubilee” – The State of The (Punk) Nation

Molière’s “The School For Wives” At The City Garage Theatre, Santa Monica

Rude Mechs’ Experiment With Dostoevsky’s “Brothers Karamazov”

“I Feel As If I’m Loosing My Leaves:” Translatability Of Theme Through Language In Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru’s Production Of Florian Zeller’s “Y Tad”

Reinterpreting The Tradition: A Contemporary Retelling Of Tang Xianzu’s “The Handan Dream” By The Guangzhou Dramatic Arts Centre

Satoshi Miyagi Returns To The Japan Society With “Mugen Noh Othello”

See Naples And Die! Marco D’Amore’s “American Buffalo”

“The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time” Trades Deadpan For High-octane

Tom Rachman’s “Basket Of Deplorables”

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