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“Cabaret” at the Theatre of Nations: Inside and Underwear of the Third Empire

Posted by Emiliia Dementsova | 2nd Oct 2022 | Adaptation, Review, Russia, Theatre and Politics

Musical drama of unlearned lessons is perhaps the most appropriate definition for Evgeny...

“The Interrupted Dream” by Hong Kong’s Zuni Icosahedron in Wrocław, Poland

Posted by Rossella Ferrari | 1st Oct 2022 | Adaptation, China, Directing, Festivals, Hong Kong, Poland, Review

Tang Xianzu’s sixteenth-century classic, Peony Pavilion (1598), is a play about boundaries and...

Dangerous Desires in “Marie It’s Time”

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 21st Sep 2022 | Adaptation, New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

Why is this boy-kills-girl play different from all other boy-kills-girl plays? For starters, it...

Belvoir’s “Tell Me I’m Here” Looks at the Impact of Mental Illness on the Whole Family. It is a Wrenching and Beautiful Work.

Posted by Michelle Arrow | 19th Sep 2022 | Adaptation, Australia, Review, Theatre and Disability

Review: Tell Me I’m Here, directed by Leticia Cáceres, Belvoir. Released in 1991, the memoir Tell...

“Who Killed My Father,” Young Vic

Posted by Duška Radosavljević | 16th Sep 2022 | Adaptation, Design, London, Netherlands, Review, United Kingdom

‘If this were a text for the theatre, here is how it would begin’ – these are the opening words of...

A Production to Satisfy Sydney’s Darkest Imaginings: Sydney Theatre Company’s “Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”

Posted by Huw Griffiths | 13th Sep 2022 | Acting, Adaptation, Australia, Review

Review: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, directed by Kip Williams for Sydney Theatre Company...

Mental Illness, Misogyny, and the Myth of the Male Genius in “The Butcher Boy”

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 26th Aug 2022 | Adaptation, New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

This review contains spoilers. TW: suicide, homicide, mental illness The Butcher Boy, which opened...

“Don’t You Hate It When Assholes Are Talented?”: “macbitches” at Chain Theatre

Posted by Rhiannon Ling | 22nd Aug 2022 | Adaptation, New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

I went to theatre school. Know this before reading on. I went to theatre school, trained as an...

Honey, I’m Home! — Robert Icke’s “Oresteia”

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 13th Aug 2022 | Adaptation, Directing, New York, Review, United States of America

If nothing else, you have to admire the chutzpah of Robert Icke’s Oresteia, which tries to...

“The Cherry Orchard,” Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble

Posted by Justine Nakase | 12th Aug 2022 | Adaptation, Design, Review, Russian Theatre Abroad, United States of America

What might Anton Chekov, that Russian master of the nineteenth century, have to say about the...

Leveling Effects: Matthew Spangler’s Adaptation of “The Kite Runner”

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 10th Aug 2022 | Adaptation, Afghanistan, Directing, Review, United States of America

Khaled Hosseini’s 2003 novel The Kite Runner is a vividly descriptive and often gripping tale of...

Ivo Van Hove’s Water-turgy: “Ingolstadt” at the Salzburg Festival

Posted by Duška Radosavljević | 8th Aug 2022 | Adaptation, Austria, Dramaturgy, Festivals, Review

Just over a hundred years since its founding (by impresario and theatre director Max Reinhardt),...

With “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall” at The Sydney Theatre Company Gives Us a Brontë Adaptation for Our Moment

Posted by Vanessa Smith | 29th Jul 2022 | Adaptation, Australia, Review, Theatre and Gender

Review: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, directed by Jessica Arthur for the Sydney Theatre Company...

Unmanly Griefs: Robert Icke’s “Hamlet”

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 19th Jul 2022 | Adaptation, New York, Playwriting, Review, United States of America

The first ten minutes of Robert Icke’s 3 ¾-hour Hamlet had me worried. Icke is a British directing...

“On the Verge of Tragedy and Farce”: An Interview with Dmitry Krymov

Posted by Sergey Elkin | 3rd Jul 2022 | Adaptation, Directing, Interview, Russia

Dmitry Krymov: artist, director, stage designer, teacher. The son of two of the great theatrical...

The Beast is Back: Radiotheatre’s Live Audio Play “King Kong”

Posted by Emily Cordes | 12th Jun 2022 | Adaptation, Review, Transmedia, United States of America

Since its original 1933 film debut, the story of King Kong has become a mainstay of America’s, and...

Fresh “Ham” at the Public

Posted by Jack Wernick | 7th Jun 2022 | Adaptation, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, United States of America

Fat Ham arrives at the Public Theater for its first live production following the Zoom staging by...

“Sky of Darkness” Comes to NYC: A Chinese Reimagination of “Heart of Darkness” in Our Neocolonial World

Posted by Siting Yang | 4th Jun 2022 | Adaptation, China, New York, News, Theatre and Decolonization, United States of America

Sky of Darkness is enjoying its US premiere June 2-12 at Theaterlab in Midtown Manhattan. The...

Belgian Premiere of “Molly Bloom” in Ghent

Posted by Scena.ro | 26th May 2022 | Adaptation, Belgium, News

In 1999, Viviane De Muynck and Jan Lauwers set to work with the last chapter of James...

“The Burnt City,” One Cartridge Place

Posted by Duška Radosavljević | 24th May 2022 | Adaptation, Immersive Theatre, London, Review, United Kingdom

Punchdrunk theatre, the eponymous progenitors of “immersive theatre,” have been wowing...

Adaptation

“Cabaret” at the Theatre of Nations: Inside and Underwear of the Third Empire

“The Interrupted Dream” by Hong Kong’s Zuni Icosahedron in Wrocław, Poland

Dangerous Desires in “Marie It’s Time”

Belvoir’s “Tell Me I’m Here” Looks at the Impact of Mental Illness on the Whole Family. It is a Wrenching and Beautiful Work.

“Who Killed My Father,” Young Vic

A Production to Satisfy Sydney’s Darkest Imaginings: Sydney Theatre Company’s “Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”

Mental Illness, Misogyny, and the Myth of the Male Genius in “The Butcher Boy”

“Don’t You Hate It When Assholes Are Talented?”: “macbitches” at Chain Theatre

Honey, I’m Home! — Robert Icke’s “Oresteia”

“The Cherry Orchard,” Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble

Leveling Effects: Matthew Spangler’s Adaptation of “The Kite Runner”

Ivo Van Hove’s Water-turgy: “Ingolstadt” at the Salzburg Festival

With “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall” at The Sydney Theatre Company Gives Us a Brontë Adaptation for Our Moment

Unmanly Griefs: Robert Icke’s “Hamlet”

“On the Verge of Tragedy and Farce”: An Interview with Dmitry Krymov

The Beast is Back: Radiotheatre’s Live Audio Play “King Kong”

Fresh “Ham” at the Public

“Sky of Darkness” Comes to NYC: A Chinese Reimagination of “Heart of Darkness” in Our Neocolonial World

Belgian Premiere of “Molly Bloom” in Ghent

“The Burnt City,” One Cartridge Place

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