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Violence Is Not Fate. Change Is Possible

Posted by Berna Ataoğlu | 3rd Apr 2025 | Playwriting, Theatre and Gender, Turkey

Turkish writer, theatre critic, and academic Zehra İpşiroğlu’s book Woman Plays features...

Theatre “Haunts” People

Posted by Ivanka Apostolova Baskar | 26th Mar 2025 | Festivals, Interview, Playwriting, Romania

An Interview with Mr. Horia Gârbea – Playwright, dramaturg, translator, Bucaresti, Romania Horia...

Nikoletta Soumelidis’s Spent at the Old Red Lion Theatre: Intriguing And Suggestive Exploration Of Gender Roles

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 21st Mar 2025 | London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

One of the joys of contemporary playwriting is its openness to flexible casting. In Ruby Thomas’s...

Nick Payne’s One Day When We Were Young at Park Theatre: Time-Hopping Love Story Is Restrained By The Slenderness of the Plot

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 5th Mar 2025 | Acting, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

How long would you wait for your soulmate? In “The Demon Lover”, a short story by Elizabeth Bowen,...

Bridging Worlds: Bahram Beyzaie’s “Naqqali Trilogy” Wins The 2024 ASTR Translation Award Prize

Posted by Diana Fathi | 3rd Mar 2025 | Books, Iran, Playwriting, Translation

In November, the American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR) awarded the 2024 Translation Prize...

Coral Wylie’s Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew at the Bush Theatre: Tender And Original Debut About The Black Queer Experience

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 26th Feb 2025 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, United Kingdom

Diaries are dynamite — they hold secrets, and secrets can tear families apart. In Coral Wylie’s...

Laura Horton’s Lynn Faces at the New Diorama Theatre: Surreal Gig Theatre Event Explores Coercive Control Through Comedy

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 21st Feb 2025 | Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

British people are socially awkward: this explains why we talk about the weather, queue...

Playwriting Awards in Taiwan: Recognition and Reality

Posted by Kuan-Ting Lin | 14th Feb 2025 | Essay, News, Playwriting, Taiwan

Playwriting awards have always been a promised land for playwrights. For emerging storytellers,...

There Is Nothing To Know About The Theatre, There Is Everything To Discover About Theatre

Posted by Ivanka Apostolova Baskar | 5th Feb 2025 | Playwriting, Slovenia, Theatre and Gender

An Interview with playwright, dramaturg and director – Simona Semenic (Ljubljana, Slovenia)...

Philip Ridley’s Tarantula at the Arcola Theatre: Blazingly Emotive And Beautifully Poetic Account Of Trauma From A Master Penman

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 22nd Jan 2025 | Covid-19, London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

Even the best streamed theatre can’t compete with the live version. It’s simple — with this art...

The Fire This Time Festival Enters Its 16th Year

Posted by Marcina Zaccaria | 7th Jan 2025 | Interview, New York, Playwriting

Finding artists, nurturing them, supporting them. Seeing their work to fruition, and creating a community of support. We really try to do this at the Apollo New Works, too. It’s really how we continue to keep people and community.

Ché Walker’s Burnt-Up Love at the Finborough Theatre: Crime and Redemption In A Shining Gem Of A Show

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 1st Nov 2024 | London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

Fringe venues perform a vital role on the ecology of London theatre. While many shows at these...

Playwriting The “Next Generation.” How To Create A Character At The University Of Arts In Târgu-Mureș.

Posted by Anda Cadariu | 25th Jul 2024 | Interview, Playwriting, Romania

Ingeborg von Zadow and Elise Wilk in dialogue with Anda Cadariu Fabulamundi. Playwriting Europe. New Voices is a European project which aims to bring contemporary playwriting closer to the younger generations, addressing young...

New Buds on a Fertile Island: New Play Development in Taiwan, Part 1

Posted by Kuan-Ting Lin | 11th Jul 2024 | Dramaturgy, News, Playwriting, Taiwan

New writing stretches the boundaries of theatre arts. Though writing may seem a solitary...

New Buds on a Fertile Island: New Play Development in Taiwan, Part 2

Posted by The Prologue Center for New Plays | 11th Jul 2024 | News, Playwriting, Taiwan

To read PART I of this essay, go to this link. Prologue Center for New Plays Having worked...

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Theatre Festival Featured A Range Of Themes

Posted by Suganthy Krishnamachari | 30th Apr 2024 | India, Playwriting, Review

Tiruchiyai Meetta Sundarapandiyan and Blackout — two plays with different plots were presented...

Sergio Blanco’s “When You Pass Over My Tomb” at the Arcola Theatre: Exquisite Meta-Theatrical Exploration Of Death and Necrophilia

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 14th Feb 2024 | Adaptation, London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom, Uruguay

Nowadays it seems that it’s the fringe and Off-West End venues that are keeping the spirit of...

Jez Butterworth’s “The Hills of California” at the Harold Pinter Theatre: Warm Evocation of 1950s Pop Culture Is Fun, But Lacks Dramatic Resolution

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 11th Feb 2024 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

In West End theatre, the cliché that nothing succeeds like success keeps the wheels of commerce...

“El Lector Por Horas/Reader By The Hours.” A Successful Spanish Play That Also Deserves To Be A Global Hit

Posted by Antonio Hernández Nieto | 23rd Jan 2024 | Playwriting, Review, Spain

Sanchis Sinisterra is a Spanish playwright with a long career and many successes who is in the...

Marilyn Monroe – The Family Babysitter: Luke Yankee and the Creation of “Marilyn, Mom & Me”

Posted by Colden Lamb | 16th Jan 2024 | Interview, Los Angeles, Playwriting, United States of America

This February, International City Theatre will present the world premiere of a new play, Marilyn,...

Playwriting

Violence Is Not Fate. Change Is Possible

Theatre “Haunts” People

Nikoletta Soumelidis’s Spent at the Old Red Lion Theatre: Intriguing And Suggestive Exploration Of Gender Roles

Nick Payne’s One Day When We Were Young at Park Theatre: Time-Hopping Love Story Is Restrained By The Slenderness of the Plot

Bridging Worlds: Bahram Beyzaie’s “Naqqali Trilogy” Wins The 2024 ASTR Translation Award Prize

Coral Wylie’s Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew at the Bush Theatre: Tender And Original Debut About The Black Queer Experience

Laura Horton’s Lynn Faces at the New Diorama Theatre: Surreal Gig Theatre Event Explores Coercive Control Through Comedy

Playwriting Awards in Taiwan: Recognition and Reality

There Is Nothing To Know About The Theatre, There Is Everything To Discover About Theatre

Philip Ridley’s Tarantula at the Arcola Theatre: Blazingly Emotive And Beautifully Poetic Account Of Trauma From A Master Penman

The Fire This Time Festival Enters Its 16th Year

Ché Walker’s Burnt-Up Love at the Finborough Theatre: Crime and Redemption In A Shining Gem Of A Show

Playwriting The “Next Generation.” How To Create A Character At The University Of Arts In Târgu-Mureș.

New Buds on a Fertile Island: New Play Development in Taiwan, Part 1

New Buds on a Fertile Island: New Play Development in Taiwan, Part 2

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Theatre Festival Featured A Range Of Themes

Sergio Blanco’s “When You Pass Over My Tomb” at the Arcola Theatre: Exquisite Meta-Theatrical Exploration Of Death and Necrophilia

Jez Butterworth’s “The Hills of California” at the Harold Pinter Theatre: Warm Evocation of 1950s Pop Culture Is Fun, But Lacks Dramatic Resolution

“El Lector Por Horas/Reader By The Hours.” A Successful Spanish Play That Also Deserves To Be A Global Hit

Marilyn Monroe – The Family Babysitter: Luke Yankee and the Creation of “Marilyn, Mom & Me”

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