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Tony Award-Winning U.S. Playwright Neil Simon Dies At 91

Posted by REUTERS | 28th Aug 2018 | News, Playwriting, United States of America, Worldwide

Simon’s plays made him a wealthy man and many were turned into films, which made him even...

“Angry Alan” – Edinburgh Fringe Review: An Open Examination Of The Men’s Rights Movement

Posted by Emily Jupp | 27th Aug 2018 | Festivals, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

Angry Alan Underbelly Cowgate, Edinburgh ★★★★★ Playwright Penelope Skinner’s new work, Angry Alan,...

Dramatist Hideto Iwai Connects With His Audiences In Ways He Never Could Have Imagined By Being Honest About His Own Life Experiences

Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 24th Aug 2018 | Interview, Japan, Playwriting

When he was 16, Hideto Iwai was perplexed as to why everyone around him unquestioningly jumped...

Reviving The Lost Art Of Playwriting

Posted by Vikram Phukan | 22nd Aug 2018 | Festivals, India, News, Playwriting

The second edition of the Sanchita Manch fest will feature three new original plays Entering its...

“Silk Road (How To Buy Drugs Online”) at The Trafalgar Studios

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 21st Aug 2018 | London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

The Dark Web has an intriguing sound about it. Like something out of JRR Tolkien or JK Rowling, it...

Playing Nazim Hikmet, Always Fresh And Relevant

Posted by Bahar Karlıdağ | 19th Aug 2018 | Essay, Playwriting, Turkey

Turkish poet, playwright, and novelist Nazim Hikmet spent a life in exile condemning fascism, its...

Laura Wade’s “Home, I’m Darling” At The National Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 18th Aug 2018 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

Nostalgia used to be a disease, but now it’s a lifestyle choice. Look around you: British reality...

Girls Being Bad: “Our Dear Dead Drug Lord” By Alexis Scheer

Posted by Trevor Boffone | 8th Aug 2018 | Boston, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

“On Wednesdays, we wear pink,” affirms Regina George in the 2004 cult classic comedy Mean Girls....

Searching For The Homeland: Gerish Khemani And Akshat Nigam’s Play Explores Memory, Loss, Exile, And Roots

Posted by Vikram Phukan | 31st Jul 2018 | India, News, Playwriting

One of the great subcontinental migrations, and one that has arguably been slowly erased from...

A Century Of Queer Performance With Serena Grasso

Posted by Oberon Books | 28th Jul 2018 | Interview, LGBTQ+ Theatre, London, Playwriting, United Kingdom

The Oberon Book Of Queer Monologues, just released, is an astonishing new collection which...

National Festival Of Egyptian Theatre Honors Playwright Mahmoud Diab, Features Sudanese Theatre, And Children’s Plays

Posted by Ahram Online | 19th Jul 2018 | Egypt, Festivals, News, Playwriting, Theatre for Young Audiences

The 11th edition of the National Festival of Egyptian Theatre will take place between July 19 and...

“Alkaline” at The Park Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 19th Jul 2018 | London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

Britain is rightly proud of its record on multiculturalism, but whenever cross-cultural couples...

“Dreams In An Empty City”: A Strikingly Prescient Morality Tale About Banking

Posted by Julian Meyrick | 18th Jul 2018 | Australia, Essay, Playwriting

In our Great Australian Plays series, we nominate the best of Australian drama. There is no single...

Karnad’s New Historical Play To Hit The Stands This Independence Day

Posted by Muralidhara Khajane | 17th Jul 2018 | Books, India, Playwriting

Rakshasa-Tangadi centers around the Battle of Talikota. Girish Karnad’s much-anticipated play that...

Simon Callow On Legendary Play Agent Peggy Ramsay

Posted by Simon Callow | 15th Jul 2018 | Books, Essay, Playwriting, United Kingdom

Peggy Ramsay (1908-1991) was the foremost play agent of her time. Her list of clients shows her to...

Keiko Miyata To Mark Departure From The New National Theatre, Tokyo, With Piece By Up-And-Coming Playwright

Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 11th Jul 2018 | Directing, Japan, News, Playwriting

After eight years as artistic director for drama at the New National Theatre, Tokyo, Keiko Miyata,...

When The Cultural Cringe Abated: Australian Drama In The 1970s

Posted by Julian Meyrick | 19th Jun 2018 | Australia, Essay, Playwriting

In our Great Australian Plays series, we nominate the best of Australian drama. If Australian...

The Power Of “La Pilarcita”: María Marull’s Opera Prima Celebrates Its Fourth Season In Buenos Aires

Posted by Susan Berardini | 17th Jun 2018 | Argentina, Playwriting, Review

Pilgrimages have long served as expressions of both collective and individual faith, as well as...

Afro-Latinx Theatre, Front And Center: An Interview With Guadalís Del Carmen

Posted by Trevor Boffone | 15th Jun 2018 | Festivals, Interview, Playwriting, United States of America

Born and raised in Chicago by Dominican parents, Guadalís Del Carmen is a playwright, actress, and...

Acclimatization: Feminist Iranian Theatre Acclimatizes To Diaspora

Posted by Marjan Moosavi | 9th Jun 2018 | Canada, Documentary Theatre, Iran, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender

Acclimatization refers to the process by which an individual organism adjusts to a change in its...

Playwriting

Tony Award-Winning U.S. Playwright Neil Simon Dies At 91

“Angry Alan” – Edinburgh Fringe Review: An Open Examination Of The Men’s Rights Movement

Dramatist Hideto Iwai Connects With His Audiences In Ways He Never Could Have Imagined By Being Honest About His Own Life Experiences

Reviving The Lost Art Of Playwriting

“Silk Road (How To Buy Drugs Online”) at The Trafalgar Studios

Playing Nazim Hikmet, Always Fresh And Relevant

Laura Wade’s “Home, I’m Darling” At The National Theatre

Girls Being Bad: “Our Dear Dead Drug Lord” By Alexis Scheer

Searching For The Homeland: Gerish Khemani And Akshat Nigam’s Play Explores Memory, Loss, Exile, And Roots

A Century Of Queer Performance With Serena Grasso

National Festival Of Egyptian Theatre Honors Playwright Mahmoud Diab, Features Sudanese Theatre, And Children’s Plays

“Alkaline” at The Park Theatre

“Dreams In An Empty City”: A Strikingly Prescient Morality Tale About Banking

Simon Callow On Legendary Play Agent Peggy Ramsay

Keiko Miyata To Mark Departure From The New National Theatre, Tokyo, With Piece By Up-And-Coming Playwright

When The Cultural Cringe Abated: Australian Drama In The 1970s

The Power Of “La Pilarcita”: María Marull’s Opera Prima Celebrates Its Fourth Season In Buenos Aires

Afro-Latinx Theatre, Front And Center: An Interview With Guadalís Del Carmen

Acclimatization: Feminist Iranian Theatre Acclimatizes To Diaspora

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