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In “Hamilton,” Lin-Manuel Miranda Turned The Story Of A Forgotten Founding Father Into A Modern Musical Classic

Posted by Sarah Churchwell | 25th Dec 2017 | Essay, Playwriting, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom, United States of America

It begins “How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore/And a Scotsman/ dropped in the middle of a...

Traumatic Dramatics: Iraqi Addicts, Criminals, And Survivors Use Theatre As Therapy

Posted by Sara al-Qaher | 24th Dec 2017 | Acting, Iraq, News, Playwriting, Theatre and Politics

An Iraqi man is using drama therapy to help local drug addicts, juvenile offenders and victims of...

Playwriting Education In South Korea: In Conversation With Ko Yeon-ok, Part III

Posted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 22nd Dec 2017 | Education, Interview, Playwriting, South Korea

Award-winning South Korean playwright and educator Ko Yeon-ok reflects about her teaching practice...

Playwriting Education In South Korea: In Conversation With Ko Yeon-ok, Part II

Posted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 22nd Dec 2017 | Education, Interview, Playwriting, South Korea

Award-winning South Korean playwright and educator Ko Yeon-ok reflects about her teaching practice...

Playwriting Education In South Korea: In Conversation With Ko Yeon-ok, Part I

Posted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 22nd Dec 2017 | Education, Interview, Playwriting, South Korea

Award-winning South Korean playwright and educator Ko Yeon-ok reflects on her teaching practice in...

A Mexican Rendition Of Schmitt’s “Enigma Variations”

Posted by Margarita Vargas | 15th Dec 2017 | Adaptation, Mexico, Playwriting, Review

After a successful run at the Teatro Jorge Negrete since February 2017, Variaciones Enigmaticas is...

British New Writing In An Age Of Austerity

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 12th Dec 2017 | Essay, London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Friday, May 7, 2010; Brixton, south London; darkest night. Early dawn touches a Victorian terraced...

Tracing With Body And Music In Jeff Ho’s “Trace”

Posted by Shelley Liebembuk | 3rd Dec 2017 | Canada, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender

In his debut as playwright, Jeff Ho presents a solo piece that explores his family history through...

David Eldridge’s “Beginning” at The National Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 27th Nov 2017 | Acting, London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

One defining characteristic of Englishness is social awkwardness, and its emotional register is an...

“Heather” at The Bush Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 22nd Nov 2017 | London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

Harry Potter has a lot to answer for. The phenomenal success of JK Rowling’s books, and of their...

“Poison” at The Orange Tree Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 21st Nov 2017 | Acting, London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

Continental drama, in this era of Brexit negotiations, seems to be rarer and rarer on British...

James Graham’s “Quiz” With Audience Participation

Posted by Gary Shipton | 20th Nov 2017 | Festivals, London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

Life-changing wealth which is won in an instant then recklessly sacrificed a second later is the...

“The Retreat” at The Park Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 19th Nov 2017 | London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

Is Buddhism a path to finding spiritual enlightenment — or just an excuse for not facing your...

Theatre Of The Real: Bengali Playwright Manoj Mitra’s New Work on Socrates

Posted by Sebanti Sarkar | 19th Nov 2017 | India, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Politics

Six decades of writing, acting and directing often inspired by the changing milieu — Bengali...

Tale Of A Wounded Soul

Posted by Diwan Singh Bajeli | 13th Nov 2017 | Festivals, India, Playwriting, Review

This year’s winner at Mohan Rakesh Samman Evam Natya Samaroh, Ghanshyam Kumar Devansh’s Hastinapur...

“Young Marx” at Bridge Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 9th Nov 2017 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Given the rather uneven record of the National Theatre at the moment, there’s already a certain...

Family, Latinidad, and Queerness Coalesce In Marga Gomez’s “Latin Standards”

Posted by Trevor Boffone | 2nd Nov 2017 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, Playwriting, Review, United States of America

Marga Gomez began her career in San Francisco’s gay comedy clubs in the mid-1980s, including the...

Big Bang: “Germinal” Creates a Universe Out of Nothing On Stage

Posted by Jana Perkovic | 1st Nov 2017 | Australia, Festivals, Melbourne, Playwriting, Review

In theatre-making, we often talk about world creation. “What is the world of the play?” teachers...

“Saint George and the Dragon” at The National Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 1st Nov 2017 | London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

In Bertolt Brecht’s Life of Galileo (1943), there’s a typically didactic exchange: Andrea, the...

Mike Bartlett’s “Albion” at Almeida Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 31st Oct 2017 | London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

Prolific writer Mike Bartlett is the most impressive penman to have emerged in British theatre in...

Playwriting

In “Hamilton,” Lin-Manuel Miranda Turned The Story Of A Forgotten Founding Father Into A Modern Musical Classic

Traumatic Dramatics: Iraqi Addicts, Criminals, And Survivors Use Theatre As Therapy

Playwriting Education In South Korea: In Conversation With Ko Yeon-ok, Part III

Playwriting Education In South Korea: In Conversation With Ko Yeon-ok, Part II

Playwriting Education In South Korea: In Conversation With Ko Yeon-ok, Part I

A Mexican Rendition Of Schmitt’s “Enigma Variations”

British New Writing In An Age Of Austerity

Tracing With Body And Music In Jeff Ho’s “Trace”

David Eldridge’s “Beginning” at The National Theatre

“Heather” at The Bush Theatre

“Poison” at The Orange Tree Theatre

James Graham’s “Quiz” With Audience Participation

“The Retreat” at The Park Theatre

Theatre Of The Real: Bengali Playwright Manoj Mitra’s New Work on Socrates

Tale Of A Wounded Soul

“Young Marx” at Bridge Theatre

Family, Latinidad, and Queerness Coalesce In Marga Gomez’s “Latin Standards”

Big Bang: “Germinal” Creates a Universe Out of Nothing On Stage

“Saint George and the Dragon” at The National Theatre

Mike Bartlett’s “Albion” at Almeida Theatre

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