Playwriting Archives - Page 14 of 18

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...

A Closer Look: The Russia/U.S. Playwright Exchange

Posted by Evgeny Kazachkov and Sasha Sharova | 31st Oct 2017 | Interview, Playwriting, Russia

On October 6 and 7, 2017, The Lark hosted The Russia/U.S. Playwright Exchange, in partnership with...

“Victory Condition” at Royal Court

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 25th Oct 2017 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

What does it mean to feel contemporary? Feel. Contemporary. Really feel. According to...

“Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle” at Wyndham’s Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 24th Oct 2017 | London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

Playwright Simon Stephens and director Marianne Elliott are hyped as a winning partnership. Their...

What Is The State of New Plays in Contemporary China?

Posted by Nina Huang | 18th Oct 2017 | China, Essay, Playwriting, Producing

Meddling directors, confused actors, and pushy politicians are leaving the country’s budding...

Nassim Soleimanpour and the Manila Envelope Theatre

Posted by Aida Rocci | 18th Oct 2017 | Iran, Playwriting, Review

Seven years ago, a new play challenged the role of the actor, the playwright, the audience, and the capacity of one individual to travel. The play was White Rabbit Red Rabbit, written by the mysterious Nassim Soleimanpour, an Iranian writer who encouraged the audience to email him with impressions about his play.

The Great Australian Plays: Williamson, Hibberd, And The Better Angels Of Our Country’s Nature

Posted by Julian Meyrick | 15th Oct 2017 | Australia, Playwriting

Two of Australian theatre’s most celebrated artists are scientists. Their CVs may not be...

Jan Lauwers: Beyond Postmodernism

Posted by Karel Vanhaesebrouck | 14th Oct 2017 | Belgium, Playwriting, Transcultural Collaborations

How are we to live together in this day and age? Jan Lauwers, the ‘first among equals’ at...

David Storey’s “The March On Russia” at Orange Tree Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 1st Oct 2017 | Acting, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

The family celebration drama is a genre that had its heyday in the 1960s when social mobility made...

Rajiv Joseph’s “Describe the Night” Perseveres in the Wake of Hurricane Harvey

Posted by Trevor Boffone | 28th Sep 2017 | North America, Playwriting, United States of America

As the floodwaters of Hurricane Harvey poured into Houston’s Alley Theatre on August 27,...

From “Hamlet” To “El Huracán”: An Interview With Charise Castro Smith

Posted by Trevor Boffone | 21st Sep 2017 | Interview, Playwriting, United States of America

While Charise Castro Smith began her career as an actor, in recent years the Miami native has...

Iranian Theatre, Its Discontinuity and Discontent: An Interview with Amin Azimi, Part II

Posted by Marjan Moosavi | 6th Sep 2017 | Interview, Iran, Playwriting

To read Part I of this interview, click here. Amin Azimi is an Iranian theatre researcher,...

Conversation with Simon Stephens About Teaching Playwriting – Part 2

Posted by Ana Candida Carneiro | 19th Aug 2017 | Interview, Playwriting, United Kingdom

For Part 1, click here. Ana: I really wanted to interview you because I think what is outstanding...

Rural America: Where Sam Shepard’s Roots Ran Deepest

Posted by John J. Winters | 16th Aug 2017 | Playwriting, United States of America

When Sam Shepard died on July 27 the world lost one of the greatest playwrights of the past...

In Conversation With Simon Stephens About Teaching Playwriting – Part 1

Posted by Ana Candida Carneiro | 12th Aug 2017 | Interview, Playwriting, United Kingdom

As part of the research to write my book The Global Playwriting Workbook (Methuen Drama), I have...

“The Land Has a Hold on Us” A Look at Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru’s New Production “Hollti”

Posted by Christopher Harris | 7th Aug 2017 | Playwriting, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

The New Wylfa construction remains a controversial subject and one that sparks intense debate. In Hollti, audiences are offered a sensual journey through a land torn over the prospect of an exciting, if not frightening change.