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“King Lear” Reincarnates As Geoffrey Rush–It’s A Bloody Tragedy

Posted by Julian Meyrick and Elizabeth Schafer | 23rd Nov 2015 | Australia, Playwriting, Review

In one sense every play staged is a play for its times. Something about it attracts, provokes or...

John Freedman on New Russian Drama

Posted by Aleena Karim | 18th Jun 2015 | Essay, Playwriting, Russia

Aleena Karim interviews John Freedman, an acclaimed American critic, translator and playwright, on...

Playwriting Doesn’t Get Better Or Worse–But It Does Evolve

Posted by Julian Meyrick | 30th Apr 2015 | Australia, Dramaturgy, Essay, Playwriting

This is a long-read essay, the third in a series on playwriting and drama by Julian Meyrick. Read...

Need A Stage Coach? Why Some Plays Work, And Others Don’t

Posted by Julian Meyrick | 8th Apr 2015 | Australia, Essay, Playwriting

We all know whether a given play, film or TV drama “works” or not, but it’s often difficult to...

Western Sydney Meets The City In Nakkiah Lui’s “Kill The Messenger”

Posted by Victoria Grieves | 23rd Feb 2015 | Australia, Playwriting, Review

Last week I went to the theatre. Unusual? No. But I say this because this event was real theatre...

The Profound Effect of Russian Plays on Nicola McCartney

Posted by John Freedman | 4th Dec 2014 | Essay, Playwriting, Russia

This is the second installment in John Freedman’s TheaterPlus video blog, which now appears...

Sasha Dugdale Recalls the Origins of New Drama in Russia

Posted by John Freedman | 17th Nov 2014 | Essay, Interview, Playwriting, Russia, Translation

Back when I used to publish a blog called TheaterPlus on the website of The Moscow Times, I would...

Ulrike Syha Interviews Dominique Dolmieu

Posted by The Theatre Times | 9th Oct 2014 | Europe, Interview, Playwriting, Translation

Ulrike Syha: When was Eurodram, a network for drama in translation, founded? What was the initial...

Amanda Macri on the Need for Storytellers: New Playwriting in Australia

Posted by The Theatre Times | 19th Sep 2014 | Australia, News, Playwriting, Sydney

Amanda Macri, General Manager at Playwriting Australia, writes about the broad range of resilient...

Spanish Playwright Jose Padilla Never Surrenders

Posted by Beatriz Cabur | 13th Sep 2014 | Interview, Playwriting, Spain

José Padilla is one of the brightest lights in the Spanish theatre right now. Amongst his...

Interview with Spanish Playwright Antonio Rojano

Posted by Beatriz Cabur | 13th Sep 2014 | Interview, Playwriting, Spain

Antonio Rojano is a self-taught playwright, and he is well-taught! He has won almost every main...

We Need Language To Shock: Why “The Sublime” Gets Rape Wrong

Posted by Eloise Brook | 11th Sep 2014 | Australia, Essay, Playwriting

Here are two opposing definitions of rape: Rape: a violent, criminal act almost exclusively...

“(A)pollonia: Twenty-First-Century Polish Drama And Texts For The Stage”

Posted by Will Harrington | 3rd Jul 2014 | Books, Playwriting, Poland

In her Preface to (A)pollonia: Twenty-First-Century Polish Drama And Texts For The Stage Joanna...

Natal’ya Vorozhbit’s “Voices Of The Uprising”

Posted by Tina Nandha | 19th May 2014 | News, Playwriting, Theatre and Politics, Ukraine

Before Maidan events faded from people’s memories, playwright Natal’ya Vorozhbit brought the...

Interview with Alberto Conejero Lopez

Posted by Mara Valderrama | 5th May 2014 | Interview, Playwriting, Spain

Alberto Conejero Lopez is a Spanish playwright and director, who has published or premiered more...

Exclusive Interview with Ariel Dorfman

Posted by The Theatre Times | 7th Apr 2014 | Chile, Interview, Playwriting

We knew when we chose Chile as the first country to feature in our original Spotlight series, the...

An Interview With Claudia Hidalgo, Chilean Playwright

Posted by The Theatre Times | 24th Mar 2014 | Chile, Interview, Playwriting

The interview is part of the series, ‘potlight on Chile’ which features articles, interviews, and...

Interview with María González: Chilean Playwright

Posted by The Theatre Times | 24th Mar 2014 | Chile, Interview, Playwriting

The interview is part of the series, Spotlight on Chile,’which features articles, interviews, and...

Interview with Catalina Martín: Chilean Playwright and Actress

Posted by The Theatre Times | 24th Mar 2014 | Chile, Interview, Playwriting

The interview is part of the series, Spotlight on Chile, which features articles, interviews, and...

Alexander Ostrovsky: Russia’s Shakespeare?

Posted by Alisa Orlova | 3rd Aug 2013 | Essay, Playwriting, Russia

It is impossible to imagine the Russian stage without the works of Alexander Ostrovsky – they are...

Playwriting

“King Lear” Reincarnates As Geoffrey Rush–It’s A Bloody Tragedy

John Freedman on New Russian Drama

Playwriting Doesn’t Get Better Or Worse–But It Does Evolve

Need A Stage Coach? Why Some Plays Work, And Others Don’t

Western Sydney Meets The City In Nakkiah Lui’s “Kill The Messenger”

The Profound Effect of Russian Plays on Nicola McCartney

Sasha Dugdale Recalls the Origins of New Drama in Russia

Ulrike Syha Interviews Dominique Dolmieu

Amanda Macri on the Need for Storytellers: New Playwriting in Australia

Spanish Playwright Jose Padilla Never Surrenders

Interview with Spanish Playwright Antonio Rojano

We Need Language To Shock: Why “The Sublime” Gets Rape Wrong

“(A)pollonia: Twenty-First-Century Polish Drama And Texts For The Stage”

Natal’ya Vorozhbit’s “Voices Of The Uprising”

Interview with Alberto Conejero Lopez

Exclusive Interview with Ariel Dorfman

An Interview With Claudia Hidalgo, Chilean Playwright

Interview with María González: Chilean Playwright

Interview with Catalina Martín: Chilean Playwright and Actress

Alexander Ostrovsky: Russia’s Shakespeare?

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