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“At last, the masterpiece Yakiniku Dragon (Korean Barbecue Dragon) is going to be staged again!”...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 25th Feb 2016 | Japan, Playwriting, Review
“At last, the masterpiece Yakiniku Dragon (Korean Barbecue Dragon) is going to be staged again!”...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted by Aleena Karim | 18th Jun 2015 | Essay, Playwriting, Russia
Aleena Karim interviews John Freedman, an acclaimed American critic, translator and playwright, on...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted by John Freedman | 4th Dec 2014 | Essay, Playwriting, Russia
This is the second installment in John Freedman’s TheaterPlus video blog, which now appears...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted by Eloise Brook | 11th Sep 2014 | Australia, Essay, Playwriting
Here are two opposing definitions of rape: Rape: a violent, criminal act almost exclusively...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted by Mara Valderrama | 5th May 2014 | Interview, Playwriting, Spain
Alberto Conejero Lopez is a Spanish playwright and director, who has published or premiered more...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
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