Alexander Ostrovsky: Russia’s Shakespeare?
It is impossible to imagine the Russian stage without the works of Alexander Ostrovsky – they are...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted by Phoebe Taplin | 20th Nov 2012 | News, Playwriting, Russia
A new play about Magnitsky opens in London, three years after the lawyer’s controversial death....
Read MorePosted by Paul Bargetto | 22nd Feb 2011 | Directing, Interview, Playwriting, Poland, Polish Theatre Abroad
I feel there’s a straight line from Mrożek to Dorota. She’d probably kill me if she heard me say...
Read MorePosted by John Biweekly | 6th Dec 2010 | Interview, Playwriting, Poland
In this section, we introduce Polish artists, places, and new phenomena. We always ask the person...
Read MorePosted by Magda Fertacz | 14th Jul 2010 | Interview, Playwriting, Poland
Theatre is this section’s subject matter. For we love the stage and its (r)evolution. In this...
Read MorePosted by Adam Wiedemann | 8th May 2010 | News, Playwriting, Poland, Transmedia
I highly respect and admire Schaeffer’s escalation of innovations but it creates the effect...
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