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Coronada and the Bull Return to the Stage

Posted by María Bastianes and Duncan Wheeler | 18th Dec 2023 | Playwriting, Review, Spain

Francisco Nieva (1924-2016) ranks amongst the most respected Spanish playwrights of the second...

Roxy Cook’s A Woman Walks into a Bank at Theatre 503: Sublimely Beguiling Account of Everyday Life in Twenty-First Century Moscow

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 7th Dec 2023 | Playwriting, Review, Russia, Theatre and Age, United Kingdom

The recent news that Russia’s Supreme Court has banned the “international LGBT movement”,...

Akarsh Khurana’s Play “The F Word” Is A Darkly Comic And Relatable Dive Into Family Complexities

Posted by Praveen Sudevan | 30th Nov 2023 | India, Interview, Playwriting

The F Word, according to Akarsh, is a deeply personal conversation about parents, children,...

SheNYC Takes the Stage: “Fort Huachuca” and “Bloodshot” at A.R.T./NY

Posted by Rhiannon Ling | 1st Nov 2023 | New York, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

To begin as we proceed, with full transparency, I have to admit how big a fan I am of SheNYC Arts...

“That Face” at Orange Tree Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 3rd Oct 2023 | Adaptation, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

Playwright Polly Stenham had a meteoric rise with this play, her award-winning 2007 debut which...

Robert Patrick, Playwright, Has Passed Away

Posted by Magie Dominic | 19th May 2023 | New York, News, Playwriting, United States of America

Robert Patrick, playwright, passed away on April 23, 2023, at his home in Los Angeles. He was 85....

Miriam Battye’s “Little Scratch” at the New Diorama Theatre: Restaged Adaptation of Rebecca Watson’s Novel Is Powerfully Theatrical

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 21st Apr 2023 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

The popularity of plays that feature trauma is certainly a trend in British theatre today. But is...

Bjørg Vik’s “The Journey To Venice” At the Finborough Theatre: Norwegian Memory Play Is Tender If Slight

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 13th Mar 2023 | London, Norway, Playwriting, Review, Translation, United Kingdom

Bjørg Vik’s The Journey to Venice at the Finborough Theatre: Norwegian memory play is tender if slight

Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini’s “Sleepova” at the Bush Theatre: Rather Predictable, but Fun Show about Coming of Age

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 6th Mar 2023 | London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

Is anyone still nostalgic about their teen years? The coming-of-age drama is a staple of...

Friendship And Its Discontents: Juan Mayorga’s “Amistad”

Posted by Maria Delgado | 1st Mar 2023 | Playwriting, Review, Spain

Juan Mayorga, one of Spain’s most decorated dramatists — a member of Spain’s Spanish Royal Academy...

Laura Horton’s “Breathless” at the Soho Theatre: Slender but Heartfelt Account of Hoarding

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 16th Feb 2023 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

The female monologue is a well-established contemporary theatre form, but often the content is...

“Once Upon A (Korean) Time:” Review

Posted by Clare Cioffero | 3rd Jan 2023 | New York, Playwriting, Puppetry, South Korea, United States of America

The simplicity of the set was enriched with exquisite lighting design, by Oliver Wason, depicting the starry heavens above, exploding bombs, flocks of butterflies, even projections of characters.

“Sons Of The Prophet,” Hampstead Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 25th Dec 2022 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Religion, United Kingdom

Pain is, at one and the same time, something to avoid, and also something you can use. Kahlil...

“Baghdaddy” at the Royal Court

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 17th Dec 2022 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

What is the best way of talking about the Middle East? Should plays take a documentary or verbatim...

“In a World Without Roe,” Hedgepig Ensemble Theatre Fosters Theatrical Parity

Posted by Rhiannon Ling | 4th Dec 2022 | New York, News, Playwriting, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

Walking to the back of Sisters on Fulton, the excitement is palpable. A sizable group has gathered...

Women and War: a Staged Reading of Two New Plays From Ukrainian Playwrights

Posted by The Theatre Times | 2nd Dec 2022 | London, News, Playwriting, Translation, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Earlier this year in the Polish theatre journal Didaskalia (169/170, 2022), a pair of Ukrainian...

Joe White’s “Blackout Songs” at Hampstead Theatre: Powerful Account of Mutual Dependency on Drink

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 30th Nov 2022 | Acting, London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

Joe White is great at staging fraught emotions. His Mayfly in 2018 vividly showed a family whose...

“Super High Resolution,” SOHO Theater

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 19th Nov 2022 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Every day there is bad news about the NHS — junior doctors are exhausted, nurses need food banks...

Sudha Bhuchar’s Evening Conversations at the Soho Theatre: A Calmly Intelligent Exploration of Family Identity

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 10th Nov 2022 | Documentary Theatre, London, Playwriting, Theatre and Decolonization, United Kingdom

Sudha Bhuchar’s Evening Conversations at the Soho Theatre: a calmly intelligent exploration of family identity

“Ravenscourt,” Hampstead Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 23rd Oct 2022 | London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

Therapy is inherently dramatic. After all, it’s all about character — and it has the aim of...

Playwriting

Coronada and the Bull Return to the Stage

Roxy Cook’s A Woman Walks into a Bank at Theatre 503: Sublimely Beguiling Account of Everyday Life in Twenty-First Century Moscow

Akarsh Khurana’s Play “The F Word” Is A Darkly Comic And Relatable Dive Into Family Complexities

SheNYC Takes the Stage: “Fort Huachuca” and “Bloodshot” at A.R.T./NY

“That Face” at Orange Tree Theatre

Robert Patrick, Playwright, Has Passed Away

Miriam Battye’s “Little Scratch” at the New Diorama Theatre: Restaged Adaptation of Rebecca Watson’s Novel Is Powerfully Theatrical

Bjørg Vik’s “The Journey To Venice” At the Finborough Theatre: Norwegian Memory Play Is Tender If Slight

Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini’s “Sleepova” at the Bush Theatre: Rather Predictable, but Fun Show about Coming of Age

Friendship And Its Discontents: Juan Mayorga’s “Amistad”

Laura Horton’s “Breathless” at the Soho Theatre: Slender but Heartfelt Account of Hoarding

“Once Upon A (Korean) Time:” Review

“Sons Of The Prophet,” Hampstead Theatre

“Baghdaddy” at the Royal Court

“In a World Without Roe,” Hedgepig Ensemble Theatre Fosters Theatrical Parity

Women and War: a Staged Reading of Two New Plays From Ukrainian Playwrights

Joe White’s “Blackout Songs” at Hampstead Theatre: Powerful Account of Mutual Dependency on Drink

“Super High Resolution,” SOHO Theater

Sudha Bhuchar’s Evening Conversations at the Soho Theatre: A Calmly Intelligent Exploration of Family Identity

“Ravenscourt,” Hampstead Theatre

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