About “Dog/Actor” at the Etcetera Theatre
Yesterday evening I went to see Dog/Actor at the Etcetera Theatre in Camden. Written by Steven...
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Playwriting
“The Years of Crows” at National Theatre, Belgrade
National Theatre, Belgrade, premiere 12th March 2022 The Years of Crows is the great comeback for...
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”Seven Women in Search of Mia” or ”Breast Cancer Trilogy” (A Postproduction Reflection)
In 2011, I published my first medical humanities book, Transacting Sites of the Liminal Bodily...
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The Death of Madam Dupin: Is the Balkan the Sub-Saharan Africa of Europe?
An Interview with Katarina Saric – poet, writer, performer, activist-feminist (Montenegro)...
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Unmanly Griefs: Robert Icke’s “Hamlet”
The first ten minutes of Robert Icke’s 3 ¾-hour Hamlet had me worried. Icke is a British directing...
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Mukha Mugam Returns to the Stage with “The View From Above,” A Macbeth-Inspired Political Satire
For most of the last two years, Bengaluru-based actor and playwright Spatica Ramanujam was feeling...
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“Lotus Beauty,” Hampstead Theatre
Theatre is slowly recovering from the effects of the pandemic, and many shows which were canceled...
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“House of Ife,” Bush Theatre
In the past, most plays by black-British writers have been about the legacy of the Windrush...
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The Meaning of Theater: Slava Stepnov’s “Flawed Choir” at the Steps Theatre
“All the world’s a stage,” says a character in William Shakespeare’s “As You Like It.” “Life...
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“The Haunting of Susan A” at The King’s Head Theatre
Konrad: Hello, I’m Konrad. I’m here to share an account of the production of Mark Ravenhill’s The...
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Missing Mason Jars —”Take Me Out,” Second Stage
Walking out of the spiffy new production of Richard Greenberg’s Take Me Out, my canny friend Tom,...
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Mikhoels by Freud: “The Singing Windmills” by Roman Freud and the PM Theater Company
Why do we still remember theater that became history many decades ago? How do we remember plays...
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“Theater Now Is Important, It Gives People the Feeling that They Are Not Alone”: An Interview with the Ukrainian Playwright Andriy Bondarenko
Andriy Bondarenko is the dramaturg of the Puppet Theater in Lviv, Ukraine, where he lives, but he...
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Egyptian Playwright Rasha Abd Elmonem: A Passion for Theatre
Rasha Abd Elmonem — a playwright, independent theatre activist, and head of the training program...
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As Utpal Dutt’s Play “Barricade” Completes 50 Years, a Look at How the Thespian Spoke Truth to Power
The immediate trigger for the play was political and topical. West Bengal, in 1971, was passing...
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“Heroes of the Fourth Turning”: How Theatre Can Serve as a Mode of Inquiry into Right Wing Ideas
Why did 46.8% of Americans vote for Donald Trump in the 2020 election? Why did approximately 2,000...
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“Bloody Difficult Women” at The Riverside Studios
Although the current government has blundered through both Brexit and the pandemic, and is now...
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In Tonderai Munyevu’s “Mugabe, My Dad & Me,” The Personal Becomes the Political
There are two in one Tonderai Munyevus. I meet both of them on a snowy February evening at Brixton...
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“For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy” at Royal Court
What does it feel like to be British and black? Ryan Calais Cameron has recently emerged as the...
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“Moreno,” Theatre503
When do you have to take a stand? What compels you to do it? And what are the costs involved?...
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