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Shahid Iqbal Khan’s “10 Nights” at the Bush Theatre: Moving Insight into Ritual and Belief

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 25th Oct 2021 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Religion, United Kingdom

Since 9/11 there has been considerable interest in staging stories about British Muslims, and the...

Hilary Mantel and Ben Miles’s The Mirror and the Light at the Gielgud Theatre: Engaging, but Rather Low Key

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 10th Oct 2021 | Adaptation, London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom

This is a labor of love. Hilary Mantel has adapted The Mirror and the Light, the third novel of...

Bess Wohl’s “Camp Siegfried” at the Old Vic: Powerfully Chilling and Resonant

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 27th Sep 2021 | Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Are we too obsessed with Nazism? Apart from countless television programs which revisit that grim...

Veteran Thespian Launches Collection of Original Plays

Posted by Alexander Nderitu | 18th Sep 2021 | Kenya, News, Playwriting

“We have in essence what could be the most beautiful country in the world, we have great weather, we have friendlier people than I have met travelling elsewhere, and every seven years or so, somebody gives us an order and we sharpen our machetes and putting things alight! For those of us of a certain sensibility, this is stupid and what can we do about it? I knew I didn’t want to be the MP of my rural home area but I could write plays…”

Ola Rotimi: The Enduring Influence of a Nigerian Theatre Giant

Posted by Sanya Osha | 12th Aug 2021 | Essay, Nigeria, Playwriting, Theatre and Politics

Twenty years after his death, the Nigerian dramatist Ola Rotimi is attracting renewed interest....

Guide to the Classics: Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot,” a Tragicomedy for Our Times

Posted by Mark Byron | 5th Jul 2021 | Essay, Ireland, Playwriting

Vladimir: Well? Shall we go? Estragon: Yes, let’s go. [They do not move.] Samuel Beckett...

Ali Al-Zaidi: A Playwright Who Lives Through His Characters

Posted by Amir Al-Azraki | 28th Jun 2021 | Interview, Iraq, Playwriting

Based on a recent phone interview with Al-Zaidi, the most prominent Iraqi playwright. Ali Al-Zaidi...

Guide to the Classics: Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot,” a Tragicomedy for Our Times

Posted by Mark Byron | 20th Jun 2021 | Adaptation, Essay, Ireland, Playwriting

Vladimir: Well? Shall we go? Estragon: Yes, let’s go. [They do not move.] Samuel Beckett...

Laughing in Darkness: Reading Różewicz Anew

Posted by David Malcolm | 15th Jun 2021 | Between.Pomiędzy 2021, Essay, Festivals, Playwriting, Poland

Tadeusz Różewicz (1921-2014) might need a few words of introduction for English-speaking readers,...

“We Wish We’d Had This Show When We Were Kids”: Interview With “The Glitter Garden” Playwrights George Fowler and Lori Leigh

Posted by David O'Donnell | 14th May 2021 | Interview, LGBTQ+ Theatre, New Zealand, Playwriting, Theatre and Gender, Theatre for Young Audiences

The Glitter Garden by George Fowler and Lori Leigh. Directed by Lori Leigh. Circa Theatre,...

5 Reasons Why Verse Is the Language for Theatre in 2020s

Posted by Kasia Lech | 12th Mar 2021 | Dramaturgy, Ireland, Nigeria, Playwriting, Poland, Spain, Transmedia, United Kingdom

While theatre in its early days existed in a strong relationship with verse, the social, cultural,...

Playwright Tara Beagan Wins 2020 Siminovitch Prize In Theatre

Posted by Capital Critics' Circle | 23rd Feb 2021 | Canada, Playwriting

November 26, 2020 – OTTAWA (Canada) – Ntlaka’pamux playwright Tara Beagan has been named the 2020...

Exploring and Humanizing the Nuances of Black American History Through Theatre: Conversation With Playwright and Actor Stephen Sampson.

Posted by Irina Yakubovskaya | 11th Feb 2021 | Boston, Education, Interview, Playwriting, United States of America

Driven by his appreciation for authenticity and history, Stephen Sampson created his theatre...

“The Book of Magdalene” at Main Street Theater: Interview with Playwright Caridad Svich

Posted by Trevor Boffone | 23rd Jan 2021 | Covid-19, Interview, Playwriting, United States of America

When Rebecca Greene Udden graduated from Rice University, she decided to make Houston her...

How to Write a Pandemic Play

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 15th Jan 2021 | Playwriting, United Kingdom

Ten prompts for writing about the year 2020: 1) “It started with a slight cough, a rather dry...

Searching for the Origin of the Korean Wave: The Nanhee’s MIMAJI!

Posted by Walter Byongsok Chon | 1st Jan 2021 | Interview, Playwriting, South Korea

The Korean theatre company The Nanhee premiered its new production Mimaji!, written and directed...

About “December”

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 31st Dec 2020 | London, Playwriting, Review, United States of America

Yesterday, I watched the streamed version of December, written and directed by Alexander Knott,...

Afro-Latinidad And The Greater Good Of The Latinx Playwrights Circle

Posted by Trevor Boffone | 12th Dec 2020 | Festivals, Playwriting, United States of America

In October 2017, a group of Latinx playwrights came together in New York City to share space,...

It’s Okay Not To Be Okay: A Conversation with Irish Playwright Lee Coffey

Posted by Ashley Steed | 25th Nov 2020 | Interview, Ireland, Playwriting

It’s been six years since Leper and Chip played to sold-out Dublin audiences with critical...

“Wonnangatta” Review: Australian Theatre-Writing at its Provocative and Powerful Best

Posted by Leigh Boucher | 9th Nov 2020 | Australia, Playwriting, Review, Sydney

Review: Wonnangatta by Angus Cerini, directed by Jessica Arthur, Sydney Theatre Company Theatre is...

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Shahid Iqbal Khan’s “10 Nights” at the Bush Theatre: Moving Insight into Ritual and Belief

Hilary Mantel and Ben Miles’s The Mirror and the Light at the Gielgud Theatre: Engaging, but Rather Low Key

Bess Wohl’s “Camp Siegfried” at the Old Vic: Powerfully Chilling and Resonant

Veteran Thespian Launches Collection of Original Plays

Ola Rotimi: The Enduring Influence of a Nigerian Theatre Giant

Guide to the Classics: Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot,” a Tragicomedy for Our Times

Ali Al-Zaidi: A Playwright Who Lives Through His Characters

Guide to the Classics: Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot,” a Tragicomedy for Our Times

Laughing in Darkness: Reading Różewicz Anew

“We Wish We’d Had This Show When We Were Kids”: Interview With “The Glitter Garden” Playwrights George Fowler and Lori Leigh

5 Reasons Why Verse Is the Language for Theatre in 2020s

Playwright Tara Beagan Wins 2020 Siminovitch Prize In Theatre

Exploring and Humanizing the Nuances of Black American History Through Theatre: Conversation With Playwright and Actor Stephen Sampson.

“The Book of Magdalene” at Main Street Theater: Interview with Playwright Caridad Svich

How to Write a Pandemic Play

Searching for the Origin of the Korean Wave: The Nanhee’s MIMAJI!

About “December”

Afro-Latinidad And The Greater Good Of The Latinx Playwrights Circle

It’s Okay Not To Be Okay: A Conversation with Irish Playwright Lee Coffey

“Wonnangatta” Review: Australian Theatre-Writing at its Provocative and Powerful Best

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