“Sydney & The Old Girl” at The Park Theatre
Actor Miriam Margolyes is a phenomenon. Not only has this Dickensian specialist starred in...
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Theatre and Age
Arinzé Kene’s “Little Baby Jesus” at the Orange Tree Theatre: Lyrical, Energetic and Wise Coming-of-Age Drama
Wow. Just wow. The moment you enter the auditorium of this venue it’s immediately obvious that...
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Family Secrets Get Messy in “All My Fathers”
Is the truth always best or should some secrets go to the grave? For playwright Paul David Young,...
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Mental Illness And Childhood Trauma On Indian Stage: QTP’s “Every Brilliant Thing”
In a country where mental illness is as big an issue as poverty is but is not talked about and dealt with the same zeal and enthusiasm, Mumbai-based QTP’s latest production Every Brilliant thing, written by British playwrights Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe, and directed by Quasar Thakore-Padamsee, comes as a much needed venture.
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Strands of Sisterhood
Bengaluru-based, Theatre for Change uses “choreopoems” devised from music, text, and...
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“The Hunt” at The Almeida Theatre
For a while, child abuse was banished from our stages. After all, there is a limit, surely, to how...
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“Salt, Root, and Roe” by Tim Price at Upstream Theater and Stages Repertory Theatre: A Co-Production, an American Premiere, and a Mission
Since 2005, the St. Louis company Upstream Theater has been providing a space for international...
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Shakespeare, Sinatra, And The Philosophy Of Aging
Aging in the world of entertainment is portrayed in a variety of ways. In some cases it’s graceful...
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Youth Find Hope For The Future Through Documentary Play
Today’s young people deserve to be heard. But, because of all of our technological distractions...
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“The Things We Do” at Odyssey Theatre
The latest guest production at Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles is Grant Woods’ The Things We...
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Solo 70: Dance Is A Mechanism For Letting Go
In Solo 70, acclaimed dancer and choreographer Paul-André Fortier performs his final piece with...
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Golden Oldies: A Saitama Theater Festival For Elderly Actors Welcomes Seniors From Around The World
Renowned theater director Yukio Ninagawa broke new ground when he launched Saitama Gold Theater in...
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Pulitzer-Prize Winning Play “The Gin Game” Returns To Hong Kong
Why We Recommend it This widely-acclaimed play explores themes of loneliness, loss, helplessness,...
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Toto Too’s “Cloudburst” Is Rich In Truth And Humanity
Cloudburst, Toto Too Theatre’s latest offering is a funny, profane, warm-hearted play about the...
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“Allelujah!” at The Bridge Theatre
The NHS is us. For decades our national identity has been bandaged together with the idea, and...
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“Still Life With Chickens:” New Samoan Play Confronts Loneliness Through Comedy
Samoan playwright David Fa’auliuli Mamea’s Still Life With Chickens won the 2017 Adam Award for...
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“Five Easy Pieces”: Milo Rau’s Extraordinary Work About Child Murderer
It’s not often that a children’s theatre features a piece about a pedophile and child...
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Foster On Aging: Amusing But Often Tasteless
Jones And Barry In The Home by Norm Foster; a 3P Productions, Directed by Derek Ritschel As we...
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Edward Albee’s “Three Tall Women”: A Dissent
My reaction to Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women when it first arrived in New York in 1994 was...
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Mind The Gap: Theatre Group For The Over 60s Helps Salisbury Playhouse Cater For All
One of the things Salisbury Playhouse tries to do is provide opportunities for everyone in the...
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