“Three Sisters,” National Theatre
Earlier in the week, I enjoyed a rainy afternoon at home by watching Inua Ellis’s 2019 adaptation...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 23rd Jan 2023 | Adaptation, Nigeria, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Earlier in the week, I enjoyed a rainy afternoon at home by watching Inua Ellis’s 2019 adaptation...
Read MorePosted by Ademola Bello | 7th Jan 2023 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, United States of America
The young playwright Jordan E. Cooper deserves kudos for writing the play Ain’t No Mo. He is...
Read MorePosted by Todd Sullivan | 6th Jan 2023 | Nigeria, Producing, Taiwan, Theatre and Decolonization, Transcultural Collaborations
It began as a direct message conversation between two black creatives: Ghanniy Oyedele from...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Kalb | 9th Dec 2022 | New York, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Politics, United States of America
Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, as anyone reading this knows, is a cornerstone of...
Read MorePosted 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
Read MorePosted by The African Theatre Magazine | 29th Oct 2022 | Africa, Applied Theatre, Education, News, Theatre and Decolonization
The African Theatre Magazine invites applicants to the second edition of the Writing about African...
Read MorePosted by Alexander Nderitu | 11th Oct 2022 | Directing, Interview, Kenya, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Politics
ALEXANDER NDERITU: Thank you for agreeing to this interview, Mr. Nash. Let’s start with some...
Read MorePosted by Christy Romer | 28th Sep 2022 | Europe, Interview, Playwriting, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Politics
Young Europe IV is a large-scale artistic collaboration project to tackle the dominance of stories...
Read MorePosted by Lara Cox | 15th Sep 2022 | Interview, Oceania, Producing, Theatre and Decolonization
On June 13, 2022, I spoke with Guillaume Gay, who is operational and artistic director of the...
Read MorePosted by Jade Thomas | 12th Sep 2022 | Belgium, Essay, Playwriting, Theatre and Decolonization, United States of America
African American drama, theater and performance has a rich and complex history. Only recently,...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Culpeper and Mathew Gillings | 11th Sep 2022 | Essay, Theatre and Decolonization, Translation, United Kingdom
Shakespeare’s language is widely considered to represent the pinnacle of English. But that status...
Read MorePosted by Barbara Gabriel | 1st Sep 2022 | Canada, Festivals, Review, Theatre and Decolonization
Cottagers and Indians by Drew Hayden Taylor A lazy afternoon on a cedar deck that could be...
Read MorePosted by Eylem Ejder | 29th Aug 2022 | Canada, Interview, Theatre and Decolonization, Translation, Turkey
Dr. Art Babayants is a multilingual artist-scholar who lives and works in what is now called...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 24th Jul 2022 | London, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
I live in Brixton, south London. A few days ago, the borough’s aptly named Windrush Square hosted...
Read MorePosted by Eylül Fidan Akıncı | 4th Jul 2022 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, New York, Nigeria, Review, Theatre and Dance, Theatre and Decolonization, United States of America
On May 8, 2022, Nigerian-American artist Okwui Okpokwasili’s Bronx Gothic (2014) at...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Kalb | 1st Jul 2022 | New York, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Opera, United States of America
I went to the new opera Intimate Apparel because the 2003 play it was made from is one of my...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 18th Jun 2022 | Dramaturgy, London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, United Kingdom
In the past, most plays by black-British writers have been about the legacy of the Windrush...
Read MorePosted by Aprameya Manthena | 16th Jun 2022 | Applied Theatre, Essay, India, Theatre and Decolonization
Attired in a crisp white dhoti with a red zari border, bleached white shirt and angavastram, one...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Kalb | 15th Jun 2022 | Musical Theatre, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, United States of America
In my time as a critic I’ve noticed on numerous occasions that musicals rooted in political...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Kalb | 11th Jun 2022 | Review, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Gender, United States of America
Dominique Morisseau is aware that most of her fans see her as a predominantly naturalistic...
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