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Invisible Diaries: Sympathetic Magic

Posted by David Geary | 30th Jun 2020 | Canada, Covid-19, Dramaturgs’ Network: Invisible Diaries, Dramaturgy, Essay, Theatre and Decolonization

Grades went in. No death threats. A student wrote: “I learned something, and I laughed. That’s all...

Shadow Theatre: Performance and the Imaginary in Contemporary Egypt

Posted by Nora Amin | 11th Mar 2020 | Egypt, Essay, Puppetry, Theatre and Decolonization

An essay by Nora Amin that traces the presence of shadow theatre within the modern and...

“Almighty Voice and His Wife:” Love, Settler Colonialism, and Looking Back at the Audience

Posted by Sheetala Bhat | 16th Dec 2019 | Canada, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Politics

Almighty Voice and his Wife, a play written by Daniel David Moses in 1991, was recently staged in...

National Theatre: Inua Ellam’s “Three Sisters” Surges with Narrative Energy, Depicting Sisterhood and Colonial Injustice in the Short-Lived Republic of Biafra

Posted by Julian De Medeiros | 14th Dec 2019 | Adaptation, London, Nigeria, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

In recent years there has been a resurgence of progressive adaptations of Chekhov’s realist...

“VAST:” Returning to the Natural Body to Combat the History of Colonialism

Posted by Gowri S | 9th Dec 2019 | India, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Politics

From Reunion Island to India, this play explores freedom and history. A young boy from Nepal...

Colonialism, Farce and Absurdism: Ignacio Bartolone’s “Piedra sentada, pata corrida/Sitting Stone, Running Foot”

Posted by Maria Delgado | 6th Dec 2019 | Argentina, Review, Theatre and Decolonization

In 2013 Ignacio Bartolone created a buzz with his first play, Piedra sentada, Pata corrida...

Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” Explores Colonialism, Resistance and Liberation

Posted by Paul Yachnin Hannah Korell | 20th Nov 2019 | Canada, Dramaturgy, Essay, Theatre and Decolonization

Last winter, at the Studio Theatre at Ryerson University in downtown Toronto, Canadian actor...

In “Cloudstreet,” Nostalgia All Too Easily Redeems Australia’s Colonial Past

Posted by Sandra D'urso | 29th May 2019 | Adaptation, Australia, Review, Theatre and Decolonization

Set in a rambling and ageing house haunted by a colonial past, Cloudstreet is a theatrical...

The Naked Archivist: Tradition In The Work Of Performance Artist Pichet Klunchun

Posted by Rathsaran Sireekan | 19th May 2019 | Belgium, Essay, Theatre and Dance, Theatre and Decolonization

Author: Rathsaran Sireekan Contemporary art’s desire to be “contemporary”, for many practitioners,...

“There Is More Future Than Past” And “A Room of One’s Own”: Documentary Play About Latin American Women Artists

Posted by Clarisse Zarvos | 12th May 2019 | Brazil, Documentary Theatre, Portugal, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Gender

In the early twentieth century, Virginia Woolf published the essay Room of One’s Own, based...

“Black: The Sorrows Of Belgium”–Luk Perceval/NTGent and “Flandria”–Roland Gunst/LOD

Posted by Liam Rees | 25th Apr 2019 | Belgium, Review, Theatre and Decolonization

A continuous conversation, not a hot topic With the reopening of the Africa Museum in Brussels and...

Danai Gurira’s “The Convert” at The Young Vic: Religion and Colonialism

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 22nd Jan 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Religion, United Kingdom

Wow! First, the Black Panther team took cinema by storm; now, they have conquered theatre as well....

Shakespeare In South African Schools: To Die, To Sleep–Or Perchance To Dream?

Posted by Chris Thurman | 30th Dec 2018 | Interview, South Africa, Theatre and Decolonization

South Africa’s education authorities are reviewing the school curriculum. Basic Education Minister...

Sheetala Bhat Documents The Lives Of Female Performers In Colonial India

Posted by Abhimanyu Acharya | 11th Dec 2018 | Books, India, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Gender

Sheetala Bhat’s Performing Self, Performing Gender: Reading The Lives Of Women Performers In...

“The Long Forgotten Dream” Raises Uneasy Questions About Performance And Colonization

Posted by Bryoni Trezise | 8th Aug 2018 | Australia, News, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Politics

A large, ochred sail swells, rolls and eases in the heavens of the stage. It forms both ceiling...

The Tiger And The Anus: How KFDA Decolonises Cosmopolitanism

Posted by Rathsaran Sireekan | 18th Jun 2018 | Belgium, Brazil, Festivals, Review, Singapore, Theatre and Decolonization

The Kunstenfestivaldesarts (KFDA)’s commitment to promoting “cosmopolitan vision as an...

Shakespeare and Decolonization: #ShakespeareMustFall?

Posted by Marié-Heleen Coetzee | 15th Sep 2017 | Essay, South Africa, Theatre and Decolonization, Transcultural Collaborations

The 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death in 2016 provided ample room for celebrations and...

Can an English Artist Use Classical Nigerian Art as He Likes?

Posted by Kwame Opuku | 3rd Sep 2017 | Nigeria, Theatre and Art, Theatre and Decolonization

Reaction to Damien Hirst’s use/misuse of Ife art image. The insensitivity of many Westerners in...

Why Decolonization Means The Possible End Of Shakespeare In South Africa’s Schools

Posted by Natasha Joseph and Chris Thurman | 17th Apr 2017 | South Africa, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre for Young Audiences

South Africa’s education authorities are reviewing the school curriculum. Basic Education Minister...

“The Secret River”: Colonial Oppression on Australian Stages

Posted by Julian Meyrick | 14th Mar 2017 | Australia, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Politics

One way of looking at a story is as a mental suitcase that brings together a bunch of actions that...

Theatre and Decolonization

Invisible Diaries: Sympathetic Magic

Shadow Theatre: Performance and the Imaginary in Contemporary Egypt

“Almighty Voice and His Wife:” Love, Settler Colonialism, and Looking Back at the Audience

National Theatre: Inua Ellam’s “Three Sisters” Surges with Narrative Energy, Depicting Sisterhood and Colonial Injustice in the Short-Lived Republic of Biafra

“VAST:” Returning to the Natural Body to Combat the History of Colonialism

Colonialism, Farce and Absurdism: Ignacio Bartolone’s “Piedra sentada, pata corrida/Sitting Stone, Running Foot”

Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” Explores Colonialism, Resistance and Liberation

In “Cloudstreet,” Nostalgia All Too Easily Redeems Australia’s Colonial Past

The Naked Archivist: Tradition In The Work Of Performance Artist Pichet Klunchun

“There Is More Future Than Past” And “A Room of One’s Own”: Documentary Play About Latin American Women Artists

“Black: The Sorrows Of Belgium”–Luk Perceval/NTGent and “Flandria”–Roland Gunst/LOD

Danai Gurira’s “The Convert” at The Young Vic: Religion and Colonialism

Shakespeare In South African Schools: To Die, To Sleep–Or Perchance To Dream?

Sheetala Bhat Documents The Lives Of Female Performers In Colonial India

“The Long Forgotten Dream” Raises Uneasy Questions About Performance And Colonization

The Tiger And The Anus: How KFDA Decolonises Cosmopolitanism

Shakespeare and Decolonization: #ShakespeareMustFall?

Can an English Artist Use Classical Nigerian Art as He Likes?

Why Decolonization Means The Possible End Of Shakespeare In South Africa’s Schools

“The Secret River”: Colonial Oppression on Australian Stages

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