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Hidden Women Of History: Eliza Winstanley, Colonial Stage Star And Our First Female Richard III

Posted by Jane Woollard | 14th May 2019 | Australia, Essay, Theatre and Gender

In this series, we look at under-acknowledged women through the ages. In December 1882, Eliza...

“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...

“Top Girls” at The National Theatre

Posted by Duška Radosavljević | 10th May 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

Written only as recently as 1981, Caryl Churchill’s modern classic Top Girls has already been on...

“The Half God Of Rainfall” at The Kiln Theatre: A Galaxy-Hopping Mythological Mash-up

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 8th May 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

If British theatre often seems to lack ambition, the same cannot be said of The Half God Of...

Zoe Cooper’s “Out Of Water” At The Orange Tree Theatre: Feelgood Gender Issues

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 7th May 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

Most new writing for the British stage is timid in subject matter, predictable in plotting and...

New Play Examines Shakespeare’s Gender Politics: Sarah Delahunty’s “This Long Winter”

Posted by David O'Donnell | 29th Apr 2019 | New Zealand, Review, Theatre and Gender

Despite being dead for 400 years and having lived and worked on the far side of Planet Earth,...

Veteran Kenyan Actress Returns to Stage With Feminist Show

Posted by Alexander Nderitu | 28th Apr 2019 | Kenya, News, Theatre and Gender

Veteran Kenyan thespian Mŭmbi Kaigwa returns to the stage on 25th April 2019 for a single showing...

“Top Girls” at The National Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 23rd Apr 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

Caryl Churchill is a phenomenal artist. Not only has she written a huge body of work, but each...

Working Off-Script: Transgender Awareness in Iranian Black Box Theatres: An Interview with Sāmān Arasṭoo

Posted by Farinaz Kavianifar | 14th Apr 2019 | Interview, Iran, LGBTQ+ Theatre, Theatre and Gender

February 15, 2019, Café Markov, Tehran, Iran Sāmān Arasṭoo is an Iranian actor and theatre...

Misogyny On Trial: Miguel del Arco’s Verbatim Production Offers A New Trial For “La Manada”

Posted by Maria Delgado | 7th Apr 2019 | Review, Spain, Theatre and Gender

At El Pavón Teatro Kamikaze, Jordi Casanovas has crafted a double bill of verbatim plays dealing...

Block Party and “Rotterdam” at the Kirk Douglas

Posted by Christine Deitner | 5th Apr 2019 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, Los Angeles, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

The Center Theatre Group’s second Block Party show at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Century City is...

A Street Play That Conveyed Hard-Hitting Messages On Body Shaming

Posted by Nivedita Ganguly | 4th Apr 2019 | Devised Theatre, Festivals, India, News, Theatre and Gender

The 20-minute street play was presented by Faces, the theatre group of GITAM University. In a...

Necessary Questions: On Representation And Role Of Women In Egypt’s Theatre

Posted by Nora Amin | 4th Apr 2019 | Egypt, News, Theatre and Gender

As March brings along Women’s Day and Mother’s Day, the Egyptian stage should do its part. But how...

Sasha Velour’s “Smoke & Mirrors”: Long Live The Queen

Posted by Abigail Weil | 29th Mar 2019 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

Is Sasha Velour a drag queen? It’s debatable. She’s certainly a drag royalty, having won the ninth...

Theatre Unleashed: Lauren Gunderson’s “Ada and the Engine” – A Must-See in Koreatown

Posted by Christine Deitner | 28th Mar 2019 | Los Angeles, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Science, United States of America

es, it’s possible if not likely the play has simply conjured up all of this complexity of feeling and that nothing ever existed between Ada and Babbage beyond their shared vision. Yes, I know, there have been multiple instances over time where Ada’s contribution to the invention of the first computing machine has been questioned and tested and even dismissed.None of that matters, for the romantic liaison that Gunderson has crafted and Powers has brought to life delivers one of the loveliest and mature romantic moments I’ve seen on stage.

A Feminist Documentary Play From Toronto: “Grace”

Posted by Berna Ataoğlu | 25th Mar 2019 | Canada, Review, Theatre and Gender

Grace is one of two daughters in an educated family living in Canada. She loves her parents and...

Ravi Jain’s “Prince Hamlet” Breathes New Life Into The Bard

Posted by Patrick Langston | 17th Mar 2019 | Acting, Canada, Review, Theatre and Gender

Just when you thought no one could possibly find a fresh interpretation of Hamlet, along come...

At SoHo Playhouse, “Fiercely Independent” Demystifies Divorce

Posted by Michael Appler | 10th Mar 2019 | New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

In 1977, Margaret Trudeau somewhat famously told People Magazine that “it takes two to destroy a...

“Mary, Queen Of Scots” Is Newly Relevant In The Age Of #MeToo

Posted by Rosalind Smith | 9th Mar 2019 | Australia, Essay, Sydney, Theatre and Gender

The dramatic life of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots is a hot topic in popular culture. Josie Rourke’s...

Invigorated By A New Cast, “My Fair Lady” Continues to Enchant Broadway

Posted by Michael Appler | 8th Mar 2019 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

Lincoln Center has reissued its mandate for Lerner and Loewe’s 1956 classic, casting off whatever creative anxiety earlier dogged the production and staging a decidedly lighter, exuberant My Fair Lady.