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Stages Of Womanhood: On Female Theatre In The Arab World

Posted by Nora Amin | 25th Nov 2018 | France, Morocco, News, Theatre and Gender, Transcultural Collaborations

The University of Bordeaux Montaigne concluded its 2018 public cultural program with a...

Pioneering Black Superstar Immortalized on Stage

Posted by Alexander Nderitu | 25th Nov 2018 | Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

Josephine Baker tribute shows garner favourable reviews across the world.

Examining Gender Issues Through An Ancient Myth: 27 Degrees’ “Medusa” At Crypt Gallery

Posted by Haylin Cai | 22nd Nov 2018 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

In Greek and Roman mythology, Medusa the Gorgon is a hideous, monstrous woman with snakes in place...

It’s Ella Hickson’s Moment (Of Honesty)

Posted by Riley Rudy | 7th Nov 2018 | Interview, London, Playwriting, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

How her truth split critics and why she doesn’t really care Ella Hickson stopped worrying...

Bryony Kimmings’ “I Am A Phoenix, Bitch”

Posted by Duška Radosavljević | 28th Oct 2018 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

On Friday, March 13, 2015, the Grand Hall at Battersea Arts Centre in South London went up in...

Cheek by Jowl and The Pushkin Theatre’s “Measure for Measure”

Posted by Harry Hoke | 28th Oct 2018 | Boston, Review, Russia, Russian Theatre Abroad, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics

Authority. Surveillance. Enforcement. Confession. These are the tools of the state brought to life...

“Measure For Measure”: Shakespeare’s #MeToo Moment

Posted by Abigail Weil | 27th Oct 2018 | Boston, Review, Russia, Russian Theatre Abroad, Theatre and Gender

Cheek by Jowl’s production of Shakespeare’s Measure For Measure, performed in Russian by actors...

The Modern Woman In “Artemisia’s Intent”

Posted by Marcina Zaccaria | 26th Oct 2018 | New York, Review, Theatre and Art, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

The Anthropologists reach deep into their own doctrine to discover the depth behind the classic...

Joy Wilkinson’s “The Sweet Science Of Bruising” at The Southwark Playhouse

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 24th Oct 2018 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

There are not that many plays about sport, but, whether you gamble on results or not, you can bet...

Vinay Patel’s “An Adventure”: An Epic Reading of One Asian Family’s Global Migration Story

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 17th Oct 2018 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

Director Madani Younis, who since 2011 has transformed the Bush Theatre in West London into one of...

“Shirley Valentine:” A Double-Toned Comedy About Finding Oneself

Posted by Natasha Lomonossoff | 15th Oct 2018 | Canada, Review, Theatre and Gender

At the 1000 Islands Playhouse in Gananoque, ON. As the final play of the season, British...

David Hare’s “I’m Not Running” At The National Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 13th Oct 2018 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Whatever you might think about Brexit, the dreaded B word, the current climate certainly seems to...

A Second Time Around For “Truth Values: One Girl’s Romp Through M.I.T.’s Male Math Maze”

Posted by Jane Baldwin | 10th Oct 2018 | Boston, Review, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Science, United States of America

Gioa De Cari’s autobiographical one-woman show Truth Values: One Girl’s Romp Through M.I.T.’s Male...

Sarah Kane’s “4.48 Psychosis” at New Diorama Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 9th Oct 2018 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Disability, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

It’s all about the casting. The paradox of playwright Sarah Kane’s short career is that while her...

Out Of The Extraordinary: Women-Centered New Plays From India

Posted by Vikram Phukan | 26th Sep 2018 | India, LGBTQ+ Theatre, Review, Theatre and Gender

The characteristic middle-of-the-road sensibility of Akvarious Productions has found an outlet in...

GCTC: Playwright Tracks The Tudors And Our Fascination With Sexual Power

Posted by Patrick Langston | 24th Sep 2018 | Canada, Review, Theatre and Gender

We can’t get enough of the Tudors, can we? From movies and historical fiction to the television...

Sarah Kane’s Controversial 1990s Play “Blasted” Feels Prescient In The #MeToo Era

Posted by Jana Perkovic | 23rd Sep 2018 | Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender

Playwright Sarah Kane was an “honorary lad” in in-yer-face drama that dominated the 1990s in...

Rob Roth’s “Soundstage” Fires Up Acoustic Imaginaries

Posted by KaiChieh Tu | 22nd Sep 2018 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

oundstage, conceived by residency artist Rob Roth at HERE, is a compelling stream of consciousness that flows along with the sound waves and vintage film footage. With stunning technicality and poetic sensitivity, the show paints and composes the complex emotions when we are left alone, discarded and exiled into our most profound addictions and desires.