“The Town Hall Affair” Brings Germaine Greer’s 1970s Feminist Debate Roaring Into The Present
The moment was 1971, Labour Day’s eve. The context: a biting critique of feminism published by...
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Theatre and Gender
How The Nirbhaya Protests Made Young Women A Symbol Of Resistance
This week marks five years since the nationwide Nirbhaya protests sparked off in the country, with...
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Subjects For Some Short Stories: Acting Character In Postdramatic Chekhov
Twenty years after the Wooster Group’s seminal Three Sisters-inspired Brace Up!, contemporary New...
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A Mountain of One’s Own: “Taking the High Ground” by Jan Bolwell
Since Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to climb Mount Everest in May 1953,...
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“Lucy McCormick: Triple Threat” at Soho Theatre – Mad Genius at Work
There are some shows that can simply never be made by men. I don’t mean in the sense of subject...
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Female Desire In Experimental Postdramatic Theatre: “Body Double” Directed By Eleanor Bishop, BATS Theatre, Wellington
Merriam-Webster has recently named “feminism” as the 2017 “word of the year” and feminist issues...
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Theatre As A Public Forum And A Place Of Protest: The #MeToo Revolution In Iceland
In his 1991 book Roman Theatre And Its Audience, Richard C. Beacham forms the theory that the...
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Why Do We Hate?: Censoring the Minority 2017
Namsan Arts Center’s 2017 season opened with Censoring the Minority 2017 (written and directed by...
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Tracing With Body And Music In Jeff Ho’s “Trace”
In his debut as playwright, Jeff Ho presents a solo piece that explores his family history through...
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“The Suppliant Women” – A New Version for Modern Times
Lizzie Clachan’s set is a simple stone floor slanting downwards towards the audience in a warm...
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Sitting With Amanda Parris’ “Other Side Of The Game”
Shelley Liebembuk reviews Cahoots Theatre and Obsidian Theatre’s world premiere of The Other Side...
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Life Is Love In A Modern Take On An Ancient Chinese Folktale
The Legend Of White Snake isn’t old–it’s ancient. One of China’s Four Great Folktales (the other...
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Why Harassment Is So Common In The Theatre
The Old Vic has announced that it has received 20 personal testimonies of alleged inappropriate...
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“A Doll’s House” at Circa One
POTENTLY RELEVANT Warning: I’m about to give the (well-known) ending away because the play can’t...
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The “Motherline” Project Honors The Stories Of Women With Depth And Diversity
After starting in New York, the storytelling performance made its international debut in Cairo,...
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“The Revolutionists”: How Far Have We Come?
The Nora Theatre Company at the Central Square Theatre in Cambridge, MA is currently...
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“One The Bear” (La Boite) New Transmedia Storytelling
In true international award-winning Black Honey Company style, One The Bear bursts on the...
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Access All Arias: “Sex Workers’ Opera” Takes Swipe at No More Page 3 Feminists
It’s known as the world’s oldest profession yet, for the most part, sex work remains shrouded in...
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Eurydice Among the Shades – Elfriede Jelinek’s “Shadow. Eurydice Says” in NYC
Elfriede Jelinek’s Shadow. Eurydice Says is not much of a drama, if by that is meant a...
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‘No I in Team’ – Sarah DeLappe’s “The Wolves” at TheaterWorks
The great strength of The Wolves, the debut play by Sarah DeLappe now playing in an extended run...
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