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The Focus Is On The Power Of Those On The Margins: 33 Performances, Representing 14 Countries

Posted by Renu Ramanath | 12th Feb 2018 | Festivals, India, LGBTQ+ Theatre, News, Theatre and Disability, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics

The 10th edition of ITFoK touches upon diverse themes such as gender, identity, displacement, and...

Movie Star-Crossed: Adrienne Kennedy’s “He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box”

Posted by Jessica Rizzo | 8th Feb 2018 | New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

The explosively feminine theater of Adrienne Kennedy breaks many of the fundamental “rules” of...

“The Neighbor’s Grief is Greener”: A Dark Domesticity

Posted by Ezekiel Oliveira | 4th Feb 2018 | Israel, Review, Singapore, Theatre and Dance, Theatre and Gender

A dreamy, perfect 1950’s housewife stands in the middle of a kitchen, cracking eggs and stirring...

“What A Young Wife Ought To Know”: Birth Control Docudrama

Posted by Maja Stefanovska | 2nd Feb 2018 | Canada, Review, Theatre and Gender

Hannah Moscovitch’s play What A Young Wife Ought To Know, which is based on a compilation of...

“Between The Lines” (Entrelinhas): What Women Do to Survive Oppressive Regimes

Posted by Michele Rolim | 31st Jan 2018 | Brazil, Festivals, Review, Theatre and Dance, Theatre and Gender

The show Between The Lines is a manifesto about the barbarity that women suffer from an oppressive...

“Rita, Sue And Bob Too” at The Royal Court: The Revival for #MeToo Era

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 30th Jan 2018 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

Vicky Featherstone, the artistic director of this new writing venue, is riding high. Very high. A...

“The Town Hall Affair” Brings Germaine Greer’s 1970s Feminist Debate Roaring Into The Present

Posted by Bryoni Trezise | 28th Jan 2018 | Australia, New York, Sydney, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

The moment was 1971, Labour Day’s eve. The context: a biting critique of feminism published by...

How The Nirbhaya Protests Made Young Women A Symbol Of Resistance

Posted by Vikram Phukan | 16th Jan 2018 | India, Review, Theatre and Gender

This week marks five years since the nationwide Nirbhaya protests sparked off in the country, with...

Subjects For Some Short Stories: Acting Character In Postdramatic Chekhov

Posted by Michael Breslin | 6th Jan 2018 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, New York, Review, Russia, Russian Theatre Abroad, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

Twenty years after the Wooster Group’s seminal Three Sisters-inspired Brace Up!, contemporary New...

A Mountain of One’s Own: “Taking the High Ground” by Jan Bolwell

Posted by David O'Donnell | 29th Dec 2017 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, New Zealand, Review, Theatre and Gender

Since Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to climb Mount Everest in May 1953,...

“Lucy McCormick: Triple Threat” at Soho Theatre – Mad Genius at Work

Posted by Duška Radosavljević | 27th Dec 2017 | Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

There are some shows that can simply never be made by men. I don’t mean in the sense of subject...

Female Desire In Experimental Postdramatic Theatre: “Body Double” Directed By Eleanor Bishop, BATS Theatre, Wellington

Posted by David O'Donnell | 23rd Dec 2017 | Directing, New Zealand, Review, Theatre and Gender

Merriam-Webster has recently named “feminism” as the 2017 “word of the year” and feminist issues...

Theatre As A Public Forum And A Place Of Protest: The #MeToo Revolution In Iceland

Posted by Sigríður Jónsdóttir | 20th Dec 2017 | Iceland, News, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics

In his 1991 book Roman Theatre And Its Audience, Richard C. Beacham forms the theory that the...

Why Do We Hate?: Censoring the Minority 2017

Posted by Um Hyun-hee | 9th Dec 2017 | Documentary Theatre, LGBTQ+ Theatre, Review, South Korea, Theatre and Gender

Namsan Arts Center’s 2017 season opened with Censoring the Minority 2017 (written and directed by...

Tracing With Body And Music In Jeff Ho’s “Trace”

Posted by Shelley Liebembuk | 3rd Dec 2017 | Canada, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender

In his debut as playwright, Jeff Ho presents a solo piece that explores his family history through...

“The Suppliant Women” – A New Version for Modern Times

Posted by Duška Radosavljević | 24th Nov 2017 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

Lizzie Clachan’s set is a simple stone floor slanting downwards towards the audience in a warm...

Sitting With Amanda Parris’ “Other Side Of The Game”

Posted by Hayley Malouin | 21st Nov 2017 | Canada, Review, Theatre and Art, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics

Shelley Liebembuk reviews Cahoots Theatre and Obsidian Theatre’s world premiere of The Other Side...

Life Is Love In A Modern Take On An Ancient Chinese Folktale

Posted by Elle Kwan | 18th Nov 2017 | China, Review, Theatre and Dance, Theatre and Gender

The Legend Of White Snake isn’t old–it’s ancient. One of China’s Four Great Folktales (the other...

Why Harassment Is So Common In The Theatre

Posted by Karen Morash | 17th Nov 2017 | Essay, Management, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics

The Old Vic has announced that it has received 20 personal testimonies of alleged inappropriate...

“A Doll’s House” at Circa One

Posted by John Smythe | 12th Nov 2017 | New Zealand, Review, Theatre and Gender

POTENTLY RELEVANT Warning: I’m about to give the (well-known) ending away because the play can’t...

Theatre and Gender

The Focus Is On The Power Of Those On The Margins: 33 Performances, Representing 14 Countries

Movie Star-Crossed: Adrienne Kennedy’s “He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box”

“The Neighbor’s Grief is Greener”: A Dark Domesticity

“What A Young Wife Ought To Know”: Birth Control Docudrama

“Between The Lines” (Entrelinhas): What Women Do to Survive Oppressive Regimes

“Rita, Sue And Bob Too” at The Royal Court: The Revival for #MeToo Era

“The Town Hall Affair” Brings Germaine Greer’s 1970s Feminist Debate Roaring Into The Present

Subjects For Some Short Stories: Acting Character In Postdramatic Chekhov

A Mountain of One’s Own: “Taking the High Ground” by Jan Bolwell

“Lucy McCormick: Triple Threat” at Soho Theatre – Mad Genius at Work

Female Desire In Experimental Postdramatic Theatre: “Body Double” Directed By Eleanor Bishop, BATS Theatre, Wellington

Theatre As A Public Forum And A Place Of Protest: The #MeToo Revolution In Iceland

Why Do We Hate?: Censoring the Minority 2017

Tracing With Body And Music In Jeff Ho’s “Trace”

“The Suppliant Women” – A New Version for Modern Times

Sitting With Amanda Parris’ “Other Side Of The Game”

Life Is Love In A Modern Take On An Ancient Chinese Folktale

Why Harassment Is So Common In The Theatre

“A Doll’s House” at Circa One

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