The Focus Is On The Power Of Those On The Margins: 33 Performances, Representing 14 Countries
The 10th edition of ITFoK touches upon diverse themes such as gender, identity, displacement, and...
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Theatre and Gender
Movie Star-Crossed: Adrienne Kennedy’s “He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box”
The explosively feminine theater of Adrienne Kennedy breaks many of the fundamental “rules” of...
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“The Neighbor’s Grief is Greener”: A Dark Domesticity
A dreamy, perfect 1950’s housewife stands in the middle of a kitchen, cracking eggs and stirring...
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“What A Young Wife Ought To Know”: Birth Control Docudrama
Hannah Moscovitch’s play What A Young Wife Ought To Know, which is based on a compilation of...
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“Between The Lines” (Entrelinhas): What Women Do to Survive Oppressive Regimes
The show Between The Lines is a manifesto about the barbarity that women suffer from an oppressive...
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“Rita, Sue And Bob Too” at The Royal Court: The Revival for #MeToo Era
Vicky Featherstone, the artistic director of this new writing venue, is riding high. Very high. A...
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“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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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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