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‘No I in Team’ – Sarah DeLappe’s “The Wolves” at TheaterWorks

Posted by Donald Brown | 27th Oct 2017 | Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

The great strength of The Wolves, the debut play by Sarah DeLappe now playing in an extended run...

RashDash – “Two Man Show”

Posted by Duška Radosavljević | 25th Oct 2017 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

Over the last ten years, a new form has evolved on the British stage, rather simply referred to as...

A Life Of Footlights And Forehands: Nostalgia Takes The Court In “Balls” and “Battle Of the Sexes”

Posted by Trevor Boffone | 25th Oct 2017 | Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

The Astrodome has always stirred up a sense of nostalgia in me. Growing up in New Orleans, we...

“Victory Condition” at Royal Court

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 25th Oct 2017 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

What does it mean to feel contemporary? Feel. Contemporary. Really feel. According to...

“Caravan” Delivers A Glimpse Of Women On The Edge With Sweet Comedy

Posted by Sandra D'urso | 23rd Oct 2017 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Gender

Despite its forays into dark subject matter, Caravan, staged as part of the Melbourne Festival, is...

“A Feminine Edition”: Women’s Voices Prevail At 2017 Cairo Contemporary Theatre Festival

Posted by May Selim | 17th Oct 2017 | Egypt, Festivals, Review, Theatre and Gender

Ten out of 20 plays at this year’s Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental...

“Yerma” at The Young Vic.

Posted by Alvina Ruprecht | 26th Sep 2017 | Adaptation, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

Yerma in London, as the subtitle states, is a contemporary adaptation of Federico García...

Patricia Cornelius’ “Big Heart” Exposes Hypocrisy In Tale Of Multicultural Adoption

Posted by Sandra D'urso | 23rd Sep 2017 | Australia, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics

Playwright Patricia Cornelius is known for populating the stage with complex, working-class,...

Review: A Peek Inside Wig in a Box’s New Work-in-Progress

Posted by Willow White | 12th Sep 2017 | Canada, Theatre and Gender

Montreal, Québec Willow White attends a workshop performance of The Gentle Art of Punishment and...

When Women Sing Their Stories

Posted by Vikram Phukan | 11th Sep 2017 | India, Theatre and Gender

The various signposts of a woman’s life find striking expression in the songs that have graced the...

Transsexual Theatre: Two Brave New Edinburgh Plays Tell of Harrowing Journeys

Posted by Sylvia Morgan | 24th Aug 2017 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, Scotland, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

The struggle for transgender people is a leading theme at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe thanks to two shows from the National Theatre of Scotland, Adam and Eve. The shows begin in different times and places, but both are about...

Interview With Jin Xing on Drama, Dance, Freedom

Posted by Wu Haiyun | 18th Aug 2017 | China, Interview, Theatre and Dance, Theatre and Gender

Jin Xing, one of China’s most popular TV hosts, dancers, and actresses, is returning to one of her...

Alive And Restless In Savita Rani’s “Restlessness In Pieces”

Posted by Meghna Majumdar | 30th Jul 2017 | India, Theatre and Gender

Puducherry-based theatre artiste Savita Rani is back with an evolved version of Restlessness in...

Lynn Nottage’s “Intimate Apparel”: A Revival of Nuance

Posted by Rachel E. Diken | 29th Jul 2017 | Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

To revive a play by Lynn Nottage is to revive nuance. Under the direction of Daniela Varon,...

Avignon: Symphonies of Pain Part 2 – Lemi Ponifasio’s “Standing in Time”

Posted by Yana Meerzon | 22nd Jul 2017 | Festivals, New Zealand, Theatre and Gender

Standing in Time. texts by Rasha Abbas. Direction, scenography by Lemi Ponifasio; sound design...

Avignon: Symphonies of Pain Part I – Dorothée Munyaneza’s “Unwanted”

Posted by Yana Meerzon | 22nd Jul 2017 | Festivals, Rwanda, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

My journey through the Festival d’Avignon this year (20171) has just begun, but I have already...

What Is the Price of Surrogacy? Vivienne Franzmann’s “Bodies” at The Royal Court

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 16th Jul 2017 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

Surrogacy is an emotionally fraught subject. And one that is pregnant with meaning. The...

Vivacious and Unapologetic, “The Rover’s” 17th-century Feminism is Painfully Pertinent

Posted by Claire Hansen | 9th Jul 2017 | Australia, Sydney, Theatre and Gender

The Rover, now on at Belvoir Theatre in Sydney, starts unexpectedly, with long-dead 17th-century...

Stage Adaptation of West African Novel Thrills Nairobi Audiences

Posted by Alexander Nderitu | 6th Jul 2017 | Adaptation, Kenya, Theatre and Gender

‘I am wife Number One…I am gold. And then silver, bronze, even charcoal came along!’ This lament...

‘Who Knew the World Could be so Awful’: Alice Birch’s Apocalyptic Feminist Theatre

Posted by Sandra D'urso | 3rd Jul 2017 | Australia, Theatre and Gender

Alice Birch’s production, Revolt. She said. Revolt again., currently on at Melbourne’s Malthouse...

Theatre and Gender

‘No I in Team’ – Sarah DeLappe’s “The Wolves” at TheaterWorks

RashDash – “Two Man Show”

A Life Of Footlights And Forehands: Nostalgia Takes The Court In “Balls” and “Battle Of the Sexes”

“Victory Condition” at Royal Court

“Caravan” Delivers A Glimpse Of Women On The Edge With Sweet Comedy

“A Feminine Edition”: Women’s Voices Prevail At 2017 Cairo Contemporary Theatre Festival

“Yerma” at The Young Vic.

Patricia Cornelius’ “Big Heart” Exposes Hypocrisy In Tale Of Multicultural Adoption

Review: A Peek Inside Wig in a Box’s New Work-in-Progress

When Women Sing Their Stories

Transsexual Theatre: Two Brave New Edinburgh Plays Tell of Harrowing Journeys

Interview With Jin Xing on Drama, Dance, Freedom

Alive And Restless In Savita Rani’s “Restlessness In Pieces”

Lynn Nottage’s “Intimate Apparel”: A Revival of Nuance

Avignon: Symphonies of Pain Part 2 – Lemi Ponifasio’s “Standing in Time”

Avignon: Symphonies of Pain Part I – Dorothée Munyaneza’s “Unwanted”

What Is the Price of Surrogacy? Vivienne Franzmann’s “Bodies” at The Royal Court

Vivacious and Unapologetic, “The Rover’s” 17th-century Feminism is Painfully Pertinent

Stage Adaptation of West African Novel Thrills Nairobi Audiences

‘Who Knew the World Could be so Awful’: Alice Birch’s Apocalyptic Feminist Theatre

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