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“Vudú (3318) Blixen” or a Complex Naïve Way to Exorcise Pain

Posted by Antonio Hernández Nieto | 20th Dec 2023 | Review, Spain, Theatre and Gender

There is nothing like going to a world premiere. Being one of the first to see something brand...

Timelier Every Day: Kazimierska’s “Katie’s Tales”

Posted by Rhiannon Ling | 12th Dec 2023 | New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics, United States of America, Worldwide

“I do not know how to write,” Agnieszka Kazimierska’s Katie tells her audience. At this...

Venus and Adonis: this “play within a plague” about Shakespeare is wildly romantic, erotic and colorful

Posted by Kirk Dodd | 5th Nov 2023 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Gender

Shakespeare wrote his famous narrative poem Venus and Adonis in a lockdown era when, in 1593, the...

SheNYC Takes the Stage: “Fort Huachuca” and “Bloodshot” at A.R.T./NY

Posted by Rhiannon Ling | 1st Nov 2023 | New York, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

To begin as we proceed, with full transparency, I have to admit how big a fan I am of SheNYC Arts...

James Fritz’s The Flea at the Yard Theatre: History Play Gives a Queer Reading of the Cleveland Street Scandal of 1889

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 24th Oct 2023 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

Famous sex scandals don’t always make good plays. Although the tabloid nature of such events...

The Life of Three “Best Friends:” Anat Gov’s Feminism at the 14th Street Y

Posted by Rhiannon Ling | 22nd Oct 2023 | Adaptation, New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America, Worldwide

Anat Gov’s Best Friends lives in a world of dichotomy. The title is both entirely true and...

The Ephemera of the Cherry Orchard: Agnieszka Kazimierska’s “Katie’s Tales”

Posted by Rhiannon Ling | 18th Oct 2023 | Interview, New York, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics, United States of America, Worldwide

Agnieszka Kazimierska has always been an artist. From the age of six, she told as much to her...

Assam’s First Female Freedom Fighter, Shot a Century Ago, Rediscovered Onstage

Posted by The Hindu | 20th Sep 2023 | India, News, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Gender, Worldwide

Mangri Orang, a tea plantation worker, was gunned down by British security personnel in 1921 for...

“Radio Man:” A Story of Connection and Bloodshed in Dystopian America

Posted by Rhiannon Ling | 2nd Sep 2023 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

It’s no secret that I’m an advocate for feminist, queer theatre. Or that I enjoy worlds of the...

“Rock Follies” Review: Powerful New Musical Brings 1970s Feminist TV Sensation to the Stage

Posted by Erika Hughes | 16th Aug 2023 | Adaptation, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

Rock Follies was a groundbreaking television series about an all-female rock band that originally...

Monsters, Mayhem, and Maturation: “The Trouble with Dead Boyfriends” at the Players Theatre

Posted by Rhiannon Ling | 24th Jul 2023 | New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

Upon one’s first step into the Players Theatre, one knows exactly what they’re in for. The stage...

Bombastic Intimacies: Sophie McIntosh’s “cityscrape”

Posted by Rhiannon Ling | 30th May 2023 | New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

Empty Gregory’s coffee cups and PureLeaf bottles reside on a table, Trader Joe’s bags are against...

Vinnie Heaven’s “Faun” at Theatre 503: queer show is both joyful and thought-provoking

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 1st May 2023 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

We are watching history being made: after decades of being in the shadows, queer drama is now...

Sydney Theater Company’s “Julia” Powerfully Imagines the Life and Emotions of the Woman Behind the “Misogyny Speech”

Posted by Camilla Nelson | 29th Apr 2023 | Australia, Review, Sydney, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics

Just over 10 years ago, then-Prime Minister Julia Gillard stood up in the House of Representatives...

“Sea Creatures,” Hampstead Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 28th Apr 2023 | Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

Is it possible to successfully challenge naturalism in British theatre today? At a time when...

“Nora”: Present Continuous Hell

Posted by Emiliia Dementsova | 25th Apr 2023 | Adaptation, Greece, Review, Theatre and Gender, Theatre Olympics 2023

Get inside a woman’s head and, by understanding her, unravel the mystery of how the world...

Miriam Battye’s “Little Scratch” at the New Diorama Theatre: Restaged Adaptation of Rebecca Watson’s Novel Is Powerfully Theatrical

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 21st Apr 2023 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

The popularity of plays that feature trauma is certainly a trend in British theatre today. But is...

“Sex Magick”: This Gender-Bending, Time-Traveling Play Invites You to Detangle Love and Sex

Posted by Aisha Malik | 20th Mar 2023 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Gender

Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love with girl and follows her to India. Boy has a transformative...

You Came to See the Obscene?—”2020: Obscene”

Posted by Lisa Moravec | 13th Mar 2023 | Directing, Greece, Review, Theatre and Dance, Theatre and Gender

Alexandra Bachzetsis’s latest group performance, 2020: Obscene, estranges the word obscene from...

“Woman, Life, Freedom: Theatre and Protest in Iran”: A Virtual Roundtable in Honor of World Theatre Day

Posted by The Theatre Times | 5th Mar 2023 | Education, News, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics

Dear Friends, Roshan Institute for Persian Studies, The Theatre Times, and the University of...

Theatre and Gender

“Vudú (3318) Blixen” or a Complex Naïve Way to Exorcise Pain

Timelier Every Day: Kazimierska’s “Katie’s Tales”

Venus and Adonis: this “play within a plague” about Shakespeare is wildly romantic, erotic and colorful

SheNYC Takes the Stage: “Fort Huachuca” and “Bloodshot” at A.R.T./NY

James Fritz’s The Flea at the Yard Theatre: History Play Gives a Queer Reading of the Cleveland Street Scandal of 1889

The Life of Three “Best Friends:” Anat Gov’s Feminism at the 14th Street Y

The Ephemera of the Cherry Orchard: Agnieszka Kazimierska’s “Katie’s Tales”

Assam’s First Female Freedom Fighter, Shot a Century Ago, Rediscovered Onstage

“Radio Man:” A Story of Connection and Bloodshed in Dystopian America

“Rock Follies” Review: Powerful New Musical Brings 1970s Feminist TV Sensation to the Stage

Monsters, Mayhem, and Maturation: “The Trouble with Dead Boyfriends” at the Players Theatre

Bombastic Intimacies: Sophie McIntosh’s “cityscrape”

Vinnie Heaven’s “Faun” at Theatre 503: queer show is both joyful and thought-provoking

Sydney Theater Company’s “Julia” Powerfully Imagines the Life and Emotions of the Woman Behind the “Misogyny Speech”

“Sea Creatures,” Hampstead Theatre

“Nora”: Present Continuous Hell

Miriam Battye’s “Little Scratch” at the New Diorama Theatre: Restaged Adaptation of Rebecca Watson’s Novel Is Powerfully Theatrical

“Sex Magick”: This Gender-Bending, Time-Traveling Play Invites You to Detangle Love and Sex

You Came to See the Obscene?—”2020: Obscene”

“Woman, Life, Freedom: Theatre and Protest in Iran”: A Virtual Roundtable in Honor of World Theatre Day

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