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National Theatre: Inua Ellam’s “Three Sisters” Surges with Narrative Energy, Depicting Sisterhood and Colonial Injustice in the Short-Lived Republic of Biafra

Posted by Julian De Medeiros | 14th Dec 2019 | Adaptation, London, Nigeria, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

In recent years there has been a resurgence of progressive adaptations of Chekhov’s realist...

These are Voices of Women Considered Modern for Their Times

Posted by Vikram Phukan | 11th Dec 2019 | India, News, Theatre and Art, Theatre and Gender

Anubha Fatehpuria will act out a miscellany of women characters, spanning more than a century in...

“Petróleo/Petroleum” – Piel de Lava’s Performed Deconstruction of Masculinity

Posted by Maria Delgado | 27th Nov 2019 | Argentina, Review, Theatre and Gender

For many in the English-speaking world, the company Piel de Lava is known primarily for its work...

“Oleanna:” SevenThirty Production’s Excellent Take on Flawed Script

Posted by Maja Stefanovska | 21st Nov 2019 | Canada, Review, Theatre and Gender

David Mamet’s play Oleanna is about the power struggle between a university professor and one of...

“Oleanna’s” Take on Sexual Harassment Holds Up Well

Posted by Patrick Langston | 21st Nov 2019 | Canada, Review, Theatre and Gender

Oleanna, David Mamet’s then-startling play about sexual harassment and power dynamics, debuted in...

“Botticelli in the Fire” at the Hampstead: A Queer 15th Century Tale.

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 9th Nov 2019 | Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

Botticelli is a household name, but who knows the true story behind his most famous painting? The...

Leila Waddell: Hidden Women of History

Posted by Alice Gorman | 5th Nov 2019 | Australia, Essay, Theatre and Gender

Leila Waddell (1880-1932) was a country girl from Bathurst, NSW, who entered the world stage as an...

“The Greatest Event in a Doll’s Life.” A New Work on Marriage in Contemporary China

Posted by Shiya Lu | 27th Oct 2019 | China, Devised Theatre, Interview, Theatre and Gender

Even in 2019, surrounded by futuristic skyscrapers, accompanied by mobile apps and English...

Eunkyung Jeong Elucidates Enlightenment in Her Autobiographical Installation

Posted by Rathsaran Sireekan | 27th Oct 2019 | Review, South Korea, Theatre and Gender

The Political Self of Beauty South Korean artist Eunkyung Jeong’s interdisciplinary work at...

Alice Birch’s “[BLANK]” at the Donmar Warehouse

Posted by Mert Dilek | 26th Oct 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

Believe me when I tell you that there is much more to Alice Birch’s play [BLANK] than meets the...

Solving the “Lulu” Problem

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 17th Oct 2019 | New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

Frank Wedekind’s Lulu is the archetypal modern classic about a sexy woman. Precisely for that...

“Asking For It” at 1000 Islands Theatre

Posted by Natasha Lomonossoff | 16th Oct 2019 | Canada, Review, Theatre and Gender

Following the production of The Boy in the Moon, put on by the 1000 Islands Playhouse in August,...

“The Unnatural And Accidental Women”: The Voices Of The Disappeared Still Speak To Us In This Immersive Event

Posted by Alvina Ruprecht | 15th Oct 2019 | Canada, Immersive Theatre, Review, Theatre and Gender

Let’s be clear from the outset. This performance has absolutely nothing to do with Surrealism, nor...

Dublin Fringe Festival 2019: Women in Flux

Posted by Síofra Ní Shluaghadháin | 10th Oct 2019 | Festivals, Ireland, News, Playwriting, Theatre and Gender

The Dublin Fringe Festival celebrates its 25th year this year and duly provided the Irish capital its characteristic combination of artistry, controlled chaos and thought-provoking content. The stated theme of Dublin Fringe 25,...

Ruby Thomas’s “Either” at the Hampstead Theatre: Intriguing Questioning of Gender Identity

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 5th Oct 2019 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

Once there were radically innovative playwrights; then came university courses about radically...

“Venus vs Modernity”: Rethinking Sara Baartman

Posted by Marié-Heleen Coetzee | 4th Oct 2019 | Review, South Africa, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics

“Venus vs Modernity” centers on South African icon Saartjie Baartman whose horrific experiences of exploitation have become a reference point for black women’s body image and representation worldwide.