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Avignon 2019: “Outside” – Between Testimony and Political Provocation

Posted by Yana Meerzon | 8th Aug 2019 | Avignon 2019, Festivals, France, Review, Russia, Theatre and Politics

Provocation – artistic, political, personal – is the signature style of the Russian theatre...

“Somnia” – P.A.R.T.S. / Anne Teresa & Jolente De Keersmaeker

Posted by Rathsaran Sireekan | 2nd Aug 2019 | Adaptation, Belgium, Essay, Review, Theatre and Dance, Theatre and Politics

Engaging choreography in a green discourse Anyone associating ‘De Keersmaeker’ and P.A.R.T.S....

Avignon 2019: Imagining Two Plays That Embody the Ghosts of Europe. “Dévotion” and “Nous l’Europe”

Posted by Yana Meerzon | 29th Jul 2019 | Avignon 2019, Festivals, France, Review, Theatre and Politics

Moving along with the themes of history, memory and forgetting – the focus of Paul Ricœur’s famous...

World Premiere of The Dramedy “Nancy F***ing Reagan” at Secret Rose Theatre

Posted by Christine Deitner | 23rd Jul 2019 | Los Angeles, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

The world premiere of a new play in North Hollywood opens old wounds for one man on his 50th...

“Brooklyn Quartet”: A Story of Resonating Political Polarization

Posted by Gowri S | 23rd Jul 2019 | India, Review, Theatre and Politics

The Auroville Theatre Group’s latest production adapts a searing drama of social injustice written...

“Europe” at The Donmar Warehouse

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 20th Jul 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

In the middle of the current decade, there was a mild vogue for reviving a handful of the great...

Avignon 2019: Seeking Truth: On History, Memory and Fiction in Alexandra Badea’s Points de Non-Retour [Quais de Seine]

Posted by Yana Meerzon | 20th Jul 2019 | Avignon 2019, Festivals, France, Review, Theatre and Politics

Following the themes of the Avignon 2019, Alexandra Badea’s Points de non-retour [Quais de...

They Didn’t Give Us Permission to Sing Love Songs: A Look on Ruhollah J’afari’s Performance of “Richard III Will Not Take Place”

Posted by Marjan Moosavi | 19th Jul 2019 | Adaptation, Iran, Review, Theatre and Politics

Ruhollah J’afari’s Richard III Will Not Take Place is an excavation of real historical events. A...

Working With a Cultural Consultant When Writing an International Play: Interview With U.S. Playwright Gabriel Jason Dean and Humaira Ghilzai, an Afghan Expert

Posted by Henrik Eger | 14th Jul 2019 | Afghanistan, Interview, Playwriting, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

The playwright “I spring from ministers, murderers, rebels, addicts, closeted queens, soldiers,...

Co-Translating Hanoch Levin, The “Beckett of Israel”: A Conversation With Jessica Cohen & Evan Fallenberg

Posted by Janice Weizman | 11th Jul 2019 | Dramaturgy, Interview, Israel, Theatre and Politics, Translation

Although Hanoch Levin (1943–1999) is arguably Israel’s most important playwright, his work is...

“An Enemy Is Someone Whose Story You Don’t Know”: Interview with Arab Israeli Playwright Ibrahim Miari About His Drama “In Between”

Posted by Henrik Eger | 30th Jun 2019 | Interview, Israel, Palestine, Theatre and Dance, Theatre and Politics, Transcultural Collaborations

Ibrahim Miari, son of a Palestinian Muslim father and Jewish Israeli mother, grew up in Israel,...

Borders, Barriers and Limitations: “Lwów We Won’t Give Up”

Posted by Aneta Głowacka | 29th Jun 2019 | Poland, Review, Theatre and Politics

Standing on the edge of a meadow and a forest, the spreading lime tree in the opening scene of the...

Taming of A “Terror” Father

Posted by Geetha Venkataramanan | 27th Jun 2019 | India, Review, Theatre and Politics

What happens when an egoistic father of a middle-class family is brought down to earth? While the...

Dana Michel: “Cutlass Spring”

Posted by Isaiah Lopaz | 25th Jun 2019 | Belgium, Review, Theatre and Politics

“You have to sit on the side of the stage. You’ll see that when you enter you have the option of...

Samuel Adamson’s “Wife” at Kiln Theatre

Posted by Mert Dilek | 20th Jun 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Many a dramatist has imagined what happens to Nora after she slams the door at the end of Ibsen’s...

Counterpoint Players – Timely But a Bit Overstuffed.”Omnibus Bill” Tackles Reproductive Rights

Posted by Patrick Langston | 17th Jun 2019 | Canada, Review, Theatre and Politics

When U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence lauded Donald Trump’s pro-life stance during his recent visit...

Zilele Teatrului Matei Vişniec/Festival of the Matéi Visniec Theatre in Suceava (Romania), Or Breaking Into the Festival Circuit

Posted by Jozefina Komporaly | 16th Jun 2019 | Festivals, Romania, Theatre and Politics

Arguably, it is not common practice to name a theatre after a living playwright, and neither is to...

Ottawa Fringe: “The Last President Of Canada” – An Exploration Of Obscure Canadian History As A Well-Performed Solo Performance

Posted by Ryan Pepper | 15th Jun 2019 | Canada, Festivals, Ottawa Fringe 2019, Review, Theatre and Politics

Solo shows are Fringe’s bread and butter and offer an excellent vehicle to explore in-depth a...

Where Have You Gone, Davey?

Posted by Marta Bryś | 15th Jun 2019 | Poland, Review, Theatre and Politics

The Polish narrative of 1968 tends to end with the conclusion that Jews lived in Poland after...

About “Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons”

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 14th Jun 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Last night, I went, for the first time, to the Barons Court Theatre, which is staging a compact...

Theatre and Politics

Avignon 2019: “Outside” – Between Testimony and Political Provocation

“Somnia” – P.A.R.T.S. / Anne Teresa & Jolente De Keersmaeker

Avignon 2019: Imagining Two Plays That Embody the Ghosts of Europe. “Dévotion” and “Nous l’Europe”

World Premiere of The Dramedy “Nancy F***ing Reagan” at Secret Rose Theatre

“Brooklyn Quartet”: A Story of Resonating Political Polarization

“Europe” at The Donmar Warehouse

Avignon 2019: Seeking Truth: On History, Memory and Fiction in Alexandra Badea’s Points de Non-Retour [Quais de Seine]

They Didn’t Give Us Permission to Sing Love Songs: A Look on Ruhollah J’afari’s Performance of “Richard III Will Not Take Place”

Working With a Cultural Consultant When Writing an International Play: Interview With U.S. Playwright Gabriel Jason Dean and Humaira Ghilzai, an Afghan Expert

Co-Translating Hanoch Levin, The “Beckett of Israel”: A Conversation With Jessica Cohen & Evan Fallenberg

“An Enemy Is Someone Whose Story You Don’t Know”: Interview with Arab Israeli Playwright Ibrahim Miari About His Drama “In Between”

Borders, Barriers and Limitations: “Lwów We Won’t Give Up”

Taming of A “Terror” Father

Dana Michel: “Cutlass Spring”

Samuel Adamson’s “Wife” at Kiln Theatre

Counterpoint Players – Timely But a Bit Overstuffed.”Omnibus Bill” Tackles Reproductive Rights

Zilele Teatrului Matei Vişniec/Festival of the Matéi Visniec Theatre in Suceava (Romania), Or Breaking Into the Festival Circuit

Ottawa Fringe: “The Last President Of Canada” – An Exploration Of Obscure Canadian History As A Well-Performed Solo Performance

Where Have You Gone, Davey?

About “Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons”

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