“Hymn To Love” At Divine Comedy Festival 2017
The chorus, as Nietzsche states in The Birth Of Tragedy, “can only be understood as the cause of...
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“The Rage” at Divine Comedy Festival 2017
Divine Comedy Festival 2017 situates itself awkwardly around the peaceful Christmas Market in the...
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“The Birthday Party” – Revival at Harold Pinter Theatre
Is modernism dead and buried? Anyone considering the long haul of Harold Pinter’s The Birthday...
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“Miruga Vidhushagam:” Contemporary Theme And Haunting Idioms
S. Murugabhoopathy’s Miruga Vidhushagam is a comment on civil society that stands mute spectators...
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Actor Sello Maake kaNcube’s Can Themba Speaks His Truth In Mahala’s “The House Of Truth”
It’s the perfect storm when the playwright, director, and actor all come together this sweetly as...
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Leaving for Good: Two New Plays on Korean Immigrants and the Cold War | Part 2
This is Part 2 of a two-part article. Read Part 1 here. From Caregiver to Citizen The Nurses, Who...
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“Fellow Travelers”: A Prototype for Contemporary Opera
As the theatre world pushes boundaries and redefines genres, it has become exceedingly rare to...
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Leaving for Good: Two New Plays on Korean Immigrants and the Cold War | Part 1
The word dongpo, a term that refers affectionately to the sizable Korean immigrant community...
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Steppenwolf’s Savage New Play -“The Minutes”
“Democracy is messy.” As we sit in our seats waiting for the show to begin we fix our gaze on a...
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“The Jungle” at The Young Vic: New Immersive Docu-Drama
Refugees, it is said, have no nationality—they are all individuals. This new docu-drama, The...
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“Akhmatova. Poem Without A Hero”- Akhmatova for a New Generation At Moscow’s Gogol Center
Akhmatova. Poema Bez Geroia (Akhmatova. Poem Without A Hero) has been nominated for a 2017 Golden...
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“A Special Day” by Ettore Scola-Pure Theatrical Plot
A Special Day is based on the 1977 film Una Giornata Particolare by Ettore Scola, starring Sophia...
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“No 43-Filth” Trapped In Our Useless And Muddy Reality Of Being?
A production from Tallin, Estonia: the winner of XIV Europe Prize Theatrical Realities, 2017. The...
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“Nie Mów Nikomu” (Do Not Tell Anyone) – Performing Sign Language
“Freedom, Equality, Theatre” The motto of Scena Robocza (Working Scene) is, “Freedom, Equality,...
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“Misalliance” at The Orange Tree Theatre
George Bernard Shaw was a theatrical superman. A critical attack dog, as well as a creator of...
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Manuel Pelmus Examines The Performance Art Of Hong Kong Protest
When asked to pick one word that describes the city of Hong Kong, Romanian performance artist...
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In “Hamilton,” Lin-Manuel Miranda Turned The Story Of A Forgotten Founding Father Into A Modern Musical Classic
It begins “How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore/And a Scotsman/ dropped in the middle of a...
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Traumatic Dramatics: Iraqi Addicts, Criminals, And Survivors Use Theatre As Therapy
An Iraqi man is using drama therapy to help local drug addicts, juvenile offenders and victims of...
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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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The Century Of Yuri Lyubimov
World-renowned Russian and Soviet theatre director Yuri Lyubimov (1917–2014) rose to fame and...
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