On Re-Viewing Kalakshetra’s “Draupadi”
Draupadi was performed by Kalakshetra, Imphal, at Gyan Mancha, Kolkata, on 30 August 2017. Midway...
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Theatre and Politics
Politics, Human Rights And Social Activism: “Pista Rizalina” At The Cultural Center Of The Philippines
On September 21, 1972, then President Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law via Presidential...
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What Comes After The Flight? Theatre and Migrant Life in Germany
The programmes of the 2017/2018 season are still defined by the theme complex “Migrant Life in...
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TotoToo’s production of “Bent” – On Being Gay in Nazi Germany
There are moments in TotoToo’s production of Bent that are as good as anything that this...
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Life In The West End’s Second Best Historical Musical “The End of History”
Last month, 1,601 people were left disappointed by the news that Hamilton, the American musical...
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Adaptation of Patrice Lumumba’s Life Plays on Indian Stage
Based on a short story of Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Lokesh Jain’s Kala Sooraj Safed Sayee brings the...
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In Beirut, Play About Syrian War Gets As Close To Home As It Can
A play about Syria’s war, told through one family’s tragedy, made its Lebanon debut on...
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“Die Reuk Van Appels” (“The Smell Of Apples”) at the Fugard Theatre in Cape Town
We are surrounded by violence and our country is beset by an ongoing cycle with little ebb and...
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One Last Grasp: “Exit The King” By Boston’s Actor’s Shakespeare Project
When the dying King Berenger the First petulantly exclaims “Let everything die, if my death won’t...
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Corbyn-Era Labour Tackled By David Hare In New National Theatre Play
Sir David Hare will return to the National Theatre with the latest addition to a wave of plays...
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“Thebes Land. Kassandra” – Migrant Myth
Uruguayan playwright Sérgio Blanco is well known in Latin America and other countries. He is one...
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“King Kong”: Legendary South African Musical Returns To A Fragmented Country
After an absence of over half a century, the courageous musical King Kong has smashed its way back...
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Ancestry, Storytelling, And Fighting Racism With Rap
“We are our ancestors’ unfinished sentences, we are their wildest dreams and their most elaborate...
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“Hitler And Hitler” Review
Hitler And Hitler is a surrealistic farce, based on the play by the controversial Russian author...
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“The Vanek Trilogy”–Revisiting The Czech Living Room Theatre Tradition–An Interview With Renata Clark
With two more dates left (October 7th and November 25th) the Vanek Trilogy: Living Room Soirees–an...
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When We Arrive, Cuando lleguemos: Cara Mía’s “Deferred Action” In Houston
David Lozano and Lee Trull’s critically acclaimed play Deferred Action is coming to Talento...
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When Real Life Out-Performs The Theatre: “1984” At The Reykjavik City Theatre
“If one is to rule, and to continue ruling, one must be able to dislocate the sense of reality.”...
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From Feminist to Globalist to Humanist: Intercultural Dramaturgy for Compassionate Action in Danai Gurira’s “Eclipsed”
They were all standing there beautifully, very funkily clad, in jeans and their shoulders and very...
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Arab Arts Focus At Edinburgh Festival Shines Despite Visa Rejections By UK
Organized by Cairo’s D-CAF festival, Arab Arts Focus ran for a month, garnering positive...
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Patricia Cornelius’ “Big Heart” Exposes Hypocrisy In Tale Of Multicultural Adoption
Playwright Patricia Cornelius is known for populating the stage with complex, working-class,...
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