Theatre Projects of Refugee Artists
On the German stage refugees are still often the authentic narrators of their fate, directed by...
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Theatre and Politics
Sarah Ruhl’s New Play Opens at Yale Rep
Sarah Ruhl’s new play Scenes from Court Life, or the whipping boy and his prince, premiered...
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“Nat Turner in Jerusalem” at New York Theatre Workshop
Richard Gilman, an old teacher of mine and a terrific critic, used to say that whenever he read...
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Gianina Cărbunariu: Documentary Theatre With Political Focus
A powerful trend in Romanian new drama in the past few years focuses on re-discovering of the...
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Munby’s “Crucible” Speaks To Societies Built On Fear
“When the opportunity came to work at Theatre Cocoon in Tokyo, I was so excited about the great...
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Iraqi Play “Pillars of Blood” Reveals Memories of The War-Torn Country
A physical theatre play titled Pillars of Blood (Piliere Krvi) will be performed by Iraqi...
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Chinese “Thunderstorm” Brings a Haunting Past to Egypt’s Contemporary Theatre Festival
On Tuesday, 20 September, the theatre play Thunderstorm, directed by Chen Dalian and performed by...
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“Black & Blue” by Kevin Demoan Edwards: A Theater Review
Black & Blue, the first full-length play by writer/producer Kevin Demoan Edwards, takes on the...
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“I Am Not a Nazi, But…”- Plays on the Swing to the Right
The German theatre has responded to the swing to the right in society. It has thereby proceeded to...
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Rwanda’s “Radio Play” Brings Focus on Censorship to Egypt Theatre Festival
Brought by Amizero Kompagnie from Rwanda, Radio Play will be staged within the ongoing 23rd Cairo...
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Egyptian-German Collaboration: My Journey in Earthport
Earthport was performed in Berlin and Cairo in 2016. This article is based on the Berlin...
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Ahmed El-Attar’s “The Last Supper” Returns to Cairo’s Falaki Theatre
The Last Supper, a play by Ahmed El-Attar, which magnifies the absurdity of modern upper-class...
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DramAcum Movement in New Romanian Theater
In key historical moments, theater, as the most political of all arts, is one of the best ways to...
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Brecht’s “Mother Courage” at Cairo’s Miami Theatre
The play El-Om El-Shogaa (Mother Courage) opened in Miami Theatre in Cairo on 4 September. The...
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London: Integrated Casting
It is sad to record that the main controversy provoked by this summer’s West End mega-hit, Harry...
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Angelica Liddell Returns to Avignon for the 70th Edition of the Festival
Angelica Liddell (Figueres, Spain, 1966) is one of the most innovative and exciting figures in...
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London Theatre: In Mourning for Brexit
Earlier this month, on 16 August, I went to a small, slightly stuffy London venue called Theatre...
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“A Moment of Silence” The Canadian Premiere of an Iranian Play
A Moment of Silence written and directed by award-winning Iranian artist Mohammad Yaghoubi was...
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The Staged Lives and Times of Two Mining Towns – “Marikana the Musical”
I had the opportunity to watch a performance of Billy Elliot – The Musical in Bradford, UK...
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What is “Ketamine: The Musical?”
A “profound and numbing” play dedicated to the powerful psychedelic drug ketamine is due to open...
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