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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Theatre and Politics
“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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“The Whispers Behind the Battle Line” Revived on the Tehran Stage
The Whispers Behind the Battle Line is written by Alirezā Nāderi and directed by Mohammad Rezā...
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The Hamlet Commons
Setting Shakespeare in modern Africa is risky business for a white first-world director. That...
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Suicide as the Awareness of Meaninglessness in “Death and the King’s Horseman”
On July 28, 1914, Austria declared war on Serbia. The next day, across the Danube, Belgrade, came...
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“The Point Of No Return”: A Maidan-Themed Theatre Production Shown In London
The Point of No Return, a Maidan-themed theatre production by the BeFrank Theatre Company, was...
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News: Russia Frees Pyotr Pavlensky
A Moscow court on Wednesday released radical performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky but gave him a...
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Jailed Pussy Riot Member To Make UK Acting Debut In Censorship Play
A member of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot who was jailed over an anti-Putin protest is to make...
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“All I Ever Wanted”: New Play Exposes Ills Plaguing Kenya
The playwright explores issues that plague Kenya today and he does that with a compassionate eye...
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Review: “Disgraced” Turns West-Meets-Islam Divisions Into Striking Melodrama
Ayad Akhtar’s Disgraced has arrived in Sydney from America on the back of international...
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The Secret River, Silences, And Our Nation’s History
Neil Armfield’s new stage adaptation of Kate Grenville’s 2005 novel The Secret River invites us to...
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African Theatre: Why It’s Important to Transpose Western Dramatic Classics
The Western dramatic canon has been a source of irritation to some Afrocentrists, who see it as...
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Dinosaurs On Stage: “Jurassica” Continues Australia’s Proud Lineage Of Italian Migration Stories
The play Jurassica, currently being performed at St. Kilda Theatre in Melbourne, begins with “the...
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“Betrayal” By Harold Pinter, And Our Betrayal Of Ourselves
Some plays are ruled by a single word. It burns through their action, dark as pitch. Watching them...
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Intimidation Tactics: The Landscape of Russian Theatre
Caitlin Connell and Patrick Connelly have spent the summer in Moscow looking at the current...
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What we really need in this capitalist, power-driven, exploitative, consumerist world, according...
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“An Audience With Jimmy Savile”–This Is A Vital Play
In October 2012 ITV broadcast The Other Side Of Jimmy Savile, in which several women alleged that...
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Artistic Expression Under Threat As Conservative Tide Grows In Russia
Russia is witnessing a worrying increase in attacks on avant-garde art. A series of recent bans on...
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