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Theatre and Politics
“Naked, Obscene Theater, That’s What Our People Fear” – On Russian Theatre and Politics
Kirill Serebrennikov, the artistic director of Moscow’s innovative Gogol Center, and a...
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“Ugly Mugs”: ‘An Unacceptable Breach Of Sex Workers’ Privacy’
Peta Brady’s Ugly Mugs, which I saw in Sydney last week, opens with a gurney being wheeled onto...
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New Fringe Play Offers Insights On Illegal “eBay For Drugs”
Alex Oates’ debut Fringe play traces the journey of 19-year-old Geordie lad Bruce, as he begins...
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Assessing The First Wave Of The AIDS Epidemic, A Generation On
My Night With Reg, Kevin Elyot’s 1994 play, has returned to the London stage, poignantly only a...
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Mayakovsky At Carriageworks: A Telegram From An Alien Future
“I’m a poet. That’s what makes me interesting.” So begins the autobiography of Vladimir...
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“Henry V” Meets The London Blitz And Brings The House Down
Bell Shakespeare’s new production of William Shakespeare’s Henry V–which opened in Canberra on...
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“Opus No.7” By Krymov To Be Performed In London
Director and artist Dmitry Krymov’s production of Opus No.7, about the Holocaust and the...
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Treading A Fine Line: The Return Of Politics To Russian Theater
After a long period in which Russian theater productions avoided political themes, the last few...
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Natalya Vorozhbit Writes Verbatim “Maidan” Play
Natalya Vorozhbit is Ukraine’s leading playwright and co-author of Maidan: Voices from the...
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Bard Labour: Doing Time With The Shakespeare Prison Project
Since 2006, I have led the Shakespeare Prison Project, an initiative by the Queensland Shakespeare...
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Natal’ya Vorozhbit’s “Voices Of The Uprising”
Before Maidan events faded from people’s memories, playwright Natal’ya Vorozhbit brought the...
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Public Readings of “The Diaries of Maidan” at the Center of Contemporary Art “DAKH”
During the several months of protests in Kyiv Maidan a group of young dramatists who call...
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Connecting Shakespearean “Roman Tragedies”
Over six hours, three Shakespearean tragedies – Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, and Antony And...
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Theatre for Dialogue Confront the Unrest in Ukraine
Between 11-18 February 2014, seven International Theatre of the Oppressed practitioners were...
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Olivier Frljić and The Cancellation of His “Un-Divine Comedy”
Divine Kraków, Un-Divine Comedy: A talk with Croatian Director Oliver Frljić of Un-Divine Comedy...
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The Theatre and Democracy Project in Valencia
This post was written by the director, dramaturg, and educator, Hannah Wolf, who is currently in...
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The Case for a National Theatre
Mitt Romney’s offhanded crusade against Big Bird, announced in a presidential debate with...
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Play By Soviet Writer Gorky Shines On London Stage
A play in which the privileged are out of touch and the poor are getting poorer is all too apt in...
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Escape From Circus: Review Of Mabou Mines’ “Dollhouse”
During the ten years of its run, when asked what I thought of Mabou Mines’s Dollhouse, I’ve always...
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