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The 2026 International Ibsen Award: A Reflection On The Winner By The Committee
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“Chroniques” by Peeping Tom at Østre Gasværk Teater Copenhagen
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When It Comes For Us: “Prophet Song”
Adapted from the Booker Prize–winning novel by Irish author Paul Lynch, Prophet Song is staged by...
“Low German” Theatre in Bremerhaven: “The Physicists” by Dürrenmatt
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“Tired” Of Consuming Postdramatic Theatre (Contemporary Theatre Often Lacks Strong Dialogue)
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“The Copenhagen Trilogy” by Tove Ditlevsen, adapted by Tom Silkeberg, directed by Anja Suša at Malmö City Theatre
Tove Ditlevsen was a Danish working-class poet, novelist and feminist icon. Her memoir The...
“Sonne, los jetzt!”: Elfriede Jelinek’s Reversed Heliotropism for the End Times
Sonne, los jetzt!, Elfriede Jelinek’s new theater piece, is imperative with an unknown addressee....
Venice Theatre Biennale 2026 – “Memorandum”
This year’s theatre Biennale (7 to 21 June), with Willem Dafoe at the helm, has the intriguing...
Historical Memory On the Stage: Juan Mayorga’s “El Jardín Quemado” (The Scorched Garden)
Juan Mayorga began writing El jardín quemado (The Scorched Garden) in 1996, completing it the...
Artists’ Entry: Tiago Rodrigues
Since he started out as an actor, 20 years ago, Tiago Rodrigues has always looked at theater as a...
“Translators As The Most Attentive And Analytical Readers: Knowing Every Corner, Strength, And Weakness Of A Text”
An interview with Mrs. Gabriela Abrasowicz (Slavist, translator, and theatre scholar, Poland)....
“Between.Europe: Theatre In Romania.” Conversations And Visual Theatrical Exchanges Between Romania And Poland
Somewhat on the fringes of the Poland-Romania Cultural Season, the 2025 Between.Pomiędzy Festival...
Maxim Sukhanov – About The “Brew” Of A Performance, Krymov Rehearsals, “Dramatic Provocations” And The “Hope For The Good”.
The interview took place on January 17, 2026. Maxim, do you remember your first...
It Takes Artistry to Make Theatre for Young Audiences: New Theatre for Children Festival, Wrocław 2024
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Truth and Reconciliation in “Under the Shade of a Tree I Sat and Wept” – Kosovo
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“Today, Krleža Would Go Straight For The Throat Of Project-Based Logic”
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Maxim Sukhanov – About The “Brew” Of A Performance, Krymov Rehearsals, “Dramatic Provocations” And The “Hope For The Good”.
The interview took place on January 17, 2026. Maxim, do you remember your first...
“No Man’s Land:” Architecture As Collective Enactment – From Scenography Toward Activated Space
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In “The Aquarium” Nina Plavanjac Turns Family Memory Into a Transparent Cage
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It Takes Artistry to Make Theatre for Young Audiences: New Theatre for Children Festival, Wrocław 2024
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Richard III at MITEM: When the Monster Is Not Alone
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“The Overcoat:” A Balaganza of Absurdity and Travesty.
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Nicoleta Esinencu: On Making Enemies and Creating Communities
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“Low German” Theatre in Bremerhaven: “The Physicists” by Dürrenmatt
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Harsh And Relentless Social Criticism In Kosky’s Production Of Brecht’s “Threepenny Opera” At The Berliner Ensemble
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“Sinfonia”: Stories from Harrogate
Sinfonia is a play in which older people of the local community take to the stage to share fragments of their lives. We may not often stop to imagine what growing old will feel like. Will we become trapped within bodies that no longer move as they once did? Will everyday tasks become more difficult? Will we lose the energy and freedom of youth? Sinfonia does not answer these questions directly but gently invites us to reflect on them.
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A Celebration Of Bremen Past And Present: “Schnoor-Geschichten Mit Heini Holtenbeen – Bremen In 90 Minuten” At The Packhaustheater Bremen
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A Magical “Tempest” In Stratford-Upon-Avon
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Venice Theatre Biennale 2026 – A Japanese “Othello”
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“Translators As The Most Attentive And Analytical Readers: Knowing Every Corner, Strength, And Weakness Of A Text”
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Oldenburg’s Production Of “Mephisto” Continues And Expands The Important Debate Of The Artistic Response To Adverse Political Circumstances
Klaus Mann’s novel Mephisto, published in 1936, deals with the opportunistic rise of its main...
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Venice Theatre Biennale 2026 – Mario Banushi’s “Romance Familiare”
This year’s theatre Biennale (7 to 21 June), with Willem Dafoe at the helm, has the intriguing...
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Itai Erdal’s Soldiers of Tomorrow at the Finborough Theatre: An Uninhibited Account Of The Conflict Between Israel And The Palestinians
The Finborough Theatre is one of the smallest in London, yet it has a great track record in...
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Sadness And Mourning Dominate Theater Bremen’s “Hamlet”
The stage, designed by Thomas Rupert, was vast and predominantly empty, the floor mainly even and...
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Historical Memory On the Stage: Juan Mayorga’s “El Jardín Quemado” (The Scorched Garden)
Juan Mayorga began writing El jardín quemado (The Scorched Garden) in 1996, completing it the...
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Now In Its 23rd Year, “Komödie Am Altstadtmarkt” In Braunschweig Is Still Going Strong
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“Today, Krleža Would Go Straight For The Throat Of Project-Based Logic”
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Me+Lorca: Juan Diego Botto’s Mesmeric “Una noche sin luna” (A Moonless Night)
In his biography of Federico García Lorca, Ian Gibson observes that the writer’s assassination...
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Corinna Harfouch’s Showpiece Of The Art Of Acting In Haidle’s “Spirit And The Dust”
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“Chroniques” by Peeping Tom at Østre Gasværk Teater Copenhagen
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“Circle Mirror Transformation”
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A Theatre Like Society In The Fundamentalist Capitalism Could Not Survive Without Self-Curated Neomania
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From A Basketball Athlete To A Political Dissident
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Bremen’s Packhaustheater Turns To Artist Paula Modernsohn-Becker
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Theatre – Creating Conditions For What Has Been Silenced To Emerge
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“The Cherry Orchard”: The Comedy Of Ruins
Nikolai Kolyada’s The Cherry Orchard begins after loss has already become the furniture of the...
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“Broken Melody” at MITEM: A Music That Finds Its Way Home
There are productions that do not so much tell a biography as listen to it and Sardar Tagirovsky’s...
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“Mothers: A Song for Wartime” by Marta Górnicka at Gothenburg City Theatre
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Pinocchio. What Is a Person? at MITEM: Who Gets to Be Seen as Fully Human?
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At The Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, “Gott ‘By Ferdinand Von Schirach Presents Its Tough Ethical Dilemma For The Audience To Vote On
Ferdinand von Schirach was born in 1964, studied law and became a noted criminal defense lawyer....
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Birmingham Royal Ballet’s “Don Quixote” Slowly Finds Its Sunshine
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“Managed Approach” – Two Contrasting Stories – Open Aire Theatre, Riverside Studios, London
It’s been six years since the end of Managed Approach, a project in Holbeck, Leeds, which...
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Maxim Sukhanov – About The “Brew” Of A Performance, Krymov Rehearsals, “Dramatic Provocations” And The “Hope For The Good”.
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The Wooster Group’s “Nayatt School Redux” at the Coronet Theatre: Made-Over Experimental Classic Marks A Great Comeback
At a time when, in the post-Brexit years, British theatre is increasingly insular, a visit by the...
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“Frankenstein (History Of Hate)”
Milan’s international festival, FOG, continues with productions from Italy and many parts of the...
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“Art Of Andalucia:” Rain Outside, Fire Within. Daniel Martinez Flamenco Company at The Haymarket, Basingstoke, Hampshire.
Outside, mid-April in Basingstoke was all drizzle and grey light. Inside The Haymarket, Art of...
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“Handle With Care” At Milan’s FOG Festival
In March, FOG – Milan’s annual performing arts festival – hosted Handle with Care, a...
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A Successfully Funny Perspective On Life Aspirations In State Theatre Oldenburg’s Production Of “Bondy Beach”
Bondi Beach was premiered on the 7th of October 2023 at the municipal theatre in Ingolstadt....
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Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanja”, directed by Yana Ross at the Royal Theatre, Copenhagen
Already active across a number of north European theatre contexts – from her base in Lithuania to...
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Michael Frayn’s “Copenhagen” at the Hampstead Theatre: Excellent Revival Of Iconic Play About The Ethics Of The Atom Bomb
Every day, for many weeks, we keep hearing about nuclear weapons. Part of the reason for the...
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From Richard To Richard: MITEM 2026 And a Europe in a State of Alarm
MITEM (Madách International Theatre Meeting), held annually at the National Theatre in Budapest,...
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Adaptations On The German Stage (3): Theater Bremen Is Keen On The Long Haul
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Christopher Hampton’s “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” at The National Theatre: Busy Highly Stylized Revival Is All Spectacle And No Emotion
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Memories Of And Acting In Old Age Are Central To “Ein Deutsches Leben”
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Falk Richter was born in 1969. He studied linguistics, philosophy and theatre directing at the...
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