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New Shakespeare’s Globe Director Michelle Terry Promises the Bard Unplugged’

Posted by Adam Sherwin | 21st Aug 2017 | London, Management, News, United Kingdom

Michelle Terry, the new artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe, has promised a return to the...

Conversation with Simon Stephens About Teaching Playwriting – Part 2

Posted by Ana Candida Carneiro | 19th Aug 2017 | Interview, Playwriting, United Kingdom

For Part 1, click here. Ana: I really wanted to interview you because I think what is outstanding...

Sexual Desires of People with Learning Disabilities are Taboo – It’s Why We Mishandle their Pregnancies

Posted by Sam Abdulla | 16th Aug 2017 | Scotland, Theatre and Disability

Mia: Daughters of Fortune is a play at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe about a young woman who falls...

Lucy Kirkwood’s New Drama, “Mosquitoes” at the National Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 13th Aug 2017 | London, Review, United Kingdom

The question that always needs to be asked of any example of science on stage, and there are now...

In Conversation With Simon Stephens About Teaching Playwriting – Part 1

Posted by Ana Candida Carneiro | 12th Aug 2017 | Interview, Playwriting, United Kingdom

As part of the research to write my book The Global Playwriting Workbook (Methuen Drama), I have...

“Apologia” Is Unapologetic About Its Understanding Of Radical Ideology And The Human Heart

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 10th Aug 2017 | Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

The 1960s were “hilarious,” says one young character in this revival, starring Broadway icon...

“Touch” Is A Humorous Blend Of Contradiction And Sexual Exploration

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 9th Aug 2017 | Review, United Kingdom

Fleabag was such a massive hit, both on stage and on the box, that it is inevitable that anyone...

Tom Hiddleston is the Obvious Choice to Play Hamlet

Posted by Alice Jones | 9th Aug 2017 | London, Review, United Kingdom

It was only a matter of time before Tom Hiddleston tackled the most famous role in all of theatre....

“The Land Has a Hold on Us” A Look at Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru’s New Production “Hollti”

Posted by Christopher Harris | 7th Aug 2017 | Playwriting, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

The New Wylfa construction remains a controversial subject and one that sparks intense debate. In Hollti, audiences are offered a sensual journey through a land torn over the prospect of an exciting, if not frightening change.

Edinburgh Fringe 2017: The Comedy Shows You Should Book Now

Posted by Rebecca Monks | 30th Jul 2017 | Festivals, Scotland, United Kingdom

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the best place to see comedy heavyweights perform alongside up...

Theatre Translation Forum launches ‘Adapting Translation for the Stage’

Posted by Emma Cole | 25th Jul 2017 | Adaptation, London, News, Translation, United Kingdom

In 2013-14, an innovative, cross-disciplinary research project explored the interactions of...

“Fiddler On The Roof” at The Chichester Festival Theatre

Posted by Bernadette McNulty | 22nd Jul 2017 | Festivals, Musical Theatre, United Kingdom

If the choice of a female Doctor Who still has the power to shock and challenge, then we have not...

Avignon: Symphonies of Pain Part I – Dorothée Munyaneza’s “Unwanted”

Posted by Yana Meerzon | 22nd Jul 2017 | Festivals, Rwanda, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

My journey through the Festival d’Avignon this year (20171) has just begun, but I have already...

Law Wing-fai’s Atmospheric Music Theatre, “Beyond the Senses,” Staged in London

Posted by Michael Ka Chi Cheuk | 18th Jul 2017 | China, Chinese Theatre Abroad, Hong Kong, Review, Theatre and Opera, United Kingdom

Readers who are familiar with Hong Kong’s New Wave cinema would not be strangers to Hong Kong...

“Instructions For American Servicemen In Britain” Is A Humorous Collection Of Sketches

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 17th Jul 2017 | Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

We’re familiar, perhaps too familiar, with the image of Dad’s Army, gamely tramping down the...

What Is the Price of Surrogacy? Vivienne Franzmann’s “Bodies” at The Royal Court

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 16th Jul 2017 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

Surrogacy is an emotionally fraught subject. And one that is pregnant with meaning. The...

Out of the Wings Brings Hispanic and Lusophone Theatre to London Audiences

Posted by Catherine Boyle | 16th Jul 2017 | Producing, South America, Spain, Translation, United Kingdom

Following its second annual week of play readings from the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking world,...

“Returning to Reims” at Manchester International Festival: A Mesmerising Memoir Brought to Life

Posted by Jonathan Brown | 15th Jul 2017 | Festivals, United Kingdom

Author Didier Eribon’s 2009 memoir of growing up in working-class France forms the basis of this...

Lina Tur Bonet On Creativity, Collaboration and Taking the Corset out of the Classics

Posted by Aida Rocci | 14th Jul 2017 | Interview, London, Spain, Transcultural Collaborations, Transmedia, United Kingdom

As a storyteller and music performer, Lina Tur Bonet is wary of fusions. Last May, she was part of the presentation Made In Murcia that took place at the Cervantes Theatre in London.