Caryl Churchill’s “Pigs and Dogs” at the Royal Court Theatre
Caryl Churchill’s new 10-minute play, Pigs and Dogs, just opened at the Royal Court Theatre, under...
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What It’s Like To Be A Puppet Maker
Have you ever watched the original Thunderbirds and tried to count all the strings? Well, puppets...
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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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Interview: Michael Boyd On Staging “Eugene Onegin” For Garsington Opera
Sir Michael Boyd was born in Belfast and studied English at Edinburgh University. In 1979 he won a...
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“Sex Workers’ Opera” by Experimental Experience Theatre Company
Sex work has long been a contentious issue – divisive for feminists and policy makers alike. The...
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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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Russian Comedies Shake Up UK Theaters
British stages have long been in love with Anton Chekhov and Nikolai Gogol, but there is...
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David Baddiel’s “My Family: Not the Sitcom”
“The question is,” says David Baddiel a short while into the second half of his one-man show about...
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Does ‘Translating’ Shakespeare Into Modern English Dimish Its Greatness?
An uproar ensued after it was reported that the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) – southern...
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The Royal Court Market Stall
The Theatre Times interviews Ola Animashawun, Artistic Associate at The Royal Court Theatre and...
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Opera, Sexual Violence, And The Art Of Telling Terrible Tales
As an art form routinely accused of contemporary irrelevancy, opera rarely makes headline news....
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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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Why We Should Expect Great Things From David Bowie’s New Musical Play
I’m not sure many saw David Bowie’s latest creative project coming. It was recently announced that...
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Jimmy Savile Play May Revolt Some, But It’s A Necessary Part Of Confronting The Horror
The announcement that a play about Jimmy Savile is to be staged in London this summer has raised...
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“Beauty And The Beast” Promises And Fails At The Adelaide Festival
Beauty And The Beast is the quintessential story of a young beautiful daughter who has to live...
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Strange Fates of Shakespeare’s First Folio
The Shakespeare First Folio (1623), the first collected edition of his plays and the sole source...
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Interview With the Creative Team of “Notes from Underground”
British actor Harry Lloyd and French director Gérald Garutti’s stage adaptation of the Fyodor...
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Tackling Gender Inequality On Stage Needs To Go Further Than Female Hamlets
Several British theatres have made a pledge to address the levels of gender inequality on the...
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Patriarchy’s Ghosts In The Light Bulbs: “Hamlet” At The Royal Exchange
The ghost, in this autumn’s Royal Exchange Theatre production of Hamlet, is in the light bulbs....
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Plays In Ancient Athens Would Have Been More Like A Kate Bush Concert Than High-End Theatre
The September 4 live transmission of Euripides’ Medea will have brought an ancient Greek tragedy...
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