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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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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Blood Orange Overplays Scottish Far Right At The Fringe
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe has, over the years, developed a reputation as a hotbed for...
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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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“Medea” Is As Relevant Today As It Was In Ancient Greece
A new production of Medea recently opened at London’s National Theatre to critical acclaim. This...
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Romeo, Juliet, Viola, And Will: “Shakespeare In Love” Mash-Up Hits The Stage
I don’t really go in for creative mash-ups. You know: Alien Vs. Predator, or the films where...
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Cath Day Reviews David Schneider’s “Making Stalin Laugh”: At JW3
David Schneider is probably most recognizable as BBC commissioning editor Tony Hayers in I’m Alan...
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How Online Performance Needs to Grow
This post discusses the emergence and evolution of digital art and online performance in the...
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Shakespeare’s Globe: Why The Bard Travels So Well
We’ve been celebrating Shakespeare’s 450th birthday week with fun, festivals, exhibitions, a cake...
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We Need More Racial Diversity On The Stage, Both Sides Of The Pond
In 1825 the African-American actor Ira Aldridge came to London in The Slave’s Revenge. Before...
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“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” at Apollo Theatre
Science is an area of perennial fascination for the theatre. In the past, plays as various as Tom...
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