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“Gardzienice:” Wesele – Wyspiański – Malczewski – Konieczny. Tomasz Wiśniewski in a Conversation with Włodzimierz Staniewski

Posted by Tomasz Wiśniewski | 5th Apr 2020 | Directing, Interview, Poland

One of the major figures in Polish experimental theatre, Włodzimierz Staniewski, is the founder of...

“New Dramaturgies:” Insights Into Mark Bly’s Playwriting Exercises. Interview with Mark Bly

Posted by Mary Davies | 4th Apr 2020 | Books, Dramaturgy, Interview, Playwriting, United States of America

Mark Bly is an American dramaturg, editor, and lecturer. He was the chair of the MFA Playwriting...

“The Claim” at The Shoreditch Town Hall

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 4th Apr 2020 | Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Your story. Our story. Their story. Just imagine: you’re a political refugee, and, having...

“Launcher 5,” or a Recipe to Make Young Men Monsters

Posted by Baharak Sahami | 3rd Apr 2020 | Iran, Review, Theatre and Politics

Launcher 5’s honest rendition of narrative and characters is its winning card, which drew an...

Italian Resilience Against COVID-19: The “Strange Interlude” at the Teatro Stabile in Turin

Posted by Maria Pia Pagani | 3rd Apr 2020 | Italy, News, Theatre and Film

Having opened in May 1955, the Teatro Stabile in Turin is one of the most important artistic...

Paranoia at the Fore in Steppenwolf’s Revival of Tracy Letts’s “Bug”

Posted by Maria Delgado | 2nd Apr 2020 | Chicago, Playwriting, Review, United States of America

Tracy Letts’s Bug may be fourteen years old, but this tale of a couple convinced that they are...

Interviewing Crystal Field, Artistic Director or Theater for the New City

Posted by Marcina Zaccaria | 31st Mar 2020 | Interview, New York, Theatre and Art, United States of America

Life cannot exist without art. That is something that is hard to get into people’s heads, because they say ‘I have to eat. I have to pay the rent. I have to be warm in the Winter and cooler in the Summer, if possible.’ They don’t realize that if you took their art away, if their art got taken away, they would die. They only know it, when it gets taken away.

The Mechanics of Crafting Transitions

Posted by Vikram Phukan | 31st Mar 2020 | Design, Essay, India

For ensemble pieces in theatre, where actors never once leave the stage, what becomes...

Review of Porte Parole’s “The Assembly – Montreal”

Posted by Aisling Murphy | 30th Mar 2020 | Canada, Review, Theatre and Politics

No longer is there a “safe place” on the Canadian political spectrum; to be moderate is to be a...

All You Need to Know About Eight Years of India by the Nile in Egypt

Posted by Ati Metwaly | 30th Mar 2020 | Egypt, Festivals, India, News

As the eighth India by the Nile festival approaches, let us celebrate the history of one of the...

Flawless Live Stream of Award-winning New Zealand Solo Show Celebrates Transgender Tdentity

Posted by David O'Donnell | 29th Mar 2020 | LGBTQ Theatre, New Zealand, Review, Theatre and Gender

Princess Boy Wonder, performed by George Fowler (aka Hugo Grrrl), Directed by Lori Leigh, BATS...

Shakespearean Tragedy Unfolds Wave of Populism on Tehran Stage

Posted by Niloofar Mohtadi | 28th Mar 2020 | Adaptation, Iran, Review

A Review on Iranian Adaptation of Coriolanus in Tehran A free adaptation of William Shakespeare’s...

Ken Watanabe: A Conquistador in “Pizarro”

Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 27th Mar 2020 | Interview, Japan, Theatre and Politics

Ever since his Oscar-nominated Hollywood debut as Lord Katsumoto in 2003’s The Last Samurai, Ken...

“I Think We Are Alone” at Theatre Royal Stratford East

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 27th Mar 2020 | Review, Theatre and Art, United Kingdom

Once-radical theatre companies are increasingly celebrating anniversaries, as if to say, hey,...

Lasting Friendships: An Interview with Philip Arnoult

Posted by Tamás Jászay | 26th Mar 2020 | Design, Hungary, Interview

When someone speaks about US and Hungarian theatrical relationships, you cannot miss his name....

“Too Early for Birds” Returns to the Stage with Music Edition

Posted by Alexander Nderitu | 26th Mar 2020 | Kenya, Musical Theatre, Uganda

‘Kenyan History has been scored and underscored by music. From when it was interwoven with every aspect of life, across all the nations and communities that are now counted as Kenyan, in pre-colonial times. To today when a doltish action by a government official can unwittingly turn a club banger into a protest song. We cannot be separated from our music…’