“Much Ado About Nothing:” National Youth Theatre Gives Shakespeare the Love Island Treatment
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“Phaedra” at The National Theatre
How can old texts speak to us now? The point is not just to adapt classics, but to reimagine them...
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Àlex Rigola’s Lean, Mean Riff on “Hedda Gabler”
Catalan director Àlex Rigola, the former artistic director of the Venice Biennale’s theatre...
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The Geography of Theatre Imagination: A New “Endgame” at a New Irish Theatre Festival
Much of my approach to theatre, to performance, especially, consists in locating and assessing a...
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“Three Sisters,” National Theatre
Earlier in the week, I enjoyed a rainy afternoon at home by watching Inua Ellis’s 2019 adaptation...
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“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....
Read More“The Fall” at Soho Playhouse
On a cold November, New York Friday night, when temperatures approached freezing, the shivering audience waiting to experience Albert Camus’ The Fall at the Soho Playhouse checked in at the box office on the upper floor, then...
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“The Bloody Poet: A Novel about Nero” at DESIRÉ Central Station
At this “Desiré” festival in Subotica, on the stage of the Dezső Kosztolányi Theatre,...
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“&Juliet”: What if?—A Review.
The previews of &Juliet the musical, began October 28th 2022 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre...
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“A Drop of Midnight”
There is a palpable sense of world-class musicianship as the ensemble of six instrumentalists and...
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We’ve Been Editing Shakespeare’s Plays for 400 Years— But Does a New Australian Production of “The Tempest” Idealize the Bard?
Review: The Tempest, directed by Kip Williams, Sydney Theatre Company. The Tempest, first...
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4 Plays that Dramatize the Kidnapping of Children During Wars
Since February 2022, Western and Ukrainian media have reported on the kidnapping and forced...
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Four of Shakespeare’s Plays and How They Speak to the Current Political Situation in Britain
The last few years in politics have gifted the keen observer many allusions to some of...
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Happy Birthday, Dracula!
Dedicated to the 125th anniversary of the legendary hero of the famous gothic novel “Dracula”,...
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“The Handke Project,” Kosovo Theatre Showcase
The Handke Project, Kosovo Theatre Showcase, Teatri Oda, 26th October 2022 If The Handke Project...
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Cape Town Theatre Company’s “A Picture of Dorian Gray” at Masque Theatre
Masque theatre is hosting Cape Town Theatre Company’s A Picture of Dorian Gray. “A Picture of...
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“Woyczek” at the National Theater of Hungary
Buchner’s “historically difficult explains modernity” in the performance of...
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Clowning “On Beckett,” Irwin Delights at the Emerson Paramount Center
Bill Irwin greets the audience by conveying that the performance will be around 90 minutes (by way...
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“Desdemona Roopakam” to be Staged
The play seeks to draw parallels between Desdemona from Othello and select women from Indian epics...
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Patriarchy as Judge: Smith Street’s Contemporary “Measure for Measure”
“Patriarchy is a judge that judges us for being born” proclaims the banner wrapped above our...
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