Rena Matsui Tackles Shakespeare in an All-Female “Julius Caesar”
Rena Matsui always knew she wanted to enter the acting world, and launching her career by...
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“Cruel Games”—A Soviet Play in Post-Soviet Realities
Cruel Games at the Mossovet Theater is not just the name of a forgotten play by Alexei Arbuzov,...
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“Balkan Bordello” at Teatri Oda
Balkan Bordello: An Orgiastic Musical in the Aftermath of War Imagine yourself at a hedonistic...
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Re-Imagined Play Stirs Memories of “White Mischief” in Colonial Africa
Miss Julie’s Happy Valley is the most recent work by playwright Michael Omoke. The new play...
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“A Raisin in the Sun”: A Timeless Classic
Directed by South African theatre and film industry stalwart Dr. Jerry Mofokeng wa Makhetha, A...
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COVID—Brevis, Ars—Longa
It’s trite to write about how hard it is to live from lockdown to lockdown; from one mask...
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The Tragedy of Macbeth, Almeida Theatre
Remembering the months of lockdown, I can’t be the only person to thrill to this play’s opening...
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“Viviani on the Road”: a Special Project of the Trianon Viviani Theatre in Naples.
The special project “Viviani on the Road” at the Trianon Viviani Theatre offers an historical travel into the main streets of Naples.
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“The Tragedy of Macbeth” at the Almeida Theatre
What does it take to stretch Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy to a runtime of over three hours? Not,...
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Fake News and Propaganda Machines: New Theatre Production Pulls “Animal Farm” into the Now
In 1937, George Orwell witnessed a boy whipping a horse. This was a catalyst for his novel Animal...
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From Pygmies to Puppets: What to Do with Roald Dahl’s Enslaved Oompa-Loompas in Modern Adaptations?
The stage adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has opened in Brisbane. Charlie, like...
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A Play Inspired by Bharati’s Verses
How S.V. Sahasranamam’s stage adaptation of the poet’s Panchali Sabadham became a huge success...
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Hilary Mantel and Ben Miles’s The Mirror and the Light at the Gielgud Theatre: Engaging, but Rather Low Key
This is a labor of love. Hilary Mantel has adapted The Mirror and the Light, the third novel of...
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“The Time of Our Singing” Opera Tackles Racial Segregation
Based on an American novel detailing the country’s troubled 20th century, the new Belgian...
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Art Alert: Egyptian Silent Theatre Show “Halawes” to Premiere at Al-Hanager
By making his 12-year-old dream come true, director Mohmed Abdalla aims to send a message of hope...
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“An Odyssey” at Quantum Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA
Imagine, if you will, one of those old-fashioned TV game shows with two doors. Behind Door Number...
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“Youth Everlasting and Life Without Death”: Performing Folk-tale and “Centriphery”
A Theoretical and Organizational Premise “Centriphery” is an on-going large-scale...
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Beckett 2020
Have the worlds of Samuel Beckett’s plays become our reality? The creators of Beckett Planet seem...
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“Divina invención” Love by Lope de Vega and by Sergio Blanco
The Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico (CNTC) in Spain is asking different contemporary...
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Obscured Truths Come to Light in Hideki Noda’s “Fakespeare”
William Shakespeare is one of the world’s most influential playwrights, but his life continues to...
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