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Ecocide is Everywhere in Serbia, but Eco-Theatre Remains on the Fringes

Posted by Borisav Matić | 20th Apr 2022 | Applied Theatre, Essay, Serbia, Theatre and Politics

Despite Serbia’s own environmental issues, work that explores ecological themes and the climate...

About the futureStage Manifesto

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 12th Apr 2022 | Applied Theatre, Essay, Theatre and Politics

When theatres closed during the pandemic, the first reaction was shock. Then was born, at least...

Alexandria’s Cultural Space “6 Bab Sharq” Opens New Chapter of Its Activities

Posted by Ahram Online | 20th Feb 2022 | Applied Theatre, Egypt, News

‘6 Bab Sharq,’ an arts and culture space that aims to support emerging artists in Alexandria, was...

How “Biryani Durbar” Explores the Politics of Food

Posted by Ruth Dhanaraj | 4th Feb 2022 | Applied Theatre, India, Interview

Biryani Durbar, recently staged in Bengaluru, shows how roles reverse when opportunity presents...

Saitama Gold Theater Players Take Their Final Bow After 15 Years

Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 15th Jan 2022 | Applied Theatre, Japan, News, Theatre and Age

After 15 years of entertaining audiences in Japan and abroad, the actors of Saitama Gold Theater...

Nireeksha Women’s Theatre Group Develops Short Stories by Nine Women Writers as Radio Plays

Posted by Athira M | 11th Jan 2022 | Applied Theatre, India, News, Theatre and Gender

The drama series is an initiative for She Radio on Radio Malayalam Mission, Government of Kerala...

Alaknanda Samarth Pushed the Limits of “Safe” Theatre

Posted by Rustom Bharucha | 24th Dec 2021 | Acting, Applied Theatre, Essay, India

A few days ago, I lost one of my dearest theatre friends, my most avid and soul-searching...

“Toolbox Manoeuvre”: The Beat of Hong Kong On Stage

Posted by Molly Grogan | 21st Dec 2021 | Applied Theatre, China, Education, Hong Kong, Interview

Louis Siu is performing the oldest known musical practice in the world, in a coffee shop in North...

When The Fire Dragon Dances Under The Full Moon: Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong

Posted by Zolima Citymag | 30th Oct 2021 | Applied Theatre, China, Hong Kong

The rhythmic sound of drumming echoes through the streets. Tai Hang is normally quiet on...

The South African Play That’s Tackling The Scourge Of The Street Drug Whoonga

Posted by Dylan McGarry | 5th Apr 2021 | Applied Theatre, News, South Africa

The drug whoonga has plagued South African communities for at least a decade, yet only gained...

The Social Theater of Ambulatory Care in Poland. Part 3.

Posted by Katarzyna Kułakowska, Katarzyna Kalinowska, Olga Drygas, Michał Bargielski | 1st Apr 2021 | Applied Theatre, Covid-19, Essay, Poland, Transmedia

For Part 1 and 2 go here. Revolution: A Response to a Systemic Crisis Those theaters of ambulatory...

The Social Theater of Ambulatory Care in Poland. Part 2.

Posted by Katarzyna Kułakowska, Katarzyna Kalinowska, Olga Drygas, Michał Bargielski | 30th Mar 2021 | Applied Theatre, Covid-19, Essay, Poland

For Part 1 go here. Responding to The Crisis of The Individual: Therapy or Conjuring “Let’s stay...

The Social Theater of Ambulatory Care in Poland. Part 1

Posted by Katarzyna Kułakowska, Katarzyna Kalinowska, Olga Drygas, Michał Bargielski | 29th Mar 2021 | Applied Theatre, Covid-19, Essay, Poland

As the Węgajty Theater [1] was launching an appeal for Easter food donations for homeless people...

Mobile Theatres Begin Their Tours with Cairo’s Al-Asmarat District

Posted by Ahram Online | 9th Feb 2021 | Applied Theatre, Egypt, News

The Egyptian Ministry of Culture has announced that its mobile theatre tours began this week, with...

How Theatre Can Help Young Nigerians Who Are Living With HIV

Posted by Taiwo Afolabi | 9th Dec 2020 | Applied Theatre, Essay, Nigeria, Theatre and Politics

Nasarawa state in the north-central region of Nigeria is known for agriculture, salt mining, and...

A ‘Puppet Slam’ Hosted By Clowns Is The Most Joyful Meeting On Zoom

Posted by Alice Nelson | 20th Sep 2020 | Applied Theatre, Canada, Covid-19, Puppetry

It’s late on a Friday night in July and I’m setting up my kitchen for co-hosting an online puppet...

Brief Notes Towards A Definition Of Leftfield Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 7th Jun 2020 | Applied Theatre, Essay, United Kingdom

In his wide-ranging, and widely read, survey of postwar British theatre, called State of the...

Slanguages, Hip-Hop, a Russian Play, Punjabi Poetry and Oxford University

Posted by Raveeta Banger | 5th Nov 2019 | Applied Theatre, News, Theatre and Politics, Transcultural Collaborations, United Kingdom

Oxford University hosted ‘Poetry in Motion’ lin June at Wolfson College to academics, students,...

Ugandan Show Tackles Language and Culture

Posted by Alexander Nderitu | 18th Sep 2019 | Applied Theatre, News, Theatre and Politics, Theatre for Young Audiences, Uganda

It is still not uncommon to hear various parts of the continent being referred to as ‘Anglophone Africa’, ‘Francophone Africa’, ‘Lusophone Africa’, and so on. In fact, there are more French and English speakers in Africa today than there are in France and England respectively!