Transforming Society Through Documentary Theatre: Peter Eckersall In Conversation With Lebanese Director Sahar Assaf
Peter Eckersall: How did you come into theatre and how did you start working around this idea of...
Read MorePosted by Peter Eckersall | 13th Feb 2019 | Directing, Documentary Theatre, Interview, Lebanon
Peter Eckersall: How did you come into theatre and how did you start working around this idea of...
Read MorePosted by Teo Xiao Ting | 5th Feb 2019 | Documentary Theatre, Immersive Theatre, Review, Singapore
Taking a right turn towards Camp Kilo Charcoal Lounge (formerly Sam Tat Building) at Kampong...
Read MorePosted by Eleonore von Bothmer | 24th Jan 2019 | Documentary Theatre, Interview, Switzerland, Theatre and Politics
One of the few court hearings to address the crimes committed in Eastern Congo was actually an art...
Read MorePosted by Jenn Stephenson | 8th Jan 2019 | Canada, Documentary Theatre, Essay
With the onslaught of “alternative facts” or “fake news,” it can feel as though the ground has...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 12th Jun 2018 | Documentary Theatre, London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
Masculinity, whether toxic or in crisis (but never ever problem-free), is a hardy perennial...
Read MorePosted by Marjan Moosavi | 9th Jun 2018 | Canada, Documentary Theatre, Iran, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender
Acclimatization refers to the process by which an individual organism adjusts to a change in its...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 25th Apr 2018 | Documentary Theatre, London, Participatory Theatre, Review, United Kingdom
It’s been a golden week for James Graham, British theatre’s wonder boy. After winning an Olivier...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 23rd Apr 2018 | Acting, Documentary Theatre, London, Review, United Kingdom
There are few things more British than talking about the weather. What makes this play about a...
Read MorePosted by Ling Tang | 19th Apr 2018 | China, Chinese Theatre Abroad, Documentary Theatre, London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
On March 20 2018, VaChina, a London-based Chinese feminist network, staged its first full drama...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 3rd Apr 2018 | Documentary Theatre, London, Review, United Kingdom
Until very recently British theatre has been pretty poor at representing the stories of Chinese...
Read MorePosted by Um Hyun-hee | 9th Dec 2017 | Documentary Theatre, LGBTQ Theatre, Review, South Korea, Theatre and Gender
Namsan Arts Center’s 2017 season opened with Censoring the Minority 2017 (written and directed by...
Read MorePosted by May Selim | 24th Sep 2017 | Documentary Theatre, Egypt, Festivals
The Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre (CIFCET) has just...
Read MorePosted by Cassandra Silver | 17th Aug 2017 | Canada, Documentary Theatre, Festivals, News
Review: White Man’s Indian presents a new take on the coming-of-age narrative. Darla Contois’...
Read MorePosted by Anastasiia Gaishenets | 15th Aug 2017 | Documentary Theatre, Transmedia, Ukraine
Work on a documentary performance called End of Imitation started last autumn. It was shaped by...
Read MorePosted by Oksana Dudko | 20th Jul 2017 | Documentary Theatre, Dramaturgy, Ukraine
During the post-Soviet period, Ukrainian dramaturgy lagged behind prose and poetry and was almost...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 3rd Jul 2017 | Documentary Theatre, London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
The recent general election result proves that the power of the rightwing press has diminished...
Read MorePosted by Molly Flynn | 26th Jun 2017 | Documentary Theatre, Theatre and Politics, Ukraine
School #3, a documentary about everyday life in war-struck eastern Ukraine, recently won a Grand...
Read MorePosted by Finlay Greig | 11th Jun 2017 | Devised Theatre, Documentary Theatre, Italy
In the Italian region of Siena, perched on top of a hill, sits the sleepy village of...
Read MorePosted by Frederik Le Roy | 4th May 2017 | Documentary Theatre, Switzerland, Theatre and Politics
Realistic rituals Milo Rau and the International Institute of Political Murder. The Swiss...
Read MorePosted by Mark O'Thomas | 4th Apr 2017 | Documentary Theatre, London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Much has been written over recent months about the apparent bubble in which we are all now living,...
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