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PQ 2019: Noise Music
The Rudolfinum is the main classical music performance hall in Prague. The house of the Czech...
A Review of “Notes From Exile” from the 2018 Boska Komedia Festival: Reverberations of Antisemitism
Zapiski Z Wygnania [Notes from Exile] directed by Magda Umer. Presented at Narodowy Stary...
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Edinburgh Fringe 2019: Gig Theatre
The official stats have it that in its 73rd year of existence, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019...
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Edinburgh International Festival 2019: “Roots” at Church Hill Theatre
Shooting to stardom with their 2007 Edinburgh Fringe debut Between the Devil and the Deep Blue...
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Edinburgh Fringe 2019: “Are We Not Drawn Onward to New Era” at Zoo Southside
Since their first understated but instantly successful visit to Edinburgh in 2008 with their...
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Arts Festival Reflects Nation’s Soul: National Arts Festival in Makhanda in South Africa
Ismail Mahomed, CEO of the Market Theatre Foundation, visited the National Arts Festival in...
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Sangeet Natak: Live and Kicking
Nehru Center’s Mahotsav is one of many efforts that continues to keep traditional...
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“Songs of Lear” Performed by The Song of the Goat Theatre: Where Inspiration Meets High Culture With Unrefined Expression
The Shakespeare and Poland Festival at the Globe – a two-week exploration of the relationship...
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Avignon 2019 – “Outwitting the Devil”: A Mesmerizing Dance and an Hypnotic Experience Created by Akram Khan
Outwitting the Devil, Akram Khan’s latest work, truly stood out within the line up of very...
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Avignon 2019: Seeking the Other – Staging the Paroxysms of Orientalism
Mahmoud & Nini is an unusual show –not only it does not look like your typical proscenium...
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“Formidable Creativity and Innovation”: South Africa’s National Arts Festival
The National Arts Festival, the largest Arts festival in Africa opened on 27th June running for...
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Avignon 2019: “Outside” – Between Testimony and Political Provocation
Provocation – artistic, political, personal – is the signature style of the Russian theatre...
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Avignon 2019: “The Rest Will Be Familiar to You from Cinema” as Told by the Chorus from the Banlieu
Le reste vous le connaissez par le cinéma written by Martin Crimp, translated by Philippe Djian...
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What to Expect at The 2019 Hindu Theatre Fest
Under the umbrella of The Hindu Theatre Fest that has become synonymous with August in Chennai, a...
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Avignon 2019: Irène Bonnaud’s Amité and The Lessons in Juicy Comedy, Delicious Acting and Humanity of Being
Let me tell you a secret- I love the old good comedy, its extensive gestures, inappropriate jokes,...
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Avignon Festival 2019: “L’Amour Vainqueur”
What a delight, a relief and a sheer pleasure to sit through Olivier Py’s operetta for children...
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Avignon 2019: Imagining Two Plays That Embody the Ghosts of Europe. “Dévotion” and “Nous l’Europe”
Moving along with the themes of history, memory and forgetting – the focus of Paul Ricœur’s famous...
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Syrian Wael Ali’s Play “Under Low Skies” to Premiere in Napoli, Italy
The documentary theatre piece Under Low Skies (Sous Un Ciel Bas) from Syrian director Wael Ali had...
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Soyinka Meets Shakespeare
One of the only three curated shows showcased at the 2019 edition of the Lagos Theatre Festival...
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Lekan Balogun’s “Ogun Skugga”: Memoirs of A Civil War
The Lagos Theatre Festival may have come and gone but the memories of the week-long activities...
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Avignon 2019: “Architecture” – Between History and Philosophy
Walter Benjamin once said that storytelling is a form of “artisan communication”, a...
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Avignon 2019: Staging the Impossible. On Exile, Community and Hope in Christiane Jatahy’s “Le Présent Qui Déborde – Notre Odyssée II”
Exile, migration, refugee crisis, loss of home and family, and death are among many realities and...
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A Look At Three International Performances That Will Feature At The Little Festival
The Little Festival’s 10th edition has an interesting line-up of international productions for...
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Avignon 2019: In Search Of Multiple Selves: “Multiple-S” By Salia Sanou And “Oskara” By Kukai Dantza
The focus of this review is inspired by the title and the theme of Salia Sanou’s multidisciplinary...
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Avignon 2019: Seeking Truth: On History, Memory and Fiction in Alexandra Badea’s Points de Non-Retour [Quais de Seine]
Following the themes of the Avignon 2019, Alexandra Badea’s Points de non-retour [Quais de...
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Avignon 2019: Reading the Open Ending of “Sous D’autres Cieux” (“Under Different Skies”)
An imaginative, dynamic, and visually striking production Sus d’autres cieux continues the...
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Hollywood Fringe Festival – “To Richard!”
Somewhere along a wooded trail in the middle of Connecticut, something wonderful happened –...
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Hollywood Fringe Festival – “¡YA BASTA!: TIME’S BEEN UP”
Theatre-goers who were willing to tread off the beaten path at Hollywood Fringe Festival were...
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Hollywood Fringe Festival – “Saving Cain”
Questions of faith are filtered through a mother/son relationship in Saving Cain, written by Aaron...
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“American Saga: Gunshot Medley – Part I” at Electric Lodge, Venice CA
Rogue Machine and Collaborative Artists Bloc first presented their American Saga Gunshot Medley:...
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Ottawa Fringe: “Timmy The Dog Disappears” – A Martin Dockery AbsurdistSit-Com
Timmy, the Dog, Disappears is a dark absurdist Fringe sitcom about a family failing to stay normal...
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Ottawa Fringe: “Lights! Camera! Odd Jobs!” – An Alright Solo Show About Finding Good Action Jobs
LIGHTS! CAMERA! ODD JOBS? is a decent solo show from actor Andrew MacKinnon about his personal...
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