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LATEST REPORTS FROM THEATRE FESTIVALS
Edinburgh Fringe 2019: “Interbeing – Stories Of A Current War”, Cockpit Theatre: Putting A Forgotten War Back Into The Spotlight
“There are bombardments constantly on the outskirts of Donetsk, while in central Donetsk they...
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...
ALL LATEST FESTIVAL REPORTS
“Geometry of the Soul”, “Frozen Songs” and “Clowns’ Houses” at Novi Sad Theatre Festival
The second Novi Sad Theater Festival again provided an exciting seven-day festival repertoire for...
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“Young Barbarians”: Non-serious Seriousness and Hungarian Drive
Young Barbarians – director: Attila Vidnyánszky Jr. They say the best way to get to know each...
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“Report to an Academy”: To Be or Not to Be Human?
No matter how trends, themes, agendas and moods of society change, the focus of the study of art...
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“Nora”: Present Continuous Hell
Get inside a woman’s head and, by understanding her, unravel the mystery of how the world...
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The Sphinx’s Riddle Remains Unsolved. Scattering Chinese Art with “The First-Ever Metaverse Theatre Festival”
Even though for the last decade there have been numerous attempts to unleash Chinese theatre’s...
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IOTF 2023: INTERNATIONAL ONLINE THEATRE FESTIVAL – “Theatre and Its Others” – Launches April 17-30
IOTF 2023: International Online Theatre Festival will launch April 17 – 30. Now in its...
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With Faith and Trust into the Future: The 10th International Theatre Olympics in Hungary
When the world is engulfed in flames of enmity, would another flame be superfluous? Not if it is...
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Speaking from Outside: Interview with Olga Voronkova
Olga Voronkova is a London-based, Belarusian video editor, scriptwriter, copywriter, and producer...
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Breaking Down Barriers through Cultural Policies: A Conversation with Artistic Director and Producer Jesús Cimarro
Jesús Cimarro is the current President of the Spanish Academy of Performing Arts (Academia de las...
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Prototype Festival: “Mary Motorhead/Trade” and “In Our Daughter’s Eyes”
It has been so challenging to write these reviews of three recent works presented as part of the...
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The Digital Spectator. Romanian Experiences During the Pandemic
The topic of the digital spectator and, implicitly, the one of the multi-stratified co-presence,...
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The ENTRE Festival in Midwest Brazil
ENTRE, is a Portuguese verb in the imperative tense that invites us to enter. That says to us:...
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“La Cupa” of Mimmo Borrelli: A Lunar Fable Turning to be the Most Powerful and Poetic Theatrical Event of 2022 in Naples
Naples. Last October and November, Naples was traversed by a cultural event that aimed to reassign...
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“Trade/Motorhead” at PROTOTYPE 2023 Festival
A double bill by Irish composer Emma O’Halloran and her uncle, librettist Mark O’Halloran,...
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“Undine” at PROTOTYPE 2023 Festival
Undine is a three-act animated opera composed by Stefanie Janssen and Michaël Brijs. The pandemic...
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“In Our Daughter’s Eyes” at PROTOTYPE 2023 Festival
In Our Daughter’s Eyes, composed by Pulitzer prize winning composer Du Yun and librettist Michael...
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“note to a friend” at PROTOTYPE 2023 Festival
note to a friend, composed by Pulitzer prize-winning composer David Lang, is a chamber opera...
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“Morning//Mourning” at PROTOTYPE 2023 Festival
Gelsey Bell’s Morning//Mourning is a quirky, experimental opera that defies categorization. It is...
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Three-Day Women’s Theatre Festival in Thiruvananthapuram, Begun on December 23, Showcased 14 Plays by Women Directors
A day in the museum turns out to be an unforgettable journey across time and regions for six...
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Marching the Streets with an Empty Protest Board: Where Lies the Power of Protest?
On Saturday 19 November 2022, I witnessed the performance Hands Up! by dancer and choreographer...
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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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II 4.4 Short Performances Festival: When Muses are Not Silent
When the non-peaceful world is illuminated by the bursts of shells, it seems that other...
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Micro Theatre Festival Returns with 16 Mini Plays This Week
The third edition of the Micro Theatre Festival (MTF) will kick off Saturday 8 October and run...
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Micro Theatre Festival Returns with 16 Mini Plays This Week
The third edition of the Micro Theatre Festival (MTF) will kick off Saturday 8 October and run...
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“The Interrupted Dream” by Hong Kong’s Zuni Icosahedron in Wrocław, Poland
Tang Xianzu’s sixteenth-century classic, Peony Pavilion (1598), is a play about boundaries and...
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“Flo & Joan,” Lund Comedy Festival
Here’s a few things to start with. Following my recent relocation from London to the Swedish...
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“The Drawer Boy” and Another Way of Telling History
The opening play of the Blyth Theatre Season, Michael Healey’s Canadian classic, The Drawer Boy,...
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Haunted History in Cottage Country: “Cottagers and Indians”
Cottagers and Indians by Drew Hayden Taylor A lazy afternoon on a cedar deck that could be...
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Highlights from the Mladi Levi Festival in Ljubljana
The 25th edition of the international theatre and dance festival Mladi Levi (Young Lions) was...
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Ivo Van Hove’s Water-turgy: “Ingolstadt” at the Salzburg Festival
Just over a hundred years since its founding (by impresario and theatre director Max Reinhardt),...
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