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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
Dublin Fringe Festival 2019: Women in Flux
The Dublin Fringe Festival celebrates its 25th year this year and duly provided the Irish capital...
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Glasses That Translate. How Is This Possible?
Writing about non verbal communication in his book Beaux Gestes; A Guide to French Body Talk, the...
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“La Traviata”: The Last Masterpiece of Franco Zeffirelli, at the Arena Opera Festival
“Libiamo ne’ lieti calici . . .” is the most famous aria in La Traviata, by Giuseppe Verdi...
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“Self Life Drawing” – Eunkyung Jeong
The political self of beauty South Korean artist Eunkyung Jeong’s interdisciplinary work at...
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Stratford 2019: “Nathan the Wise”- A Parable of Tolerance
“ I hear, I hear, come finish with thy tale. Is it soon ended?” – Nathan the Wise There are...
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French Puppetry and Object Theater in North America and France
Between January and July 2019, the liveliness of the French puppetry and object theater scene was...
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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...
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Edinburgh Fringe 2019: Solo Performances
Stalkers, heroes, and cult leaders. Depression, maternity, and citizenship. Edinburgh Festival...
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Edinburgh Fringe 2019: After the Fact
Facts can be stranger than fiction. Every year, this truism gets demonstrated afresh—and with an...
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Edinburgh Fringe 2019: Aditi Mittal, Sumit Anand and Devang Tewari On Their Journey to Edinburgh
For years, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, those three performance-packed weeks in August, has been...
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Edinburgh Fringe 2019: Female-Led Narratives
Sisterhood and female companionship were at the heart of some of the most popular plays at the...
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Edinburgh Fringe 2019: Anthropocene
It should be not at all surprising that climate change was one of the hot topics of this year’s...
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My Mother, My Self. A Son Becomes His Mother Becomingly in “Ni Mi Madre” at New York’s Rave Festival
A son and his mother, a mother and her son. What are some of the first thoughts that come to mind?...
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2019 Kenya International Theatre Festival Call For Applications
The call opens on 1st May, 2019, and closes on 31st July, 2019
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Interview with Plasticiens Volants
In August and September, the street theater collective Plasticiens Volants (PV) return...
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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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