Festivals
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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...
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
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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“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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Theatre After COVID: The 2022 Avignon Theatre Festival in Search for Theatrical Magic and Forms of Philosophical Transgressions – Part II
This is Part 2 of the bipartite report. To read Part 1, click here. Anaïs Nin au Miroir, written...
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Theatre After COVID: The 2022 Avignon Theatre Festival in Search for Theatrical Magic and Forms of Philosophical Transgressions – Part I
I arrived at the 2022 Avignon Theatre Festival seeking emotional rejuvenation after two years of...
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“Murat IV” Opera to tell Ottoman Sultan’s Story in Istanbul
Turkish opera’s great master, composer, and conductor Okan Demiriş’s ‘Murat...
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Chennai’s The Little Theatre is Back on Stage with a Theatre Festival for Young Audiences
The Little Theatre is set to unleash two years of pent-up creativity in its returning edition of...
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Int’l Istanbul Opera Festival to Start in July with Captivating Shows
The festival will commence with the “7 Tenor” concert on July 16 and close with a...
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Győr Is Once Again the Capital of Dance
The western Hungarian city of Győr will once again be dominated by dance this year from June 13 to...
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Liverpool Arab Arts Festival Returns to In-Person Format
Celebrating Arab culture, the Liverpool Arab Arts Festival (LAAF) is gearing up for its upcoming...
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From Uruguay to Auroville: Clowning Duo Brings Physicality and Humour to the Stage
At Adishakti Theatre’s Remembering Veenapani festival, a clowning troupe from Uruguay...
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Gregg Mozgala, Broadway Actor Organizes Festival Celebrating Deaf/Disabled Artists
Actor Gregg Mozgala describes himself as a “Triple Threat: “Actor, Writer, Cripple.” The...
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Theater Fest to Host Famous Plays by Foreign, Local Groups in Adana
The 23rd edition of The State Theaters – Sabancı International Adana Theater Festival will offer...
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When Languages Fall Apart: InlanDimensions International Arts Festival
Looking at the titles in the InlanDimensions theater lineup, I was hard put to find a common...
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An Argentinian Summer Theater Festival in Wintertime Madrid
February is summer in Argentina, and most Argentinian theaters and companies are on holiday....
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