Participatory Theatre Archives

Marching the Streets with an Empty Protest Board: Where Lies the Power of Protest?

Posted by Vera Bonder | 15th Jan 2023 | Festivals, Netherlands, Participatory Theatre, Review, Theatre and Dance, Theatre and Politics

On Saturday 19 November 2022, I witnessed the performance Hands Up! by dancer and choreographer...

Kenyans Get a Taste of “The French Shakespeare”

Posted by Alexander Nderitu | 4th Jan 2023 | Applied Theatre, France, Kenya, Participatory Theatre, Theatre for Young Audiences

Alliance Française de Nairobi celebrated of the fourth centenary of Molière’s birth with an...

“Abril imaginario”: One Step Beyond Immersive and Collaborative Theater

Posted by Antonio Hernández Nieto | 22nd May 2022 | Immersive Theatre, Participatory Theatre, Review, Spain

It is the second time that Los números imaginarios (The imaginary numbers), a Spanish company of...

Blurring Borders Between Performers and Audience in Kozhikode

Posted by The Hindu | 20th Jan 2022 | India, News, Participatory Theatre

Imitation of Death staged in Kozhikode Imitation of Death, a play staged at Zamorin’s Higher...

“You Will Never Walk Alone”: A Story of Resilience and Hope

Posted by Sakina Mirichii | 30th Dec 2021 | Kenya, Participatory Theatre, Review, Theatre and Disability

Ten mentor Mothers and one Father, devised theatre, drama therapy, healing, and community...

“Youth Everlasting and Life Without Death”: Performing Folk-tale and “Centriphery”

Posted by Armando Rotondi | 3rd Sep 2021 | Adaptation, Participatory Theatre, Puppetry, Review, Romania, Transcultural Collaborations

A Theoretical and Organizational Premise “Centriphery” is an on-going large-scale...

Rabbits in the Circus of COVID Isolation: A Review of “White Rabbit Red Rabbit”

Posted by Niloofar Mohtadi | 22nd Jul 2021 | Covid-19, Iran, Participatory Theatre, Review, United States of America

The play White Rabbit Red Rabbit is an experimental piece by the Iranian playwright Nassim...

“Manimals” and the Exploration of Digital Liveness

Posted by Aida Rocci | 19th Mar 2021 | Immersive Theatre, Participatory Theatre, Transmedia, United Kingdom

Manimals, created by Michelle Hudson and her team, shines as a piece that accomplishes the difficult taste of engaging audiences across the computer screen.

Part Escape Room, Part Choose-Your-Own Adventure — The Whodunit Whistleblower has The Audience at its Heart

Posted by Leah Mercer | 17th Mar 2021 | Australia, Participatory Theatre, Review

Review: Whistleblower, directed by Arielle Gray, Wyatt Nixon-Lloyd, and Tim Watts. The Last Great...

Cards For Humanity: “Social Alchemix (Live!)” by Wil Petre

Posted by Emily Cordes | 17th Jan 2021 | Participatory Theatre, Review, United States of America

The COVID-19 pandemic has spawned an interesting social paradox: even as online platforms have...

Embrace The Chaos: “Readymade Cabaret 2.0”

Posted by Emily Cordes | 17th Dec 2020 | Devised Theatre, Participatory Theatre, Review, United States of America

Given the year’s unsettling mixed-bag of a global pandemic, racial reckoning, political strife,...

Under the Influence of Dada: Readymade Cabaret 2.0 Breaks Out of Linear Time, Celebrates Chance

Posted by Alexander Fatouros | 4th Dec 2020 | Featured, New York, Participatory Theatre, Review, Theatre and Art, Theatre and Dance, United States of America

The brilliant performance reaffirms its disregard for conventional attitudes and unjustified inequalities—a nod to the social and political context from which the work sprang.

4 Lessons from the NBA Bubble for the Future of Live Arts Performance

Posted by Sarah Bay-Cheng | 12th Oct 2020 | Covid-19, Essay, Participatory Theatre, United States of America

“I’m so glad I saw it live!” That’s what I said after the nerve-wracking Game 6 of the NBA...

Zoom Theatre But Make It Immersive: Strange Bird’s “The Strange Secret of Mr. Adrian Rook”

Posted by Trevor Boffone | 4th Sep 2020 | Covid-19, Immersive Theatre, Participatory Theatre, Transmedia, United States of America

Strange Bird Immersive premieres its all-new immersive, virtual theatrical experience “The Strange Secret of Mr. Adrian Rook,” playing through October 10, 2020 on Zoom.