The Meaning of Theater: Slava Stepnov’s “Flawed Choir” at the Steps Theatre
“All the world’s a stage,” says a character in William Shakespeare’s “As You Like It.” “Life...
Read MorePosted by Vassili Schedrin | 17th Jun 2022 | Dramaturgy, New York, Playwriting, Review, United States of America
“All the world’s a stage,” says a character in William Shakespeare’s “As You Like It.” “Life...
Read MorePosted by Konrad Zielinski | 14th Jun 2022 | Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom
Konrad: Hello, I’m Konrad. I’m here to share an account of the production of Mark Ravenhill’s The...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Kalb | 2nd Jun 2022 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, Playwriting, Review, United States of America
Walking out of the spiffy new production of Richard Greenberg’s Take Me Out, my canny friend Tom,...
Read MorePosted by Vassili Schedrin | 31st May 2022 | Directing, News, Playwriting, Russia, United States of America
Why do we still remember theater that became history many decades ago? How do we remember plays...
Read MorePosted by Raluca Rădulescu | 18th May 2022 | Interview, Playwriting, Theatre and Politics, Ukraine
Andriy Bondarenko is the dramaturg of the Puppet Theater in Lviv, Ukraine, where he lives, but he...
Read MorePosted by May Selim | 10th May 2022 | Egypt, Interview, Playwriting, Theatre and Politics
Rasha Abd Elmonem — a playwright, independent theatre activist, and head of the training program...
Read MorePosted by Ananda Lal | 5th May 2022 | Essay, India, Playwriting, Theatre and Politics
The immediate trigger for the play was political and topical. West Bengal, in 1971, was passing...
Read MorePosted by Julian Meyrick | 3rd May 2022 | Australia, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Politics
Why did 46.8% of Americans vote for Donald Trump in the 2020 election? Why did approximately 2,000...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 2nd May 2022 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Although the current government has blundered through both Brexit and the pandemic, and is now...
Read MorePosted by Ian Kiyingi Muddu | 29th Apr 2022 | Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Politics, Zimbabwe
There are two in one Tonderai Munyevus. I meet both of them on a snowy February evening at Brixton...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 26th Apr 2022 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
What does it feel like to be British and black? Ryan Calais Cameron has recently emerged as the...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 23rd Apr 2022 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
When do you have to take a stand? What compels you to do it? And what are the costs involved?...
Read MorePosted by Lara Cox | 19th Apr 2022 | France, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Politics
One of France’s greatest prides is the network of African American artists who, in the...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 18th Apr 2022 | Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
In 1987, Caryl Churchill — without doubt the best living playwright in Britain — premiered her...
Read MorePosted by Konrad Zielinski | 15th Apr 2022 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom
Engaging with narratives that draw on the subject of male queerness can be precarious. Two major...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 1st Apr 2022 | Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
Love is the most difficult four-letter word. And platonic love is perhaps the hardest kind of...
Read MorePosted by Donald Brown | 24th Mar 2022 | Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America
Review of Eliana Pipes’ Dream Hou$e, Long Wharf Theatre The question of heritage gets...
Read MorePosted by Trevor Boffone | 15th Feb 2022 | Festivals, Playwriting, United States of America
Sin Muros: A Borderless Teatro Festival is back at Stages in Houston. Now in its fifth year, the...
Read MorePosted by Rhiannon Ling | 12th Feb 2022 | Interview, Playwriting, United States of America
Dietrich Bonhoeffer is not a name typically associated with the theatre. Though the Bonhoeffer...
Read MorePosted by Tomasz Wiśniewski | 9th Feb 2022 | Essay, Playwriting, Poland
INTRODUCTION This article is comparative in approach and introduces the work of two classic...
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