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Beautiful and Deeply Impactful, a Kind of Deep Communion: “Sex and Death_and the Internet” is a Gift

Posted by William Peterson | 26th Mar 2022 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Age, Transmedia

Review: Sex and Death_ and the Internet, directed by Samara Hersch My last experience as an...

Saitama Gold Theater Players Take Their Final Bow After 15 Years

Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 15th Jan 2022 | Applied Theatre, Japan, News, Theatre and Age

After 15 years of entertaining audiences in Japan and abroad, the actors of Saitama Gold Theater...

Mark Ravenhill’s “Angela” on The Sound Stage

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 24th Apr 2021 | Review, Scotland, Theatre and Age, Transmedia, United Kingdom

Does a subjective theatre piece encourage a subjective critical response? I think it might,...

“UnRavelled” – A New Play by Jake Broder

Posted by Clare Cioffero | 25th Mar 2021 | Ireland, Review, Theatre and Age, Theatre and Disability

The thing about UnRavelled is that it’s one of those plays that even a week after seeing it random...

Review: “Cursed!” is a Play of Outrageous Wit and Deep Thought

Posted by Anthony Uhlmann | 13th Nov 2020 | Australia, Review, Sydney, Theatre and Age

Review: Cursed! by Kodie Bedford, directed by Jason Klarwein Tucked away at the back of the...

Dame Kate Harcourt And the Art of the Senior Actor

Posted by David O'Donnell | 9th Oct 2020 | Acting, New Zealand, Russia, Theatre and Age

In June 2017 the eminent New Zealand actor Dame Kate Harcourt celebrated her 90th birthday at...

Theatre Companies Are Pushing Storytelling Boundaries With Online Audiences Amid COVID-19

Posted by Kelsey Jacobson | 9th Aug 2020 | News, Theatre and Age, United Kingdom

One night in April, I found myself holding my cat up to my laptop, eagerly showing her off to a...

“Les Blancs” at The National Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 19th Jul 2020 | Review, Theatre and Age, United Kingdom

Lorraine Hansberry’s debut, A Raisin in the Sun, was the first drama written by a black woman to...

“Wise Children” at York Theatre Royal

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 1st May 2020 | Review, Theatre and Age, Theatre and Film, United Kingdom

Reviewing theatre now means reviewing the film. Knowing that Emma Rice’s Old Vic 2018 production...

VR, Theatre and the Importance of Immersion

Posted by Ágnes Bakk | 26th Apr 2020 | Interview, Poland, Theatre and Age

Wojtek Markowski is the producer of the Polish experimental lab Dream Adoption Society. Together...

“Dance Nation” Review: An Outrageous Depiction of Girls Grasping their Emerging Sexuality and Power

Posted by Maggie Tonkin | 13th Apr 2020 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Age

Review: Dance Nation, directed by Imara Savage. State Theatre Company South Australia and Belvoir...

“The Arrival” Arrives at Contemporary Questions

Posted by Ian Kiyingi Muddu | 22nd Mar 2020 | Review, Theatre and Age, Uganda

Wondering what may draw young people to theatre? It’s a theatre about them, with them and...

The Art of Condensing Shakespeare’s Oeuvre

Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 24th Feb 2020 | Japan, News, Theatre and Age

In theater, as in daily life, it is possible to have too much of a good thing. Such was the case...

Mbuso Khoza on why the “Battle of Isandlwana” Remains a Pivotal Moment in African History

Posted by Tonderai Chiyindiko | 7th Feb 2020 | Africa, Interview, South Africa, Theatre and Age

Any interview with Mbuso Khoza is both a wide-ranging history lesson and a remarkable exploration...

“Lady Tabouli” Review: A Hilarious Comedy About Suffocating Expectations

Posted by Cherine Fahd | 3rd Feb 2020 | Australia, Review, Sydney, Theatre and Age

Review: Lady Tabouli, directed by Dino Dimitriadis, National Theatre of Parramatta for Sydney...

Cosmos, Without Us

Posted by Abigail Weil | 15th Dec 2019 | New York, Participatory Theatre, Review, Theatre and Age, Transmedia, United States of America

I’m a thirty-four-year-old straight woman who grew up in the suburbs with an older brother. That...

“Sydney & The Old Girl” at The Park Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 28th Nov 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Age, United Kingdom

Actor Miriam Margolyes is a phenomenon. Not only has this Dickensian specialist starred in...

Arinzé Kene’s “Little Baby Jesus” at the Orange Tree Theatre: Lyrical, Energetic and Wise Coming-of-Age Drama

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 26th Oct 2019 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Age, United Kingdom

Wow. Just wow. The moment you enter the auditorium of this venue it’s immediately obvious that...

Family Secrets Get Messy in “All My Fathers”

Posted by John Brunner | 17th Oct 2019 | New York, Review, Theatre and Age, United States of America

Is the truth always best or should some secrets go to the grave? For playwright Paul David Young,...

Mental Illness And Childhood Trauma On Indian Stage: QTP’s “Every Brilliant Thing”

Posted by Abhimanyu Acharya | 10th Sep 2019 | India, Review, Theatre and Age

In a country where mental illness is as big an issue as poverty is but is not talked about and dealt with the same zeal and enthusiasm, Mumbai-based QTP’s latest production Every Brilliant thing, written by British playwrights Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe, and directed by Quasar Thakore-Padamsee, comes as a much needed venture.