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Review: “Low Level Panic” at Orange Tree Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 6th Mar 2017 | Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

The 1980s were a great decade for British women playwrights. During those Thatcher-dominated...

Anna Politkóvskaya, “A Stubborn Woman”: Stefano Massini’s Political Theatre

Posted by Alfonso Vázquez | 5th Mar 2017 | Spain, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics

Stefano Massini’s A Stubborn Woman, recreates the figure of Russian journalist Anna Politkóvskaya....

Magdalena Without Borders, Fifth Edition: Gathering of Women of the Scene Santa Clara, Cuba

Posted by Vivian Martínez Tabares | 1st Mar 2017 | Cuba, Theatre and Gender

The fifth edition of Magdalena sin Fronteras (Magdalena Without Borders), the gathering of women...

Remembering Sarah Kane

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 3rd Feb 2017 | Essay, Playwriting, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

When Sarah Kane was still alive, it was vital to support her work — her style was so raw, so...

Anna Smolar Awarded the Passport Prize in Theatre

Posted by Lauren Dubowski | 2nd Feb 2017 | Directing, News, Poland, Theatre and Gender

The French-Polish director Anna Smolar, born in 1980, was awarded the 2016 Polityka Passport in...

“Fuenteovejuna” From Margin to Centerstage

Posted by Mara Valderrama | 28th Jan 2017 | Review, Spain, Theatre and Gender

TNT El Vacie is one of the most unique theatre companies in Spain. This group of Gypsy illiterate...

Spaces of Agency: Conversation with Maya Zbib of Zoukak Theatre Collective and Cultural Association

Posted by Amal Khalaf | 23rd Jan 2017 | Interview, Lebanon, Participatory Theatre, Producing, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics

Based in Beirut, Zoukak Theatre Collective and Cultural Association was established in 2006, and...

Daring to See Red: Theater Company Gorae’s “Red Poem”

Posted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 18th Jan 2017 | Essay, South Korea, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics

Theatre Company Gorae’s Red Poem, written and directed by company founder Lee Hae-Sung, recently...

“Sah El-Nom” Monodrama At Cairo’s Osiris

Posted by Madison Parrotta | 12th Jan 2017 | Egypt, News, Theatre and Gender

The monodrama Sah El-Nom, directed and performed by Egyptian artist Doaa Hamza, was performed at...

“Cut Piece for Pants Suit” in Madison Square Park

Posted by Jessica Rizzo | 20th Dec 2016 | New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

Once every four years most Americans sheepishly admit to trusted friends of similar political...

Between Masculinity and Modernity: “Best Of (His Story)”

Posted by Kathy Rowland | 13th Dec 2016 | Review, Singapore, Theatre and Gender

In 2013, award-winning actress Siti Khalijah Zainal brought Singapore’s company, The...

Uruguay Feminist Drama: Marianella Morena’s “I Will Bear No Child, I Will Bear Verses”

Posted by Lola Proaño Gomez | 9th Dec 2016 | Review, Theatre and Gender, Uruguay

Delmira Agustini (1886–1914), one of the most important Uruguayan poets, was assassinated by...

Takarazuka Revue: Japanese All-Female Musical Theater Troupe

Posted by Lauren Deutsch | 7th Dec 2016 | Essay, Japan, Musical Theatre, Theatre and Gender

Nothing’s clear-cut at Japan’s Takarazuka Revue, arguably one of the world’s largest all-female musical theatre groups. The women who portray male roles in the Revue’s repertoire must maintain a semblance of “maleness” off-stage as well, the “off” boundaries being far away from the theatre environs.