A Director’s Reflection: “Crimea 5 am” at The Kiln Theatre
Before the war, in what now feels like another lifetime but in reality is just over a year ago, I...
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Theatre and Politics
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 Fall” at Soho Playhouse
On a cold November, New York Friday night, when temperatures approached freezing, the shivering...
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“Zahhak: The Legend of the Serpent King” and Dialogue of Civilizations at American Repertory Theater: An Interview with the Creative Team
Zahhak: The Legend of the Serpent King, will be performed January 12 – 15, 2023, at the Loeb...
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Unjust Laughter: Representations of Equity-Deserving Groups in Contemporary Iraqi Comedy
Introduction The ongoing unsettling shift of my identity from a “white” Iraqi back home (in Iraq)...
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“Father and Father” and the 1600 Still Missing from the Kosovo War
If you don’t know about loss, then you will by the end of this show. Sara (Ilire Vinca) is married...
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“Baghdaddy” at the Royal Court
What is the best way of talking about the Middle East? Should plays take a documentary or verbatim...
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Julia Pascal’s 12:37 at the Finborough Theatre: epic story of Jewish identity from Dublin to Jerusalem
Julia Pascal is a resourceful theatre-maker who is unafraid of being controversial. Her interest...
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“The Jungle And The Sea” Reminds Us War Is Profoundly Local, With The Intimate Negotiation Of Human Relationships
Review: The Jungle and the Sea, directed by Eamon Flack and S. Shakthidharan, Belvoir. After the...
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The Blackest Raisin: “A Raisin in the Sun” at The Public Theatre
Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, as anyone reading this knows, is a cornerstone of...
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James Graham’s “Best of Enemies” at the Noël Coward Theatre
TV is a strange medium, but James Graham is no stranger to its toxic charm. London audiences have...
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“RBG: Of Many, One” Is A Beautifully Crafted, Virtuosically Performed Play About Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Review: RBG: Of Many, One, directed by Priscilla Jackman, Sydney Theatre Company Writing a play...
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Interview with Kosovo Theatremaker and Human Rights Activist Kushtrim Koliqi—“In Kosovo Men are Bulls**t, We are like Criminals…”
“In Kosovo men are bulls**t, we are like criminals…” Kushtrim Koliqi has been a human rights...
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4 Plays that Dramatize the Kidnapping of Children During Wars
Since February 2022, Western and Ukrainian media have reported on the kidnapping and forced...
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Four of Shakespeare’s Plays and How They Speak to the Current Political Situation in Britain
The last few years in politics have gifted the keen observer many allusions to some of...
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“Super High Resolution,” SOHO Theater
Every day there is bad news about the NHS — junior doctors are exhausted, nurses need food banks...
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“The Handke Project,” Kosovo Theatre Showcase
The Handke Project, Kosovo Theatre Showcase, Teatri Oda, 26th October 2022 If The Handke Project...
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Refugees in Berlin (Excerpts From a Sort of Berlin Diary)
Dmitry Troyanovsky is a theatre and opera director living in Boston, MA. Born in Kyiv, Ukraine...
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“Husino’s Miner” at Dodona Theatre, Prishtina, Kosovo
Is this the first memorial disco theatre piece of its kind in modern theatre? Well, it’s a disco...
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Remembering Joan Littlewood (6 October 1914 – 20 September 2002)
Since 2015, a large bronze statue has stood outside the Theatre Royal Stratford East. Raised on a...
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