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“Secondhand” at the Örkény István Theater: Soviet Nostalgia

Posted by Judit Csáki | 25th Mar 2019 | Hungary, Review, Theatre and Politics

Every episode of the show called Secondhand is about the ingloriously deceased (?) Soviet Union,...

Revolution Is A Necessary Cause, But Impossible Today: Interview with Director Kokan Mladenović

Posted by Zsófi Szerda | 19th Mar 2019 | Interview, Macedonia, Theatre and Politics

Kokan Mladenović’s name is well known both within and outside the theatre: he is the director who...

Stéphanie Turple’s “Un-Countried”: How Regimes And Mindsets Change

Posted by Alvina Ruprecht | 18th Mar 2019 | Acting, Canada, Review, Theatre and Politics

Un-Countried, written by Stéphanie Turple, and directed by Kevin Orr shows what happens when a...

“Skinnamarink” at Next Door at NYTW

Posted by Jack Wernick | 18th Mar 2019 | Devised Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

Skinnamarink is a deliriously diverting new production by Little Lord, a performance ensemble that...

Ödön von Horváth’s “Tales From Vienna Woods,” Directed by Yana Ross

Posted by Bryce Lease | 17th Mar 2019 | Lithuania, Review, Theatre and Politics

Directed by Yana Ross. Lithuanian State Youth Theatre, Vilnius, Lithuania. March 4, 2019. Tales...

The 10 Craziest Russian Art Performances

Posted by Alexandra Guzeva - Russia Beyond the Headlines | 14th Mar 2019 | Essay, Russia, Russian Theatre - Featured, Theatre and Politics

While acclaimed American performance artist Marina Abramovic was exploring her own body, Russian...

“Eden” at The Hampstead Theatre: Building a Luxury Golf Course

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 10th Mar 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

In the medieval Mappa Mundi, which hangs in Hereford cathedral, the Garden of Eden is pictured at...

“How To Rule The World” Is A Biting And Urgent Satire Of Australian Politics–That Feels All Too Real

Posted by Leigh Boucher | 5th Mar 2019 | Australia, Review, Sydney, Theatre and Politics

How To Rule The World is Indigenous playwright Nakkiah Lui’s critical riposte to the intellectual...

Tears of a Clown: “American Juggalo”

Posted by Abigail Weil | 1st Mar 2019 | Adaptation, Documentary Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

What is a juggalo? Let me think for a second…Oh! He gets butt-naked and then he walks through the...

Brecht In Exile: “Galileo” In Brooklyn

Posted by Jack Wernick | 1st Mar 2019 | Adaptation, Germany, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

New York’s Irondale Project presents a scrupulously faithful production of Brecht’s The Life Of...

Russian Theatre: The Century of Violence

Posted by Pavel Rudnev | 28th Feb 2019 | Essay, Russia, Russian Theatre - Featured, Theatre and Politics

In the year 2017 Russian society passed through the jubilee of the Bolshevik Revolution. It would...

Subtle and Striking, Irondale’s Timely “The Life of Galileo” is Epic Theater

Posted by Michael Appler | 22nd Feb 2019 | New York, Review, Theatre and Politics, Theatre and Science, United States of America

Irondale’s innovative and triumphant “Galileo” is Bertolt Brecht at his most excellent, cradled by an ensemble of dynamic and invested performers and pitched inevitably toward its audience with a playful, conscious eye toward its own didactic mission.