How British Theatre Censorship Laws Have Inadvertently Created a Rich Archive of Black History
In an age of so-called “cancel culture” it’s important to remember that for much of British...
Read MorePosted by Kate Dossett | 1st Feb 2023 | Essay, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
In an age of so-called “cancel culture” it’s important to remember that for much of British...
Read MorePosted by Josephine Burton | 27th Jan 2023 | Essay, London, Theatre and Politics, Ukraine, United Kingdom
Before the war, in what now feels like another lifetime but in reality is just over a year ago, I...
Read MorePosted by Vera Bonder | 15th Jan 2023 | Festivals, Netherlands, Participatory Theatre, Review, Theatre and Dance, Theatre and Politics
On Saturday 19 November 2022, I witnessed the performance Hands Up! by dancer and choreographer...
Read MorePosted by Clare Cioffero | 12th Jan 2023 | Adaptation, New York, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America
On a cold November, New York Friday night, when temperatures approached freezing, the shivering...
Read MorePosted by Heather Waters | 9th Jan 2023 | Boston, Interview, Theatre and Politics, United States of America
Zahhak: The Legend of the Serpent King, will be performed January 12 – 15, 2023, at the Loeb...
Read MorePosted by Amir Al-Azraki | 8th Jan 2023 | Essay, Iraq, Theatre and Politics
Introduction The ongoing unsettling shift of my identity from a “white” Iraqi back home (in Iraq)...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 22nd Dec 2022 | Directing, London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Is British new writing in deep trouble? With the Arts Council defunding venues such as the...
Read MorePosted by Verity Healey | 21st Dec 2022 | Kosovo, Review, Theatre and Politics
If you don’t know about loss, then you will by the end of this show. Sara (Ilire Vinca) is married...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 17th Dec 2022 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
What is the best way of talking about the Middle East? Should plays take a documentary or verbatim...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 10th Dec 2022 | Israel, London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Julia Pascal is a resourceful theatre-maker who is unafraid of being controversial. Her interest...
Read MorePosted by Niro Kandasamy | 9th Dec 2022 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Politics
Review: The Jungle and the Sea, directed by Eamon Flack and S. Shakthidharan, Belvoir. After the...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Kalb | 9th Dec 2022 | New York, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Politics, United States of America
Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, as anyone reading this knows, is a cornerstone of...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 8th Dec 2022 | Documentary Theatre, London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
TV is a strange medium, but James Graham is no stranger to its toxic charm. London audiences have...
Read MorePosted by Penelope Crossley | 7th Dec 2022 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Politics
Review: RBG: Of Many, One, directed by Priscilla Jackman, Sydney Theatre Company Writing a play...
Read MorePosted by Verity Healey | 1st Dec 2022 | Interview, Kosovo, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics
“In Kosovo men are bulls**t, we are like criminals…” Kushtrim Koliqi has been a human rights...
Read MorePosted by Magda Romanska | 23rd Nov 2022 | Adaptation, Essay, Theatre and Politics
Since February 2022, Western and Ukrainian media have reported on the kidnapping and forced...
Read MorePosted by Orlaith Darling | 20th Nov 2022 | Adaptation, Essay, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
The last few years in politics have gifted the keen observer many allusions to some of...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 19th Nov 2022 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Every day there is bad news about the NHS — junior doctors are exhausted, nurses need food banks...
Read MorePosted by Verity Healey | 13th Nov 2022 | Adaptation, Dramaturgy, Kosovo, Review, Theatre and Politics
The Handke Project, Kosovo Theatre Showcase, Teatri Oda, 26th October 2022 If The Handke Project...
Read MorePosted by Dmitry Troyanovsky | 11th Nov 2022 | Essay, Germany, Theatre and Politics, Ukraine
Dmitry Troyanovsky is a theatre and opera director living in Boston, MA. Born in Kyiv, Ukraine...
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