“Fires” This Time
Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven Connecticut stages a revival of Anna Deavere Smith’s Fires in the...
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Theatre and Politics
“Samson” Wins International Award
Samson, the South African theatrical work produced by Third World Bunfight, is one of six winners...
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Artist Entrance: Kelly Copper
Every month, Etcetera gazes into the soul of a performing artist. We choose artistic interest over...
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“Blood Knot,” A 60-Year-Old Message
Blood Knot, by legendary South African playwright Athol Fugard, which ran at the Market Theatre in...
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“Trouble In Mind,” National Theatre
The National Theatre has a good record in staging classic American drama by black playwrights....
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“The Red on the Rainbow,” A Brave and Important Play
In 2017, Coligny, a small dorpie in Bokone Bophirima (North West Province), was thrown into the...
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“Best of Enemies,” Young Vic
At the end of the 1960s, American soul poet Gil Scott-Heron said that the revolution will not be...
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“As Soon As Impossible”: An Arab-American Comedy of Errors
Where and when: Harry J. Elam, Jr. Theater at Stanford University from November 11, 12, 13, 18,...
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What is Theatre of the Oppressed? Artiste and Activist Sanjoy Ganguly Explains
Sanjoy Ganguly, pioneer of Theatre of the Oppressed in the country, was recently in Chennai for a...
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About “Milk and Gall”
A couple of days ago, I watched a live stream of Milk and Gall, an American-based playwright and...
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“Old Bridge”, Bush Theatre
Is the Bosnian conflict of 1992–95 the war that Europe forgot? Maybe, although most fans of new...
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“Trouble in Mind”, National Theatre
The National Theatre has a good record in staging classic American drama by black playwrights....
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“Rare Earth Mettle,” Royal Court
Why are we indifferent to anti-Semitism? In the past few weeks the Royal Court, a proud citadel of...
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“By Heart”: Can One Poem Save the World?
“I have an aversion to ‘immersive theater,’” Tiago Rodrigues says at the beginning of By Heart. He...
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“Lockup/Lockdown” with PDU: Review
I’ve totally enjoyed the many faces of Pieter-Dirk Uys over the years – from his most famous...
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Making History on the Madrid Stage
As theatres reopened after the summer recess, the plays on offer in the Spanish capital were...
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“Snapped”: An Ode to Unresolved Grief
I don’t know how to write this. I am on the verge of tears again, the morning after...
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Fake News and Propaganda Machines: New Theatre Production Pulls “Animal Farm” into the Now
In 1937, George Orwell witnessed a boy whipping a horse. This was a catalyst for his novel Animal...
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Friday Essay: A World of Pain – Australian Theatre in Crisis
Australia’s performing arts sector has long been recognized as an ecosystem. It is a community of...
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From Pygmies to Puppets: What to Do with Roald Dahl’s Enslaved Oompa-Loompas in Modern Adaptations?
The stage adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has opened in Brisbane. Charlie, like...
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