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 | 2nd Feb 2023 | News, 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 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 Aleks Sierz | 23rd Jan 2023 | Adaptation, Nigeria, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Earlier in the week, I enjoyed a rainy afternoon at home by watching Inua Ellis’s 2019 adaptation...
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 audience waiting to experience Albert Camus’ The Fall at the Soho Playhouse checked in at the box office on the upper floor, then...
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...
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