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A Woman and an Immigrant, but Most of All, a Scientist: Musical “Marie Curie” Review

Posted by Hansol Oh | 13th Jan 2021 | Musical Theatre, Review, South Korea, Theatre and Science

Marie Curie, whose image as an unsmiling scientist wearing a high-necked, black dress has been...

21st Century Dreamin’: Theater — a Major Job Sector

Posted by Heather Waters | 28th Nov 2020 | Essay, Theatre and Science

Once the COVID-19 pandemic finally relinquishes its control of the world economy, the impact of...

“Fission”: Entangling Science, Theatre and Mātauranga Māori.

Posted by Hilary Halba and David O’Donnell with David Hutchinson, Rua McCallum and Martyn Roberts | 18th Sep 2020 | Devised Theatre, New Zealand, Theatre and Science, Transcultural Collaborations

In the era of Covid 19, when our theatres have been forced to close throughout Aotearoa/New...

Chennai-Based The Little Theatre Introduces ArtsLab, A New Alternative Learning Initiative

Posted by Gowri S | 27th Jul 2020 | India, News, Theatre and Science, Theatre for Young Audiences

ArtsLab explores the phenomenon of ‘light’ in its first module through theatre, art, music, and...

Simulations With Actors Prepare Nurses For The Demands Of Their Profession

Posted by Dawn Sadoway and Leigh Rivenbark | 26th Jul 2020 | Canada, News, Theatre and Politics, Theatre and Science

Now more than ever, it is essential that post-secondary nursing programs train students to deal...

A Theatre Project Explores Collective Solutions to Saving the Ocean

Posted by Kira Erwin | 2nd May 2020 | News, South Africa, Theatre and Science

The earth’s oceans are under grave threat. Scientists in many fields have pointed to the...

The Crisis Stage

Posted by Lara Staal | 24th Apr 2020 | Essay, Germany, Theatre and Science

In times of crisis, we see just how closely reality and fiction really are. What seemed like a...

A Mid-Pandemic Letter To The City Of Ottawa From A Young Theatre Critic (CC: GCTC’s Daisy)

Posted by Aisling Murphy | 14th Apr 2020 | Canada, Essay, Theatre and Science

It’s been a strange few weeks. Despite the unprecedented scope of this cultural wound, I write to...

Stripping and Getting Personal: Catharsis and Medical Performance

Posted by Alex Mermikides | 31st Jan 2020 | Books, London, Theatre and Science, United Kingdom

This excerpt is taken from the concluding chapter of Performance, Medicine and the Human, a book...

Augmented Reality or Augmented Space?

Posted by Anna Maria Monteverdi | 29th Dec 2019 | Essay, Theatre and Art, Theatre and Science, Transmedia

Architectural mapping, façade projection, 3D projection videomapping, display surfaces,...

David Baddiel’s “God’s Dice” at the Soho Theatre: Mid-Life Crisis as Science Confronts Religion

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 9th Nov 2019 | Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Religion, Theatre and Science, United Kingdom

One of the great cultural divides is that between religion and science. Of course, as novels such...

HERE’s “Looking at You”: Exposure & Revelation

Posted by Abigail Weil | 17th Sep 2019 | Immersive Theatre, Musical Theatre, New York, Participatory Theatre, Review, Theatre and Opera, Theatre and Science, Transmedia, United States of America

My instinct is to describe Looking at You, the new opera from librettist Rob Handel, composer...

“Felix Starro” is Born

Posted by Abigail Weil | 6th Sep 2019 | Adaptation, Musical Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre and Religion, Theatre and Science, United States of America

Felix Starro, a Ma-Yi Theater Company production playing at Theatre Row, is simultaneously...

Jane Goodall’s Immersive Paper Forest Promotes Conservation

Posted by Zolima Citymag | 29th Aug 2019 | Design, Hong Kong, Immersive Theatre, Theatre and Politics, Theatre and Science

A rainforest has risen on the ground level of the Hong Kong Science Museum. Leaves rustle...

Theatres Are Evolving To Reconnect Us To Each Other And The Environment

Posted by Andrew Filmer | 21st Jul 2019 | Design, Essay, Theatre and Science

Theatre is a dynamic art form that combines bodies, light, sound and materials into exciting live...

Confronting Consumerism: How “Under Pressure” Tackles Climate Change

Posted by Vikram Phukan | 10th Jul 2019 | India, Review, Theatre and Science

Their annual pilgrimages to Mumbai have perhaps already introduced theatre aficionados to Visual...

Kenneth Lonergan’s “The Starry Messenger” at Wyndham’s Theatre

Posted by Mert Dilek | 22nd Jun 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Science, United Kingdom

Dramatic representations of ennui often have an important decision to make at the onset of their...

What Theatres Expect From Digitality And What Digitality Expects From Theatres

Posted by Dick van Dijk | 21st Jun 2019 | Germany, News, Theatre and Science, Transmedia

Technology is pervasive in today’s society. Code = culture. Algorithms define our way of life. In...

“Smile” Clown Festival In Naples Directed By Jango Edwards: Between Street Theatre And Clowntherapy

Posted by Armando Rotondi | 28th Apr 2019 | Italy, Theatre and Science, Theatre for Young Audiences

“Smile” Clown Festival is a small and interesting event with a strong potential for...

Theatre Unleashed: Lauren Gunderson’s “Ada and the Engine” – A Must-See in Koreatown

Posted by Christine Deitner | 28th Mar 2019 | Los Angeles, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Science, United States of America

es, it’s possible if not likely the play has simply conjured up all of this complexity of feeling and that nothing ever existed between Ada and Babbage beyond their shared vision. Yes, I know, there have been multiple instances over time where Ada’s contribution to the invention of the first computing machine has been questioned and tested and even dismissed.None of that matters, for the romantic liaison that Gunderson has crafted and Powers has brought to life delivers one of the loveliest and mature romantic moments I’ve seen on stage.