Theatre for Young Audiences Archives

“The Atlantis Project:” Creator Chris Harris on the Intersection of Culture and Climate Change in His New Audio Series for Young Audiences

Posted by Rhiannon Ling | 30th Aug 2020 | Interview, Norway, Theatre for Young Audiences, Transcultural Collaborations, United Kingdom

It’s no secret that climate change is a universal topic, a subject that has only just begun to...

“The Shopping Dead” Was a Wholly Collaborative Experience

Posted by Aidah Nalubowa | 23rd Aug 2020 | Review, South Africa, Theatre for Young Audiences

Just when theatre audiences were drowsing over YouTube and Facebook live streaming and wishing a...

Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh Int’l Theatre Festival For Youth Launches YouTube, SoundCloud Channels

Posted by Ahram Online | 4th Aug 2020 | Egypt, Festivals, News, Theatre for Young Audiences

The channels aim to archive the festival’s previous sessions and their activities. The Sharm...

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...

Better Access To Stories Can Improve Adolescent Lives In Africa

Posted by Elleke Boehmer, Zimpande Kawanu and Archie Davies | 15th Jul 2020 | Essay, South Africa, Theatre for Young Audiences, Transcultural Collaborations

Across cultures, the self-making powers of storytelling are widely recognized. Steve Biko, the...

Namasagali College: How the School Became Uganda’s Arts Hub

Posted by Ian Kiyingi Muddu | 29th Jun 2020 | News, Theatre for Young Audiences, Uganda

STEM, that Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics curricula obsession at the expense of...

Theatre for Change Presents a Tribute to Safdar Hashmi

Posted by Sravasti Datta - The Hindu.com | 11th Jun 2020 | Adaptation, India, News, Theatre for Young Audiences

The tribute will include readings from his collection of poems Duniya Sabki and a rehearsed...

BLIXT Locally Grown on Community-Driven Theatre During COVID-19

Posted by Rhiannon Ling | 18th May 2020 | Covid-19, Interview, Theatre for Young Audiences, United States of America

BLIXT Locally Grown was born on “a car ride between Scottsbluff and Lincoln,” Becky Boesen...

Samia Jaheen: The Story of All Stories

Posted by Amira El-Noshokaty | 9th Apr 2020 | Egypt, News, Playwriting, Theatre for Young Audiences

Samia Jaheen’s performance was part of the 10th Hakawy International Arts Festival for...

Young Japanese Man Introduces Zeybek Dance in His Hometown

Posted by Anadolu Agency | 27th Mar 2020 | Japan, Theatre and Dance, Theatre for Young Audiences, Turkey

Twenty-five-year-old Japanese Takasaki Taito attended folk dance courses organized by the...

Welcome to the Age of the Latina Nerd: “I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter” at Steppenwolf For Young Adults

Posted by Trevor Boffone | 8th Mar 2020 | Chicago, Playwriting, Review, Theatre for Young Audiences, United States of America

Welcome to the Age of the Latina Nerd! Anywhere you look—on stage, on screen, on the written page,...

Lori Klinger from Rosie’s Theater Kids on Merging Passions and Arts Education

Posted by Holly Rosen Fink | 28th Jan 2020 | Interview, Musical Theatre, New York, Theatre for Young Audiences, United States of America

There are angels in New York City who are teaching the arts to kids, and Lori Klinger is one of...

Hyderabad Children’s Theatre Festival Celebrates 10 Years

Posted by Neeraja Murthy | 7th Dec 2019 | Festivals, India, Review, Theatre for Young Audiences

The 10th edition of the Hyderabad Children’s Theatre Festival starts off with gusto. “I am...

Syria Puppeteer Offers Idlib Children Breathing Space

Posted by Ahram Online | 27th Nov 2019 | News, Puppetry, Syria, Theatre for Young Audiences

Walid Abu Rashed walks past bombed-out buildings in war-torn northwest Syria, carrying a large...

Iasi Theatre Festival for Young Audiences: “153 Seconds,” A Documentary of Contemporary Tragedy

Posted by Aisling Murphy | 28th Oct 2019 | Festivals, Review, Romania, Theatre for Young Audiences

The exposed nerve of a reignited public tragedy hangs in the ether of Teatrul Luceafărul Iaşi. We...

How I Produced My First Ever (Multilingual) School Play

Posted by Ann Poole | 12th Oct 2019 | Theatre for Young Audiences, Transcultural Collaborations, United Kingdom

In 2016, I took part in the Pilot project for the Multilingual Performance Project (MPP). I...

“Re-Storying the Southside”: A Polynesian “Midsummer Night’s Dream”

Posted by David O'Donnell | 7th Oct 2019 | Adaptation, New Zealand, Review, Theatre for Young Audiences, Transcultural Collaborations

Dream The Black Friars Theatre Company, Mangere Arts Centre, Auckland, 18-21 September 2019 Where...

This Fairy-Tale Adaptation is a Multi-Sensory Experience.

Posted by M. Dinesh Varma | 4th Oct 2019 | India, Review, Sweden, Theatre for Young Audiences, Transmedia

Swiss theatre company Trickster-p’s production .h.g. is based on the classic Hansel and Gretel, by...

Ugandan Show Tackles Language and Culture

Posted by Alexander Nderitu | 18th Sep 2019 | Applied Theatre, News, Theatre and Politics, Theatre for Young Audiences, Uganda

It is still not uncommon to hear various parts of the continent being referred to as ‘Anglophone Africa’, ‘Francophone Africa’, ‘Lusophone Africa’, and so on. In fact, there are more French and English speakers in Africa today than there are in France and England respectively!