A Beloved Chinese Classic Gets a Weightless Adaptation
Kunqu opera has made a commercial comeback over the past two decades, but a recent adaptation of...
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How Indonesian Young Creative Workers in Yogyakarta Stay Productive Amid the Pandemic
Danastri Rizqi Nabilah, a filmmaker from Yogyakarta – a city in Indonesia known for its education...
“The Arabian Nights” in Taiwan: Deserted in the Oriental Dream
Originally a collection of West Asian folktales, The Arabian Nights may be the series of...
Cambodia is an Inspiration for the Healing Power of Art After a Crisis
Even though history has seen different disasters and humanitarian crises, one fact remains: we try...
Asian Adaptations of Shakespeare Today
During the AAPI (Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders) heritage month, let us explore the...
Avignon: Symphonies of Pain Part 4 – Caroline Guiela Nguyen’s “Saigon”
In Saigon, Caroline Guiela Nguyen has created a four-hour theatrical tale based on the history of...
Reflections On Teaching Israel/Palestine in The Theatre Studies Classroom
What is the task of a humanities education? The following incident, which recently took place in...
“note to a friend” at PROTOTYPE 2023 Festival
note to a friend, composed by Pulitzer prize-winning composer David Lang, is a chamber opera...
Sensing Others through Dancing Bodies as Data: Review of Sense Datum by UBIN DANCE
In this day and age, the word data evokes preconceived images of algorithms, artificial...
Digital Play Dissecting Consumerism Culture, A Review of “Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran”
The play Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran, authentically narrates the story of a...
The Independent Theatres of Yerevan and the Search for New Theatrical Forms
The development of independent theatres in Yerevan has become an important topic for discussion as...
Julia Pascal’s 12:37 at the Finborough Theatre: epic story of Jewish identity from Dublin to Jerusalem
Julia Pascal is a resourceful theatre-maker who is unafraid of being controversial. Her interest...
Interview with Ayham Majid Agha: On Shifting From Interactive Theater at Home into Creating a New Performing Form in Exile
Ayham Majid Agha is a Syrian actor, dramaturge, and director. After studying theater arts at...
Unjust Laughter: Representations of Equity-Deserving Groups in Contemporary Iraqi Comedy
Introduction The ongoing unsettling shift of my identity from a “white” Iraqi back home (in Iraq)...
Karna is Not Black or White but a Mortal: Interview with Bangladeshi director Jayita Mahahlanobish
Showing Kunti’s first born in a different light, young Bangladeshi director Jayita Mahahlanobish...
Egypt Joins Jordan’s Open-Space Theatre Festival
Egypt is represented by one play and a jury member at the second edition of Jordan’s...
Saudi Universities to Open Art, Theatre, Film Departments for First Time in History
Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Culture, Badr bin Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Farhan Al Saud,...
Impact of COVID-19 on Creative Industries Among Core Topics of Culture Summit Abu Dhabi
Held under the theme “The Cultural Economy and the Economy of Culture” the Culture...
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Sensing Others through Dancing Bodies as Data: Review of Sense Datum by UBIN DANCE
In this day and age, the word data evokes preconceived images of algorithms, artificial...
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What is the task of a humanities education? The following incident, which recently took place in...
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Tanika Gupta’s “The Empress” at the Lyric Hammersmith: Epic RSC History Play Tackles Race and Empire
Anniversaries are great moments for reassessment. Ten years ago, the Royal Shakespeare Company...
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Assam’s First Female Freedom Fighter, Shot a Century Ago, Rediscovered Onstage
Mangri Orang, a tea plantation worker, was gunned down by British security personnel in 1921 for...
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Anupama Chandrasekhar’s “The Father And The Assassin” At The National Theatre: Vastly Compelling And Darkly Comic History Play About Indian Independence
Nobodies who kill somebodies: let’s make a list. Okay, there’s Lee Harvey Oswald (JFK), James Earl...
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How Urdu Theater Is Reaching Out to New Audiences
The Hoshruba Repertory Theatre Festival, which begins on September 12 at Prithvi Theatre in...
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“Writing Using:” Framing the Body’s Process of Liberation Through Contemporary Dance
Writing Using is the most recent work by Ahn Aesoon, one of the most renowned contemporary dancers...
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Edinburgh International Festival 2023: “Trojan Women” By The National Theatre Of Korea
There are multiple ways to admire this production of a Greek classic, directed by Singaporean Ong...
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Eugene Ma Wants to Shake Up Hong Kong Theater
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Kunqu opera has made a commercial comeback over the past two decades, but a recent adaptation of...
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On China’s Broadway, IP Is King — For Now
The pandemic was unusually kind to China’s musical theater scene, but an obsession with...
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A Hindu Epic Takes the Stage in Hong Kong
If Hong Kong was the setting for a hero’s journey — the storytelling arc of trials and temptations...
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“KPOP” On Broadway: A Multisensory Feast of HEUNG
KPOP is a new musical, with a book by Jason Kim and music by Helen Park and Max Vernon. It...
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“Rangchor:” Story Of A Visually Impaired Girl Who Makes A Demon Like Colors
Gillo Repertory Theatre presented the play, Rangchor, Ek Rakshas Ki Anokhi Kahani (The Colour...
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Play on Poet Sylvia Plath Trains the Spotlight on Clinical Depression
Sylvia, a play scripted and directed by Athira Nikathil, is an intimate portrayal of the life of...
Read More“The Arabian Nights” in Taiwan: Deserted in the Oriental Dream
Originally a collection of West Asian folktales, The Arabian Nights may be the series of...
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The Sphinx’s Riddle Remains Unsolved. Scattering Chinese Art with “The First-Ever Metaverse Theatre Festival”
Even though for the last decade there have been numerous attempts to unleash Chinese theatre’s...
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Exploring Palestinian Allyship in “Decolonizing Sarah”
Hummus is not appropriated hipster dip, it’s Palestinian food. So argues Wally, a...
Read More“note to a friend” at PROTOTYPE 2023 Festival
note to a friend, composed by Pulitzer prize-winning composer David Lang, is a chamber opera...
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Three-Day Women’s Theatre Festival in Thiruvananthapuram, Begun on December 23, Showcased 14 Plays by Women Directors
A day in the museum turns out to be an unforgettable journey across time and regions for six...
Read MoreUnjust Laughter: Representations of Equity-Deserving Groups in Contemporary Iraqi Comedy
Introduction The ongoing unsettling shift of my identity from a “white” Iraqi back home (in Iraq)...
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Black Theatre in Asia—Spotlight Query
It began as a direct message conversation between two black creatives: Ghanniy Oyedele from...
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“Once Upon A (Korean) Time:” Review
The simplicity of the set was enriched with exquisite lighting design, by Oliver Wason, depicting the starry heavens above, exploding bombs, flocks of butterflies, even projections of characters.
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Celebrity Culture Under the Spotlight at Para Site
Para Site, one of Hong Kong’s leading contemporary art spaces, is famous for its sprawling,...
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Kathadi Ramamurthy’s Tamil Play “Jugalbandhi” Blends Humor with a Social Message
Two well-known theater groups, JB Creations and Stage Creations, collaborate for the first time to...
Read MoreJulia Pascal’s 12:37 at the Finborough Theatre: epic story of Jewish identity from Dublin to Jerusalem
Julia Pascal is a resourceful theatre-maker who is unafraid of being controversial. Her interest...
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Tamil Theatre’s New Voice: Chennai Audiences Cheer for Fresh Ideas and New Faces
Tamil contemporary theatre in the city sees a promising resurgence as new faces debut on stage...
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Current Plans: Hong Kong’s Collaborative Art Space
It was well past midnight on October 2, 2021. Current Plans—at the time known as Present...
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“Desdemona Roopakam” to be Staged
The play seeks to draw parallels between Desdemona from Othello and select women from Indian epics...
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“The Interrupted Dream” by Hong Kong’s Zuni Icosahedron in Wrocław, Poland
Tang Xianzu’s sixteenth-century classic, Peony Pavilion (1598), is a play about boundaries and...
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Aaron Kilercioglu and Bilal Hasna’s “For A Palestinian” at Camden People’s Theatre: Emotionally Intense Exploration of Identity
Identity is the sum of the stories we tell ourselves. Some of these are personal, and some...
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Daily Life under State Violence: Interview with South Korean Playwright Yun Mi Hyun, Part 2
To read Part 1 of this interview, click here. Nahm: Let’s talk now about Texas Aunt. I said...
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Daily Life under State Violence: Interview with South Korean Playwright Yun Mi Hyun, Part 1
Yun Mi Hyun is a playwright based in South Korea. After writing fiction and poetry in her early...
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Learning From Scratch: Istanbul Theatre Through a Canadian-Armenian Lens. Interview with Art Babayants.
Dr. Art Babayants is a multilingual artist-scholar who lives and works in what is now called...
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“Chasing Hares” at the Young Vic
While Britain is experiencing a “summer of discontent”, with inflation, strikes and other...
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Parastoo Theatre: Art, Refuge, Action
The pioneering theatre company, founded and run by Afghan theatre maker and refugee, Saleh Sepas,...
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Leveling Effects: Matthew Spangler’s Adaptation of “The Kite Runner”
Khaled Hosseini’s 2003 novel The Kite Runner is a vividly descriptive and often gripping tale of...
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“Murat IV” Opera to tell Ottoman Sultan’s Story in Istanbul
Turkish opera’s great master, composer, and conductor Okan Demiriş’s ‘Murat...
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Girish Karnad Speaks to Arshia Sattar and Anmol Tickoo just a Few Days Before His Death
Karnad spoke about his life as a writer and cultural administrator, his accidental foray into...
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Chennai’s The Little Theatre is Back on Stage with a Theatre Festival for Young Audiences
The Little Theatre is set to unleash two years of pent-up creativity in its returning edition of...
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Int’l Istanbul Opera Festival to Start in July with Captivating Shows
The festival will commence with the “7 Tenor” concert on July 16 and close with a...
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The Troubled State of Performing Arts in Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s branding campaign as “Asia’s World City” sings the praises of its liveability,...
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Welcome to the Slug Parade: Representation of Asexuality and Autism in “The Slug Show”
As London celebratess the 50th anniversary of the Pride Parade on July 2, I’m reminded of the only...
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Mukha Mugam Returns to the Stage with “The View From Above,” A Macbeth-Inspired Political Satire
For most of the last two years, Bengaluru-based actor and playwright Spatica Ramanujam was feeling...
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Chennai Theatre Veteran PC Ramakrishna Turns Author with “Find Your Voice”
Theatre veteran PC Ramakrishna turns author with Find Your Voice, a guide on how to navigate a...
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With the Hope to Make Telugu Theater a Sustainable Career Option
Production-oriented workshops culminate in ticketed Telugu plays in Hyderabad. A manager by day...
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When City Streets Record Fading Performance Traditions
Attired in a crisp white dhoti with a red zari border, bleached white shirt and angavastram, one...
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“Sky of Darkness” Comes to NYC: A Chinese Reimagination of “Heart of Darkness” in Our Neocolonial World
Sky of Darkness is enjoying its US premiere June 2-12 at Theaterlab in Midtown Manhattan. The...
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“Legend of The Waitress & The Robber” – A Korean American Cross Cultural Collaboration Makes it to New York City
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