Tim Price’s “Nye” at the National Theatre: A Fun Life of the Creator of the National Health Service
For me, this is the most emotional show on the London stage. Why’s that? Because it’s about Nye...
by Aleks Sierz | Mar 14, 2024 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom | 0
For me, this is the most emotional show on the London stage. Why’s that? Because it’s about Nye...
by Mert Dilek | Feb 19, 2024 | London, Review, United Kingdom | 0
by Aleks Sierz | Mar 13, 2023 | London, Norway, Playwriting, Review, Translation, United Kingdom | 0
Bjørg Vik’s The Journey to Venice at the Finborough Theatre: Norwegian memory play is tender if slight
by Bojana Cvejić | May 11, 2022 | Acting, Norway, Review, Theatre and Gender | 0
by Jeune Théâtre Européen Jeunes Publics | Feb 29, 2024 | Essay, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Producing, Serbia, Tunisia | 0
The Jeune Théâtre Européen Jeunes Publics (Young European Theatre for Young Audiences) (JTEJP)...
by Rhiannon Ling and Kasia Lech | Apr 22, 2023 | Dramaturgy, Interview, Netherlands, Theatre for Young Audiences | 0
Paulien Geerlings is the head dramaturg at Amsterdam’s The Toneelmakerij, a theatre company...
by Duška Radosavljević | Sep 16, 2022 | Adaptation, Design, London, Netherlands, Review, United Kingdom | 0
by Duška Radosavljević | May 19, 2022 | Adaptation, Netherlands, Review, United Kingdom | 0
by Antonio Hernández Nieto | Mar 18, 2024 | Germany, Review, Theatre and Opera | 0
There are some myths about the opera that are not true. Firstly, that young people do not like...
by Duška Radosavljević | Aug 8, 2022 | Adaptation, Austria, Dramaturgy, Festivals, Review | 0
Just over a hundred years since its founding (by impresario and theatre director Max Reinhardt),...
by Ágnes Bakk | Apr 22, 2020 | Austria, Interview, Transmedia | 0
by Bryce Lease | Sep 20, 2023 | Review, Sweden | 0
In the Lilla scenen of Uppsala Stadsteater (City Theatre), a haunting echo of the past emerged,...
by Duška Radosavljević | Jun 26, 2023 | Review, Sweden | 0
by Toni Hildebrandt and Zainabu Jallo | Jan 22, 2023 | Adaptation, Review, Switzerland, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Science | 0
Sonne, los jetzt!, Elfriede Jelinek’s new theater piece, is imperative with an unknown addressee....
by Florida Kastrati | May 6, 2022 | Devised Theatre, Kosovo, Review, Switzerland, Theatre and Politics | 0
by Margaret Rose | Mar 1, 2024 | Italy, Review, Theatre and Religion | 0
Writer, actor, and director Ascanio Celestini is one of Italy’s most celebrated theatrical...
by Ariadne Mikou | Feb 14, 2024 | Italy, Review, Theatre and Dance, Theatre and Opera | 0
by Margaret Rose | Dec 1, 2023 | Essay, Italy, Theatre and Age | 0
by Maria Delgado | Feb 27, 2024 | France, Review, Spain, Theatre and Opera | 1
Vincenzo Bellini’s penultimate opera, Beatrice di Tenda, rests between two more frequently...
by S.E. Gontarski | Dec 5, 2023 | Collaborating Across Cultures, Poland, Theatre and Film, Translation | 0
For some of us, the critical process, our practice – that is, what we do – is a continuous and...
by Kasia Lech | Sep 7, 2023 | Essay, Ireland, Management, Poland, Theatre and Politics | 4
by Emiliia Dementsova | Oct 9, 2023 | Festivals, Romania, Theatre Olympics 2023 | 0
The 10th edition of the Madách International Theatre Meeting in Budapest coincided with the Jewish...
by Călin Ciobotari | Feb 17, 2023 | Covid-19, Essay, Festivals, Romania, Transmedia | 0
by Aleks Sierz | Dec 7, 2023 | Playwriting, Review, Russia, Theatre and Age, United Kingdom | 0
The recent news that Russia’s Supreme Court has banned the “international LGBT movement”,...
by Emiliia Dementsova | Oct 17, 2023 | Czech Republic, Festivals, Review, Theatre and Politics, Theatre Olympics 2023 | 0
This is the story of the Big Bang. Not the explosion that gave birth to the universe. But an...
by Verity Healey | Nov 28, 2023 | Interview, Kosovo, Ukraine | 0
Orest Pastukh is a theatre and film actor, director, playwright and educator. He was born in the...
by Verity Healey | Nov 19, 2023 | Kosovo, Review, Theatre and Politics | 0
by Verity Healey | Nov 13, 2023 | Kosovo, Review, Theatre and Politics | 0
The second Novi Sad Theater Festival again provided an exciting seven-day festival repertoire for...
by Erin B. Mee | Jun 16, 2019 | Festivals, Lithuania, Napoli Teatro Festival 2019, Review | 0
A Wounded Soldier pushes pawns across a chess board while a Mother tells Svetlana the story of her...
by Bryce Lease | Mar 17, 2019 | Lithuania, Review, Theatre and Politics | 0
by Ivanka Apostolova Baskar | Dec 21, 2023 | Acting, Interview, Macedonia | 0
Zdravko Stojmirov worked on many theater projects, TV series and short films. He participated in...
by Plamen Radev | Sep 1, 2021 | Between.Pomiędzy 2021, Bulgaria, Festivals, Interview, Poland | 0
The Isle of Youth 2021 was a two-day (PhD) student conference held on 11-12 May 2021 as part of...
by Ina Doublekova | Apr 30, 2021 | Bulgaria, Review, Theatre and Dance | 0
by Jeune Théâtre Européen Jeunes Publics | Feb 29, 2024 | Essay, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Producing, Serbia, Tunisia | 0
The Jeune Théâtre Européen Jeunes Publics (Young European Theatre for Young Audiences) (JTEJP)...
by Emilija Kvočka | Oct 26, 2023 | Festivals, Review, Serbia | 0
by Zip Scene Magazine | Dec 5, 2022 | Interview, Slovakia, Theatre and Science | 0
Boris Vitázek is a new media artist based in Bratislava, but his work can be seen at various international festivals. He gave a workshop on coding in VR at the 4th Zip-Scene Conference and with this occasion we asked him about...
by Iveta Ditte Jurčova and Michal Ditte | Oct 19, 2017 | Dramaturgy, Festivals, Producing, Slovakia | 0
by Milo Juráni | Oct 5, 2017 | Dramaturgy, Festivals, Slovakia | 0
by Emiliia Dementsova | Oct 25, 2023 | Directing, Festivals, Hungary, Review, Theatre Olympics 2023 | 0
One of the most popular dishes in French cuisine is tartare. Diced beef with egg yolk and lots of...
by Emiliia Dementsova | Oct 18, 2023 | Georgia, Review, Theatre Olympics 2023 | 0
The 10th MITEM Theatre Festival continues to showcase the theatre achievements of Hungarian...
by Tom Mustroph | Mar 6, 2022 | Interview, Moldova, Theatre and Politics | 0
Moldovan playwright and director Nicoleta Esinencu is known for her provocative monologue FUCK...
by Antonio Hernández Nieto | Mar 18, 2024 | Germany, Review, Theatre and Opera
There are some myths about the opera that are not true. Firstly, that young people do not like...
Read Moreby Aleks Sierz | Mar 14, 2024 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
For me, this is the most emotional show on the London stage. Why’s that? Because it’s about Nye...
Read Moreby Teodora Medeleanu | Mar 7, 2024 | Review, Transmedia, Ukraine
The performance follows four women in different parts of Ukraine, at various distances from the...
Read Moreby Aleks Sierz | Mar 6, 2024 | Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
It’s election year so the gaze of British theatre turns towards the National Health Service. But,...
Read Moreby Aleks Sierz | Mar 4, 2024 | Germany, London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
We’ve all heard of the metaphorical madwoman in the attic, but what about the symbolic unexploded...
Read Moreby Margaret Rose | Mar 1, 2024 | Italy, Review, Theatre and Religion
Writer, actor, and director Ascanio Celestini is one of Italy’s most celebrated theatrical...
Read Moreby Jeune Théâtre Européen Jeunes Publics | Feb 29, 2024 | Essay, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Producing, Serbia, Tunisia
The Jeune Théâtre Européen Jeunes Publics (Young European Theatre for Young Audiences) (JTEJP)...
Read Moreby Kasia Lech | Feb 28, 2024 | Essay, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Theatre and Politics, Theatre for Young Audiences, Tunisia
The growing levels of migration results in an increasing number of children across Europe growing...
Read Moreby Maria Delgado | Feb 27, 2024 | France, Review, Spain, Theatre and Opera
Vincenzo Bellini’s penultimate opera, Beatrice di Tenda, rests between two more frequently...
Read Moreby Aleks Sierz | Feb 26, 2024 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
It’s a sign of the times that German director Thomas Ostermeier’s West End debut is his production...
Read Moreby Mert Dilek | Feb 19, 2024 | London, Review, United Kingdom
A solo performance in theatre may often trap us inside a single dramatic character, taking us deep...
Read Moreby Maria Delgado | Feb 15, 2024 | Review, Spain
Alberto Conejero’s trajectory as a playwright has been rooted in telling the stories that have...
Read Moreby Aleks Sierz | Feb 14, 2024 | Adaptation, London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom, Uruguay
Nowadays it seems that it’s the fringe and Off-West End venues that are keeping the spirit of...
Read Moreby Ariadne Mikou | Feb 14, 2024 | Italy, Review, Theatre and Dance, Theatre and Opera
For the corps de ballet of an Opera House, the place par excellence for the preservation of the...
Read Moreby Aleks Sierz | Feb 11, 2024 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
In West End theatre, the cliché that nothing succeeds like success keeps the wheels of commerce...
Read Moreby Maria Delgado | Feb 8, 2024 | Review, Spain
Shakespeare’s King Lear has defied composers who refused invitations to render this bleakest...
Read Moreby Maria Delgado | Feb 6, 2024 | Review, Spain
There is a lot to admire in Denise Despeyroux’s newest play produced by the Centro Dramático...
Read Moreby Mert Dilek | Feb 4, 2024 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
“This play is a lie,” boldly declares the poster of Sam Holcroft’s new play A Mirror, now playing...
Read Moreby Aleks Sierz | Jan 31, 2024 | London, Review, United Kingdom
Jane Austen is not just a classic novelist — she’s a cultural institution and a national treasure....
Read Moreby Miriam Haughton and Patricia O’Beirne | Jan 27, 2024 | Design, Essay, Ireland, Producing
Being on the edge is the place where I like to be no matter in what domain it is…and the edge is a...
Read Moreby Ivanka Apostolova Baskar | Jan 26, 2024 | Germany, Interview, Theatre and Art, Theatre and Gender
Christian Tschirner aka Soeren Voima (he/him – author, theater maker, Schauspielhaus...
Read Moreby Antonio Hernández Nieto | Jan 23, 2024 | Playwriting, Review, Spain
Sanchis Sinisterra is a Spanish playwright with a long career and many successes who is in the...
Read Moreby Maria Delgado | Jan 6, 2024 | Review, Spain, Theatre and Opera
I am going to be honest. I didn’t see Verdi’s Rigoletto at the Real. I had wanted and planned to...
Read Moreby Lisa Monde | Jan 2, 2024 | France, Interview, Theatre and Gender, United States of America
Dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the first publication and production of Jean Genet’s unique...
Read Moreby Aleks Sierz | Jan 1, 2024 | Acting, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom
This transfer of Jack Thorne’s hit National Theatre play to the West End has been hailed as...
Read Moreby Maria Delgado | Dec 21, 2023 | Management, Review, Spain, Theatre and Politics
The relationship between theatre and life has been pervaded the work of dramatists from...
Read Moreby Ivanka Apostolova Baskar | Dec 21, 2023 | Acting, Interview, Macedonia
Zdravko Stojmirov worked on many theater projects, TV series and short films. He participated in...
Read Moreby Antonio Hernández Nieto | Dec 20, 2023 | Review, Spain, Theatre and Gender
There is nothing like going to a world premiere. Being one of the first to see something brand...
Read Moreby Mert Dilek | Dec 20, 2023 | London, Review, United Kingdom
How to render Macbeth anew—and how to do it well? It’s a question that has undoubtedly preoccupied...
Read Moreby David Livingstone | Dec 19, 2023 | Essay, Festivals, Ukraine
Readers may or may not be aware that the first edition of the Ukraine Fringe festival, sub-titled...
Read Moreby María Bastianes and Duncan Wheeler | Dec 18, 2023 | Playwriting, Review, Spain
Francisco Nieva (1924-2016) ranks amongst the most respected Spanish playwrights of the second...
Read Moreby Emilija Kvočka | Dec 18, 2023 | Festivals, Review, Serbia
The international, regional festival of contemporary theatre Desiré, which takes place in Subotica...
Read Moreby Mert Dilek | Dec 17, 2023 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
An American actor, an English director, and a Northern Irish playwright walk into a house in...
Read Moreby Zip Scene Magazine | Dec 9, 2023 | Bosnia, Immersive Theatre, Interview
Interview with Selma Rizvic, the founder of the Sarajevo Group Laboratory and the digital cultural...
Read Moreby Aleks Sierz | Dec 7, 2023 | Playwriting, Review, Russia, Theatre and Age, United Kingdom
The recent news that Russia’s Supreme Court has banned the “international LGBT movement”,...
Read Moreby S.E. Gontarski | Dec 5, 2023 | Collaborating Across Cultures, Poland, Theatre and Film, Translation
For some of us, the critical process, our practice – that is, what we do – is a continuous and...
Read Moreby Margaret Rose | Dec 1, 2023 | Essay, Italy, Theatre and Age
Since 2015 my theatre studies colleague, Cristina Cavecchi, and I have been leading Shakespeare...
Read Moreby Martin Blaszk | Nov 29, 2023 | Brazil, Poland, Review
Waiting for Lucky and Quê Onde [1] were presented on the evening of Friday May 19, 2023 in Teatr...
Read Moreby Verity Healey | Nov 28, 2023 | Interview, Kosovo, Ukraine
Orest Pastukh is a theatre and film actor, director, playwright and educator. He was born in the...
Read Moreby Aleks Sierz | Nov 25, 2023 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom, Worldwide
Journalism is a despised profession. And when you consider the story behind the interview that...
Read Moreby Verity Healey | Nov 19, 2023 | Kosovo, Review, Theatre and Politics
A persistent theme in this year’s Kosovo Theatre Showcase has been remembrance. A takeaway from...
Read Moreby Verity Healey | Nov 13, 2023 | Kosovo, Review, Theatre and Politics
The Shadow Garden, part of this year’s Kosovo Theatre Showcase, seems an almost impossible task to...
Read Moreby Victoria Chen | Nov 10, 2023 | Review, United Kingdom
One of the first questions anyone would ask after looking at a poster of Jonathan Maitland’s...
Read Moreby Lisa Monde | Nov 9, 2023 | Interview, Musical Theatre, United Kingdom, United States of America
The musical Wicked premiered on Broadway twenty years ago and quickly earned the title of the very...
Read Moreby Verity Healey | Nov 8, 2023 | Kosovo, Review, Theatre and Politics
There are wars, and then there are post wars, the kind of which take place around the negotiating...
Read Moreby Verity Healey | Nov 6, 2023 | Dramaturgy, Kosovo, Review
Some years ago, I discussed my love of buckwheat with the co-artistic director of Belarus Free...
Read Moreby Aleks Sierz | Nov 5, 2023 | London, Review, United Kingdom
We’ve all heard of the male gaze, but what about its subversion? Overturning masculine dominance...
Read Moreby Verity Healey | Nov 2, 2023 | Kosovo, Review, Theatre and Politics
Everywhere’s a stage, but not all stages are equal. Some stages are empty of story and empathy,...
Read Moreby Maria Delgado | Oct 30, 2023 | Review, Spain
It is not an easy prospect to adapt into opera one of the most acclaimed social realist novels of...
Read Moreby Maria Delgado | Oct 28, 2023 | Review, Spain
There is something beguiling, provocative and timely in Andrés Lima’s staging of Antonio San...
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