Mariinsky Theatre: From Imperial Legend to Modern Powerhouse
Under Valery Gergiev’s leadership, the Mariinsky has emerged from the post-Soviet crisis to become...
Read MorePosted by Joy Neumeyer | 1st Sep 2014 | Essay, Russia
Under Valery Gergiev’s leadership, the Mariinsky has emerged from the post-Soviet crisis to become...
Read MorePosted by Dara Weinberg | 22nd Aug 2014 | Essay, Festivals, Poland
American writer/director, Dara Weinberg, live-blogs for TheTheatreTimes.com from Teatr...
Read MorePosted by Mark Steven | 31st Jul 2014 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Politics
“I’m a poet. That’s what makes me interesting.” So begins the autobiography of Vladimir...
Read MorePosted by Molly Flynn | 30th Jul 2014 | Belarus, Directing, Interview
Nicolai Khalezin is the director of the Belarus Free Theatre’s newest production Red Forest. He...
Read MorePosted by Robin Ashenden | 25th Jun 2014 | Review, Russian Theatre Abroad, United Kingdom
David Schneider is probably most recognizable as BBC commissioning editor Tony Hayers in I’m Alan...
Read MorePosted by Dmitriy Romendik | 16th Jun 2014 | Essay, Russia, Theatre for Young Audiences
There are over 200 theaters in Moscow. In addition to the traditional drama and music theaters,...
Read MorePosted by Magda Romanska | 16th Jun 2014 | Interview, Theatre and Science, United States of America
Roald Hoffmann was born in 1937 in Złoczów, Poland. Having survived the German Nazi occupation, in...
Read MorePosted by Dmitriy Romendik | 4th Jun 2014 | News, Russia, Theatre and Politics
Director and artist Dmitry Krymov’s production of Opus No.7, about the Holocaust and the...
Read MorePosted by Irina Kruzhilina | 30th May 2014 | Festivals, News, Russia
A theatrical event that recently kicked off in St. Petersburg is to set sail on an unusual voyage....
Read MorePosted by Molly Flynn | 27th May 2014 | Documentary Theatre, Review, Theatre and Politics, Ukraine
Natalya Vorozhbit is Ukraine’s leading playwright and co-author of Maidan: Voices from the...
Read MorePosted by Tina Nandha | 19th May 2014 | News, Playwriting, Theatre and Politics, Ukraine
Before Maidan events faded from people’s memories, playwright Natal’ya Vorozhbit brought the...
Read MorePosted by The Theatre Times | 14th May 2014 | Bulgaria, Interview
What is your first childhood memory of theatre? I have no clear memories of the theatre as a...
Read MorePosted by Iryna Chuzhynova | 20th Apr 2014 | Review, Theatre and Politics, Ukraine
During the several months of protests in Kyiv Maidan a group of young dramatists who call...
Read MorePosted by Harry Ricketts | 12th Feb 2014 | New Zealand, Review
Historically, geographically, culturally – there are many points of comparison between Australia...
Read MorePosted by Tatiana Rubleva | 2nd Nov 2013 | Review, Russia, Theatre and Dance
Anglo-Russian dance sensation marries ice-skating and theater in their production of Nutcracker on...
Read MorePosted by Georgy Manaev | 24th Sep 2013 | Essay, Russia, Theatre and Disability
For people with physical or intellectual disabilities, the art of theatre is the powerful mode of...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 12th Sep 2013 | Japan, Review, Russia, Transcultural Collaborations
“I have rarely seen a great production of any Chekhov play in Japan. Sometimes, I’ve even wanted...
Read MorePosted by Paul Duvernet | 28th Jun 2013 | News, Russia, Theatre and Dance
The Bolshoi Theater’s new season opens Sept. 17. It will include seven new productions...
Read MorePosted by Pauline Tillmann | 6th Jun 2013 | Essay, Russia, Theatre and Opera
The new Mariinsky Theatre is a site of pilgrimage in St. Petersburg. Ballet and opera enthusiasts...
Read MorePosted by Phoebe Taplin | 25th Apr 2013 | Review, Russia, Theatre and Politics
A play in which the privileged are out of touch and the poor are getting poorer is all too apt in...
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