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ProEnglish Theatre in Kyiv: It’s Important that Art Doesn’t Stop during War

Posted by Borisav Matić | 19th Mar 2022 | Interview, Theatre and Politics, Translation, Ukraine

On the first day of the Russian invasion, the ProEnglish Theatre in Kyiv, the only...

“Bopha!” Arrests Audiences More Than Two Decades Later!

Posted by Tonderai Chiyindiko | 6th Jul 2021 | Acting, Review, South Africa

Percy Mtwa, the legendary playwright and director of multiple award-winning theatre productions,...

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...

“Hoot” – Featuring the Inimitable and Versatile Matthew Ribnick is a Rib-Cracking Comedic Masterpiece!

Posted by Tonderai Chiyindiko | 8th Feb 2020 | Acting, Africa, Review, South Africa

Matthew Ribnick is not your average actor and his performance in the highly acclaimed Hoot is...

Transcending Michael Chekhov From the Classroom to the Stage

Posted by Timothy Allen | 17th May 2019 | Acting, Essay, New York, United States of America

Of the many precepts in developing a work for the stage, commonly method acting can be of the...

“All My Sons” at The Old Vic: Tragedy at The Heart of the American Dream

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 9th May 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom, United States of America

Superstar Sally Field has come to town. With two academy awards and countless other accolades, the...

“A German Life” at The Bridge Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 25th Apr 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom

Maggie Smith is not only a national treasure but every casting director’s go-to “old bat” (her...

“Alys, Always” at The Bridge Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 26th Mar 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom

Okay, so this is the play that will be remembered for the character names that have unusual...

In “Kwongkan,” Indian And Australian Performers Convey An Urgent Climate Change Message

Posted by Vivienne Glance | 6th Mar 2019 | Australia, Festivals, Review, Transcultural Collaborations

Review: Kwongkan, Perth Festival 2019 “Kwongkan” means sand in the language of the Nyoongar...

Post-Apocalyptic Ambiguity Of The Inner Light: A Conversation With The Creators Of “When Angels Fall”

Posted by Irina Yakubovskaya | 10th Feb 2019 | Boston, France, Interview, Theatre and Dance, United States of America

ArtsEmerson is honored to host the New England premiere of When Angels Fall, a riveting tale of...

“Chasing Champions: The Sam Langford Story” by Nova Scotia Playwright Jacob Sampson

Posted by Ryan Pepper | 10th Dec 2018 | Canada, Review, Theatre and Politics

Chasing Champions: The Sam Langford Story by Nova Scotia playwright Jacob Sampson (who also stars)...

Kenya International Theatre Festival, 2018 Edition

Posted by Alexander Nderitu | 26th Oct 2018 | Kenya, News

The Kenya International Theatre Festival (KITF) is back. The 2018 Edition will run November...

Pablo Remón’s “Barbados Etcétera” – Minimalist Theatre of Words and Presence

Posted by Mara Valderrama | 24th Nov 2017 | Review, Spain

The Ambigú is a tiny space in the Pavón Kamikaze theatre in Madrid; a large hallway bar that often...

Nine Pieces of Advice for Martial Artists Beginning Stage Combat Training

Posted by Meron Langsner | 26th Jan 2017 | Stage Combat

Surprisingly, in the early stages of studying stage combat, a martial arts background is often an...

“A Doll’s House”: Actors in Reality Theatre

Posted by Aida Rocci | 4th Jan 2017 | Denmark, Immersive Theatre, London, Review, United Kingdom

A lonely corner at night in the London neighborhood of Hackney. A group of strangers meet,...

“In The Whites”: Personal Responsibility and Whitewashing In Theatre

Posted by Sallie Bieterman | 9th Dec 2016 | Millennial Perspectives

Being a white actor means actively challenging and refusing to participate in the whitewashed casting of shows that exists at all levels of theatre, show business, and media.

An Actor’s Future-Not Even Television Will Save Them

Posted by Manuel de Loren | 4th Sep 2016 | Acting, Essay

In Spain, as everywhere, working in your trade—and not any other area—is not easy for everyone. Only forty-six actors and actresses out of a hundred could find work between 2014 and 2016. And almost a third of the acting professionals live under the poverty threshold and almost two thirds move between meager and just decent earnings.