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52nd Venice Theatre Biennale (15-30 June). Gob Squad’s “Elephants In Rooms” And “Creation (Pictures For Dorian)”

Posted by Margaret Rose | 28th Jul 2024 | Festivals, Italy, Review, Transmedia

This year’s Theatre Biennale (15 to 30 June), entitled, Niger and Albus (Black and White), sees...

Interactive Living and Aesthetic of Participation: A Conversation with Christa Sommerer

Posted by Louise Boisclair | 18th Mar 2020 | Austria, Interview, Theatre and Art, Transmedia

This conversation with Christa Sommerer focuses on some aspects of the gigantic artwork that...

Shadow Theatre: Performance and the Imaginary in Contemporary Egypt

Posted by Nora Amin | 11th Mar 2020 | Egypt, Essay, Puppetry, Theatre and Decolonization

An essay by Nora Amin that traces the presence of shadow theatre within the modern and...

Shadow Theatre: Performance and the Imaginary in Contemporary Egypt

Posted by Nora Amin | 7th Nov 2019 | Egypt, Essay, Puppetry

An essay by Nora Amin that traces the presence of shadow theatre within the modern and...

The Enduring Tale Of “Imam-E-Hind”

Posted by Anuj Kumar | 12th Oct 2019 | India, Playwriting, Review

Ahead of the première of Dastaan-e-Ram, writer Danish Iqbal discusses the joys and challenges of...

Presence Is The Lingua Franca

Posted by Ágnes Bakk | 15th Jul 2019 | Hungary, Interview, Theatre and AI, Transmedia

Chris Salter is an artist and theoretician based in Montreal, Canada. In his artistic work, he...

The Naked Archivist: Tradition In The Work Of Performance Artist Pichet Klunchun

Posted by Rathsaran Sireekan | 19th May 2019 | Belgium, Essay, Theatre and Dance, Theatre and Decolonization

Author: Rathsaran Sireekan Contemporary art’s desire to be “contemporary”, for many practitioners,...

Nassim Soleimanpour and the Manila Envelope Theatre

Posted by Aida Rocci | 18th Oct 2017 | Iran, Playwriting, Review

Seven years ago, a new play challenged the role of the actor, the playwright, the audience, and the capacity of one individual to travel. The play was White Rabbit Red Rabbit, written by the mysterious Nassim Soleimanpour, an Iranian writer who encouraged the audience to email him with impressions about his play.