“The Divine Mrs S,” Hampstead Theatre
British theatre’s love of theatre about theatre offers a chance for some moments of meta, but do...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 1st May 2024 | Documentary Theatre, Review, United Kingdom
British theatre’s love of theatre about theatre offers a chance for some moments of meta, but do...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 4th Feb 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 MorePosted by Kitty Brandon-James & Alma Prelec | 5th Aug 2023 | Festivals, Review, Russian Theatre Abroad, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Vanya is alive; Vanya is alive and healthy; Vanya is alive and healthy and totally free. And we...
Read MorePosted by Kate Dossett | 2nd Feb 2023 | News, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
In an age of so-called “cancel culture” it’s important to remember that for much of British...
Read MorePosted by Najwa Kondakji | 5th Mar 2021 | Directing, Interview, Lebanon, Syria
Ossama Halal is a Syrian theater director, choreographer, and actor. He started his artistic...
Read MorePosted by Katarzyna Waligóra | 25th Dec 2019 | Acting, Poland, Puppetry, Review
The play begins with an entrance exam. Clad in suit jackets, a group of women and men sit onstage...
Read MorePosted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 15th Sep 2019 | Adaptation, Interview, Playwriting, South Korea, Theatre and Politics, Translation
To read Part 1 of this interview, click here. TRANSLATION AND ADAPTATION For the Illinois State...
Read MorePosted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 15th Sep 2019 | Adaptation, Interview, Playwriting, South Korea, Theatre and Politics, Translation
Interview and translation by Kee-Yoon Nahm with contributions from Laura Gisondi. Lee Kang-baek is...
Read MorePosted by Alex Trustrum Thomas | 11th Sep 2019 | Documentary Theatre, Interview, Russia, Russian Theatre - Featured, Theatre and Politics
Whatever preconceptions you have about documentary theatre, set them aside when you step inside...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 14th Jun 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Last night, I went, for the first time, to the Barons Court Theatre, which is staging a compact...
Read MorePosted by Farinaz Kavianifar | 23rd May 2019 | Directing, Iran, Review, Theatre and Politics
Read Farinaz Kavianifar’s interview with Rūhollah J’afari. On the evening of August 3, 2018,...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 20th Apr 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Theatre can give a voice to the voiceless — but at what cost? Abhishek Majumdar, who debuted at...
Read MorePosted by Jack Wernick | 1st Mar 2019 | Adaptation, Germany, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America
New York’s Irondale Project presents a scrupulously faithful production of Brecht’s The Life Of...
Read MorePosted by Zolima Citymag | 2nd Feb 2018 | China, Essay, Theatre and Opera
Chinese opera is as expansive and diverse as China itself – and it continues to thrive in the face...
Read MorePosted by Emily Jupp | 27th Nov 2017 | News, Theatre and Art, Theatre and Politics
Taking place 100 years after the Russian Revolution, Art Riot: Post-Soviet Actionism opened at...
Read MorePosted by Edélcio Mostaço | 13th Oct 2017 | Brazil, Theatre and Politics, Uruguay
Uruguayan playwright Sérgio Blanco is well known in Latin America and other countries. He is one...
Read MorePosted by Stephanie Bailey | 18th Sep 2017 | Cuba, Interview, United States of America
In this conversation, Cuban-American interdisciplinary artist and writer Coco Fusco talks about...
Read MorePosted by Marta Keil | 9th Jul 2017 | News, Poland, Theatre and Politics
Let us consider that the evolution of institutional criticism has been conducted in relation to...
Read MorePosted by Sondos Shabayek | 19th Jun 2017 | Egypt, Theatre and Gender
I. So when a man pinches my ass or grabs my boob or another tries to rub his dick against my thigh...
Read MorePosted by Kasia Lech | 10th May 2017 | News, Poland, Theatre and Politics
The Old Theatre in Kraków has just got a new General Director. Surprisingly, or maybe even...
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