“Dear Shameless Death – Dirmit” by Tiyatro Hemhâl: A Gift of Resistance
Based on a well-loved Turkish novel by Latife Tekin, Dear Shameless Death – Dirmit by Tiyatro...
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Tag: coming of age
“I Killed My Mother/It Wasn’t My Fault.” Which Way Does One Get to Come-of-Age?
The question of universality faces entire series of utterly new answers, but not all of them find...
Read More“Golden Calabash:” A Peep at Modern Politics
John Ssegawa’s Golden Calabash, Ekimala Ebita Embuga opened at the National Theatre in Kampala running during the Christmas season from 23rd to 26th December 2023. The theatre spent 2023 trying to find solutions to its...
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Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini’s “Sleepova” at the Bush Theatre: Rather Predictable, but Fun Show about Coming of Age
Is anyone still nostalgic about their teen years? The coming-of-age drama is a staple of...
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Growing Up and Getting Through in Jill Sobule’s “F*ck7thGrade”
F*ck7thGrade is messy, it’s awkward, it’s unrelentingly earnest, and it’s utterly delightful....
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“Anything & Everything” Gives Us a Glance Into the Lives Teenagers are Constructing Online
Review: Anything & Everything, Platform Arts, infinity ensemble for Rising. Anything &...
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Coming-of-age in 2019: “Spring Awakening” at TUTS
Teenagers dealing with sex, suicide, abusive parents, and queer love might not seem like typical...
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“Three Sisters” at The Almeida Theatre
About a year ago, director Rebecca Frecknall electrified this venue with an award-winning revival...
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“Alys, Always” at The Bridge Theatre
Okay, so this is the play that will be remembered for the character names that have unusual...
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Tatty Hennessy’s “A Hundred Words For Snow” At The Trafalgar Studios
Fifteen-year-old Rory, a schoolgirl on the adventure of a lifetime, is puzzled. “Why,” she asks,...
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2018 Was The Year In Japan That Saw The Stage Sing, While Contemporary Drama Barely Made A Squeak
Musicals have flourished in 2018, with many young stars also helping to sell out straight plays in...
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“Abi” at The Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch
A couple of nights ago, I went, for the first time, to the Queen’s Theatre in Hornchurch, which is...
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“Silk Road (How To Buy Drugs Online”) at The Trafalgar Studios
The Dark Web has an intriguing sound about it. Like something out of JRR Tolkien or JK Rowling, it...
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Natasha Marshall’s “Half Breed” at The Soho Theatre
In the 2000s one of the many glories of new writing for British stages was the linguistically...
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“My Mum’s A Twat” at The Royal Court
What a brilliant title! Yes, this one must be up there with the likes of Jim Cartwright’s I Licked...
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“Jane Eyre” at the National Theatre
Jane Eyre is one of those mythical stories that make their home in your imagination. Where they...
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SummerWorks Round-Up: Cassandra Silver Reviews 6 Shows Closing in Toronto
Review: White Man’s Indian presents a new take on the coming-of-age narrative. Darla Contois’...
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