Duncan Macmillan’s Every Brilliant Thing at @Sohoplace: Moving Mixture Of Joyous Theatricality And Serious Mental Health Themes
Slowly, very slowly, the audience begins to arrive. Taking their seats, shedding jackets,...
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 Overview
With nearly 4000 shows at hundreds of venues in the city, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is a kind...
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Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People at the Duke of York’s Theatre: Thomas Ostermeier’s West End Debut Has Starry Cast And Punk Aesthetics
It’s a sign of the times that German director Thomas Ostermeier’s West End debut is his production...
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Mental Illness And Childhood Trauma On Indian Stage: QTP’s “Every Brilliant Thing”
In a country where mental illness is as big an issue as poverty is but is not talked about and dealt with the same zeal and enthusiasm, Mumbai-based QTP’s latest production Every Brilliant thing, written by British playwrights Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe, and directed by Quasar Thakore-Padamsee, comes as a much needed venture.
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Henrik Ibsen’s “Rosmersholm” At The Duke Of York’s Theatre: Vibrant Classic
Rosmersholm is considered a difficult and rarely performed play. But, judging from this...
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“Lungs” A Piece Of Stripped Down Theatre With A Fully Packed Message
What do you do when you’re rehearsing a show that has no set, no props, no costume changes, and no...
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British New Writing In An Age Of Austerity
Friday, May 7, 2010; Brixton, south London; darkest night. Early dawn touches a Victorian terraced...
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When Real Life Out-Performs The Theatre: “1984” At The Reykjavik City Theatre
“If one is to rule, and to continue ruling, one must be able to dislocate the sense of reality.”...
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How Theatre Is Tackling The Biggest Issue of All: The Future of Our Planet
Oil, Ella Hickson’s new play at the Almeida, begins in a bitingly cold Cornwall in 1889 when a...
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Goodbye To All That: Orwell’s “1984” Is A Boot Stamping On A Human Face No More
The blurb for Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan’s stage adaption of George Orwell’s 1984 for the...
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