“Garry” at The White Bear Theatre
In the programme notes, director Graham Watts states, “there are hundreds of astonishing plays...
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Samuel Adamson’s “Wife” at The Kiln Theatre
In one lifetime, the many loves that once dared not speak their names have become part of everyday...
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“As You Like It”at The Oregon Shakespeare Festival
To take the title of dramaturg Amrita Ramanan’s program note, As You Like It is “a comedy that...
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Criticizing Patriarchy and the Status Quo in Iraq: A One-Woman Show
On May 2nd, 2019, at The Institute of Fine Arts in Basra, Banin Abbas, an Iraqi actor, and...
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“There Is More Future Than Past” And “A Room of One’s Own”: Documentary Play About Latin American Women Artists
In the early twentieth century, Virginia Woolf published the essay Room of One’s Own, based...
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What Schreck’s Endings Mean To Me
Lately, whenever people ask for advice on what theater to see in New York, the show I’ve mentioned...
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“The Half God Of Rainfall” at The Kiln Theatre: A Galaxy-Hopping Mythological Mash-up
If British theatre often seems to lack ambition, the same cannot be said of The Half God Of...
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Tribute to Author Celebrates the Life of The Imagination: “I Am Not Margaret Mahy”
I am not Margaret Mahy by Jane Waddell, based on Notes of a Bag Lady by Margaret Mahy, BATS...
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New Play Examines Shakespeare’s Gender Politics: Sarah Delahunty’s “This Long Winter”
Despite being dead for 400 years and having lived and worked on the far side of Planet Earth,...
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“Top Girls” at The National Theatre
Caryl Churchill is a phenomenal artist. Not only has she written a huge body of work, but each...
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“Pah-La” at The Royal Court
Theatre can give a voice to the voiceless — but at what cost? Abhishek Majumdar, who debuted at...
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Martin Askew’s “There Is A Field” at The Theatre 503: Modern Conversion Play
The events of 9/11 were a global wake-up call — and that includes theatre. In the wake of the War...
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“Superhoe” at The Royal Court: Nicôle Lecky’s One-Woman Debut
Titles matter: they send out messages. So, in the current #MeToo climate, isn’t it a bit...
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“Hercules” At Abrons Arts Center
The historic Abrons Arts Center on New York’s Lower East Side is the setting of a dynamic...
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Mark Ravenhill’s “The Cane” at The Royal Court
Playwright Mark Ravenhill, who shot to fame in 1996 with his in-yer-face shocker Shopping And...
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In The Post-Truth Era, Documentary Theatre Searches For Common Ground
With the onslaught of “alternative facts” or “fake news,” it can feel as though the ground has...
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Ellie Kendrick’s “Hole” at The Royal Court
Actor Ellie Kendrick is a familiar face on television, but it’s as a writer that she reveals the...
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“Magic Mike Live,” London Hippodrome, Review: “A Frenzy Of Hallucinogenic Mansplaining, Fatman Scoop, And Abs”
As the speakers blasted out Ed Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud and topless men crept out of the...
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“The Hoes” at The Hampstead Theatre
Because of the #MeToo movement, and the revival of feminist protest, the theme of sisterhood now...
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It’s Ella Hickson’s Moment (Of Honesty)
How her truth split critics and why she doesn’t really care Ella Hickson stopped worrying...
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