Shakespeare and India
The most striking aspect of Shakespeare in India today is that it seems to have at last got over...
Read MorePosted by Poonam Trivedi | 6th Jun 2019 | Adaptation, Essay, India
The most striking aspect of Shakespeare in India today is that it seems to have at last got over...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 16th May 2019 | Adaptation, Japan, News, Transcultural Collaborations
With praise for his Hamlet with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2016 still ringing in his ears —...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 4th May 2019 | Adaptation, Japan, News, Transcultural Collaborations
Tom Stoppard is one of the most influential figures in theater today and one of the most...
Read MorePosted by Zsófi Szerda | 19th Mar 2019 | Interview, Macedonia, Theatre and Politics
Kokan Mladenović’s name is well known both within and outside the theatre: he is the director who...
Read MorePosted by Abhimanyu Acharya and Sheetala Bhat | 2nd Mar 2019 | Canada, Review, Theatre and Disability
Why Not Theatre’s Prince Hamlet, adapted and directed by Ravi Jain, is a performative exploration of the relationship between aesthetics and disability. Prince Hamlet is a gender-bent, bilingual play which uses English and American Sign Language (ASL).
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 12th Feb 2019 | Japan, Musical Theatre, News, Transcultural Collaborations
Whether it’s a regular theatre that gets you going these days—or you’re skipping along more to...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 26th Jan 2019 | Adaptation, Japan, News
In a scoop for Tokyo, Theatre Cocoon in Shibuya Ward is set to mark the new year with the world...
Read MorePosted by Corrie Tan | 20th Nov 2018 | Directing, Essay, Japan
Part of the Asian Theatremakers series I met the late Japanese director Yukio Ninagawa in 2013...
Read MorePosted by Sebastian Samur & Richard Windeyer | 28th Aug 2018 | Acting, Canada, Essay
With backgrounds in performance and sound design, we were interested in investigating how the...
Read MorePosted by Vikram Phukan | 23rd May 2018 | Adaptation, India, Translation
The Bard’s tale on the machinations of Denmark’s royal family remains his most influential plays...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 9th Apr 2018 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
Love may well be the strongest four-letter word, but what is the latest news from the front line...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 26th Mar 2018 | London, Review, United Kingdom
Good programming is an art, and Paul Miller—artistic director at this venue—is clearly on a...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 13th Mar 2018 | Adaptation, London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom
Electra is the protagonist in two Ancient Greek tragedies, one by Sophocles and the other by...
Read MorePosted by Adam Sherwin | 6th Jan 2018 | London, News, United Kingdom
“Come, and take choice of all my library, And so beguile thy sorrow,” Shakespeare wrote. Now...
Read MorePosted by Andrew Eggert | 10th Oct 2017 | Dramaturgy, Theatre and Opera, United States of America
The successful development of new work for the opera stage is a complex and often elusive process....
Read MorePosted by Alice Jones | 9th Aug 2017 | London, Review, United Kingdom
It was only a matter of time before Tom Hiddleston tackled the most famous role in all of theatre....
Read MorePosted by Ali Pour Issa | 26th Apr 2017 | Adaptation, Iran
How do Iranian artists adapt Shakespeare’s drama? The Iranian directors, Mohammad Aghebati and...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 3rd Apr 2017 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom
The rehabilitation of playwright Terence Rattigan has surpassed even the stage when not only are...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 1st Apr 2017 | Japan, Transcultural Collaborations
John Caird is widely known as the co-director with fellow Englishman Trevor Nunn of Les...
Read MorePosted by Mary Mazzilli | 15th Mar 2017 | Adaptation, United Kingdom
Global Shakespeare has been a phenomenon of adaptation, translation, cultural appropriation and...
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