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Miss Julie: Amy Ng Brings A “Problem Play” To Hong Kong

Posted by Molly Grogan Zolima CityMag | 17th Jul 2024 | Hong Kong, Review, Theatre and Politics

Amy Ng has a problem. The Hong Kong-raised, London-based playwright is holed up in a Causeway Bay...

Between The REMBELIO OF POPOLARI (“Omilies”, Carnevals, Anonymous Poets) And No Stable Funding

Posted by Ivanka Apostolova Baskar | 4th Apr 2024 | Greece, Interview, Management

An Interview with Kostas Kapodistrias – Theatre actor and director, theatre manager/founder of...

Is There a Right Way to Make Chinese Opera?

Posted by Guo Chenzi | 16th Dec 2023 | China, Essay

With countless adaptations, The Peony Pavilion is China’s answer to Swan Lake. But recent attempts...

Stephen Brown And Mark Rylance’s “Dr Semmelweis” At The Harold Pinter Theatre

Posted by Mert Dilek | 25th Jul 2023 | Review, Theatre and Science, United Kingdom

Today’s obvious was most likely yesterday’s incredible. This is the conceit at the heart of Dr...

More Than 2,000 People from Wittenoom Died of Asbestos-Related Diseases. A Powerful and Compelling Requiem Brings Their Story to the Stage

Posted by Kate Hunter | 17th Feb 2023 | Australia, Melbourne, Review, Theatre and Science

Deep in the remote Pilbara region of Western Australia, the town of Wittenoom lies empty,...

How I Reunited the Most Important Documents in English Theater History for the First Time in 200 Years

Posted by Grace J. Ioppolo | 27th Nov 2022 | Books, Education, Essay, United Kingdom

Most of what we know about the beginnings of English professional theater as a financial...

An “Extraordinary Collaboration” — “Watershed: The Death of Dr. Duncan” is a Sensational and Important Work

Posted by William Peterson | 5th Apr 2022 | Australia, LGBTQ+ Theatre, Musical Theatre, Review

Review: Watershed: The Death of Dr. Duncan, directed by Neil Armfield for the Adelaide Festival....

The History of Golconda on Stage

Posted by Sangeetha Devi Dundoo | 8th Nov 2021 | India, News

Hyderabad’s Nishumbita group to stage Golakonda, which merges puppetry, Kuchipudi and theatre This...

Between Pride and Pain: National Day of Theatre Brings Many Memories to Egypt’s Artistic Community

Posted by Ati Metwaly | 9th Sep 2020 | Devised Theatre, Egypt

Centenary celebrations of the National Theatre, marked with sad events such as the fires that...

“Too Early for Birds” Returns to the Stage with Music Edition

Posted by Alexander Nderitu | 26th Mar 2020 | Kenya, Musical Theatre, Uganda

Too Early For Birds, the popular Kenyan collective that stages historical stories, has announced...

“United Queendom”: When Immersive Theatre Meets Historical Reenactment Tour

Posted by Aida Rocci | 5th Mar 2020 | Immersive Theatre, London, Review, United States of America

United Queendom shines with potential. The location itself offers the thrill of being after hours in a royal palace, the expectations of whispers and court intrigue. Queen Caroline and Henrietta Howard bring a captivating tale and Les Enfants Terribles have a relevant lens to approach it and a bold aesthetic to make a memorable event. But I wished I had been part more of an immersive show than of a historical tour.