“Ravenscourt,” Hampstead Theatre
Therapy is inherently dramatic. After all, it’s all about character — and it has the aim of...
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Tag: mental illness
Belvoir’s “Tell Me I’m Here” Looks at the Impact of Mental Illness on the Whole Family. It is a Wrenching and Beautiful Work.
Review: Tell Me I’m Here, directed by Leticia Cáceres, Belvoir. Released in 1991, the memoir Tell...
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Mental Illness, Misogyny, and the Myth of the Male Genius in “The Butcher Boy”
This review contains spoilers. TW: suicide, homicide, mental illness The Butcher Boy, which opened...
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What is Theatre of the Oppressed? Artiste and Activist Sanjoy Ganguly Explains
Sanjoy Ganguly, pioneer of Theatre of the Oppressed in the country, was recently in Chennai for a...
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We Get There in the End: “Return to the Dirt” Pulls Back the Curtain on Life and Death in a Funeral Home
Review: Return to the Dirt, written by Steve Pirie and directed by Lee Lewis, Queensland Theatre I...
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On Screen And On Stage, Disability Continues To Be Depicted In Outdated, Cliched Ways
The #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements have forced Hollywood and other artists and filmmakers...
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Review: “Cursed!” is a Play of Outrageous Wit and Deep Thought
Review: Cursed! by Kodie Bedford, directed by Jason Klarwein Tucked away at the back of the...
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Richard Gadd’s “Baby Reindeer” at The Bush Theatre: An Obsessive Story About Obsession
True stories, even in a fictional form, have the power to grip you by the throat, furiously shake...
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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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Absurdist Comedy “Every Good Boy Deserves Favour” Gets Its Japan Debut
Tom Stoppard is one of the most influential figures in theater today and one of the most...
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French Playwright Florian Zeller’s “The Son” at The Kiln Theatre
Well, you have to hand it to French playwright Florian Zeller — he’s certainly cracked the problem...
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Who Is The Greatest Living British Playwright?
There is a simple dinner-party game that can be played at no ostensible cost. The host asks, “Who...
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Robert Alan Evans’s “The Woods” at The Royal Court
Blackout. Dark, the color of childhood fear. Black, the color of despair. Black. No light visible;...
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Sarah Kane’s “4.48 Psychosis” at New Diorama Theatre
It’s all about the casting. The paradox of playwright Sarah Kane’s short career is that while her...
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“Monogamy” at The Park Theatre
Forget about dark alleys, deserted parks and slippery slopes: the most dangerous place in the...
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“Anatomy of a Suicide” at The Royal Court Theatre
Dorothy Parker’s take on suicide is called “Resumé”: it goes, “Razors pain you; Rivers are damp;...
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Review: “Anastasia” At The Royal Opera House
The Royal Opera House’s production of the real-life mystery of Anastasia comes to a close today....
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St. Petersburg Ballet Company To Present New Psychodrama On U.S. Tour
The Eifman Ballet is to present its jazz premiere Up & Down on its upcoming tour of the U.S....
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