Translating Central and Eastern Europe’s Drama: Interview with Andrei Moskwin
In the post-Soviet area, the play’s path to the stage has always been a thorny one, so the drama...
Read MorePosted by Alexander Mantush | 3rd Oct 2020 | Dramaturgy, Interview, Poland, Translation
In the post-Soviet area, the play’s path to the stage has always been a thorny one, so the drama...
Read MorePosted by Alex Trustrum Thomas | 12th Oct 2018 | Essay, Festivals, Russia, Russian Theatre - Featured
The Liubimovka, for those not in the know, is the annual festival of young dramaturgy held in...
Read MorePosted by Noah Birksted-Breen | 23rd Mar 2018 | Adaptation, Russia, Translation, United Kingdom
I have just finished translating Mikhail Durnenkov’s The War Hasn’t Yet Started for the third time...
Read MorePosted by Jessica Hinds-Bond | 2nd Dec 2017 | Interview, Producing, Russia, Russian Theatre Abroad, Translation
Noah Birksted-Breen is the artistic director of London’s Sputnik Theatre Company, which he...
Read MorePosted by James Rowson | 25th Nov 2017 | Review, Russia, Russian Theatre Abroad, Transcultural Collaborations, Translation, United Kingdom
This November, the Royal Court Theatre in London stages the global premiere of Ukrainian...
Read MorePosted by Evgeny Kazachkov and Sasha Sharova | 31st Oct 2017 | Interview, Playwriting, Russia
On October 6 and 7, 2017, The Lark hosted The Russia/U.S. Playwright Exchange, in partnership with...
Read MorePosted by Jessica Hinds-Bond | 27th Oct 2017 | Directing, Interview, Russia, Russian Theatre Abroad, United States of America
An interview with Graham Schmidt, artistic director of Austin’s Breaking String Theater....
Read MorePosted by John Freedman | 4th Dec 2014 | Essay, Playwriting, Russia
This is the second installment in John Freedman’s TheaterPlus video blog, which now appears...
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