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Sitting Down with Emerging Artist Thalia Ranjbar

Posted by Morgan Skolnik | 27th Feb 2023 | Directing, Interview, New York, United States of America

The work of Thalia Ranjbar may be challenging– pushing beyond norms and expectations, but at its...

Kenya’s New Theatre Awards

Posted by Alexander Nderitu | 22nd Sep 2021 | Festivals, Kenya, News

The Kenya Theatre Awards seek to fill these two gaps by tracking and watching all performances in the country and providing data and statistics on the number of venues, performances staged, people watching performances in the country. This will be achieved by the Jury and technical team of the Awards who will work in partnership with theatre venues, producers and theatre companies.

“Burn Her”: Big Themes of Political Intrigue

Posted by John Smythe | 7th Oct 2019 | Review

Distills the Big Themes of Political Intrigue with Insight, Flair, Withering Wit, and a Welcome...

Interview with Emily Mann

Posted by Jack Wernick | 4th Oct 2019 | Interview, New York, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

Emily Mann, long-time Artistic Director of the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey is...

An Original Tokyo Musical Destined For Bigger Things

Posted by Michael Walker | 1st Oct 2019 | Interview, Japan, Musical Theatre

Disturbance is an original musical, making its world premiere in Tokyo this month. We spoke with...

Interview: Kristina Poe of LAByrinth Theater Company

Posted by Jack Wernick | 12th Sep 2019 | Interview, New York, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

New York’s storied Cherry Lane Theatre in the West Village was recently the home of the LAByrinth...

Kitchen Dog Theater Brings “Wolf at the Door” to Dallas

Posted by Trevor Boffone | 13th Apr 2019 | Dallas, Review, United States of America

I first met Marisela Treviño Orta at the Encuentro Theatre Festival in 2014. While we quickly hit...

Sin Muros: Interview With “The Corrido Of The San Patricios” Playwright Beto O’Byrne

Posted by Trevor Boffone | 24th Jan 2019 | Festivals, Interview, United States of America

This February, playwright Beto O’Byrne’s The Corrido Of The San Patricios will receive a staged...

Who Is The Greatest Living British Playwright?

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 20th Jan 2019 | Essay, Playwriting, United Kingdom

There is a simple dinner-party game that can be played at no ostensible cost. The host asks, “Who...

“Nightfall” at The Bridge Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 23rd May 2018 | London, Review, United Kingdom

Playwright Barney Norris is as prolific as he is talented. Barely out of his twenties, he has...

Pablo Remón’s “Barbados Etcétera” – Minimalist Theatre of Words and Presence

Posted by Mara Valderrama | 24th Nov 2017 | Review, Spain

The Ambigú is a tiny space in the Pavón Kamikaze theatre in Madrid; a large hallway bar that often...

What Is The State of New Plays in Contemporary China?

Posted by Nina Huang | 18th Oct 2017 | China, Essay, Playwriting, Producing

Meddling directors, confused actors, and pushy politicians are leaving the country’s budding...

“The Blinding Light” at Jermyn Street Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 17th Sep 2017 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom

Anyone who likes playing “Spot the weirdo” will find themselves instantly at home in Howard...

Rural America: Where Sam Shepard’s Roots Ran Deepest

Posted by John J. Winters | 16th Aug 2017 | Playwriting, United States of America

When Sam Shepard died on July 27 the world lost one of the greatest playwrights of the past...

Contemporary Ukrainian Dramaturgy: Challenging Audience, Changing Theatre

Posted by Oksana Dudko | 20th Jul 2017 | Documentary Theatre, Dramaturgy, Ukraine

During the post-Soviet period, Ukrainian dramaturgy lagged behind prose and poetry and was almost...

EURODRAM Full Open Call 2016-17

Posted by Neil Fleming | 23rd Dec 2016 | News, Translation, Worldwide

Next week marks the deadline for the annual call for scripts from EURODRAM.

Beckett is Dead! (But European Playwriting is Still Alive)

Posted by Michael Evans | 19th Nov 2016 | Denmark, Essay, Europe, Playwriting

Here are five new European plays you should know about.

Partha Pratim Mitra’s “Pot Pot Potuya”: The Culture Within a Cultural Framework

Posted by Saayantan Pal Chowdhury | 17th Jul 2016 | India, Review

The dramatic performance of Pot Pot Potuya (at Dinabandhu Mancha, Siliguri, December 2015) shows...

“Aaydaan” – Urmila Pawar’s Drama about Dalit Women in India

Posted by Hemangi Hemangi | 17th Jul 2016 | India, Review, Theatre and Gender

In Marathi literature, one finds a strong tradition of Dalit literature, including autobiographies...

EURODRAM 2016 – Open Call

Posted by The Theatre Times | 13th Oct 2015 | Europe

The call for submissions is now open for EURODRAM 2016! EURODRAM is a theatrical promotion network of works in European, Mediterranean and Central Asian languages. Its main objective is to present works by contemporary...