A Beloved Chinese Classic Gets a Weightless Adaptation
Kunqu opera has made a commercial comeback over the past two decades, but a recent adaptation of...
Read MorePosted by Chen Tian | 1st Jul 2023 | China, Chinese Theatre and Opera, Review
Kunqu opera has made a commercial comeback over the past two decades, but a recent adaptation of...
Read MorePosted by Sarah-Jane Coyle | 22nd Jun 2023 | Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Ken Loach’s 2016 film I, Daniel Blake is a scathing indictment of the British benefits system. The...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Kalb | 2nd Apr 2023 | Devised Theatre, Documentary Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom, United States of America
Alexander Zeldin’s Love— a much-celebrated, quietly confrontational, British-devised piece from...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 21st Sep 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Alexander Zeldin’s new play arrives at the National Theatre’s Dorfman stage with a title...
Read MorePosted by Laura Kressly | 3rd Jul 2019 | The Play's The Thing UK
In the programme notes, director Graham Watts states, “there are hundreds of astonishing plays...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 11th Apr 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom
Every fairy tale is a cauldron of emotion. These are tales that steam with resentments flare-up in...
Read MorePosted by Zolima Citymag | 23rd Feb 2019 | China, Festivals, Hong Kong, News, Playwriting
Hong Kong’s reputation as a safe city is well-deserved. It ranks frequently among the top 10...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 21st Jan 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom
Mainstream theatre is often a huge treasure chest, blazing with jewels and flashing lights, while...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 29th Dec 2017 | London, Review, United Kingdom
Is Britain’s welfare system unfit for purpose? Well, all the news channels seem to suggest that...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 9th Nov 2017 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Given the rather uneven record of the National Theatre at the moment, there’s already a certain...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Kalb | 20th Oct 2017 | Directing, New York, Review, United States of America
Maria Irene Fornes’s 1983 play Mud, widely considered a contemporary classic, is rarely produced...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 11th Sep 2017 | London, Review, United Kingdom
Some legendary plays are a disappointment when you see them again — they don’t live up to the...
Read MorePosted by Caridad Svich | 15th Jun 2017 | London, News, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom, United States of America
Against the roar of asphalt and a set of wheels, a child looks out onto the horizon and tries to...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 21st Jun 2016 | Interview, Japan, Management
Fifty-three-year-old Oriza Hirata unexpectedly arrived early for our 9 a.m. interview in a Tokyo...
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