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Adaptations On The German Stage (1): “Sein Oder Nicht Sein” In Bremerhaven

Posted by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe | 29th Oct 2025 | Directing, Germany, Review

Sein oder nicht sein is a play by Nick Whitby (b.1963), premiered on Broadway in 2008, and first...

The play Metamorphosis reimagined the space beyond the proscenium

Posted by Girish Shrivastava | 8th Dec 2023 | India, Review

Metamorphosis, staged at the Studio Theatre of the Department of Performing Arts, Pondicherry...

From the Moscow Stage to Monroe and De Niro: How the Method Defined 20th-Century Acting

Posted by Adrian Danks | 5th Jun 2022 | Acting, Books, Essay, United States of America

When an actor is criticized for peculiarly excessive preparation for a role, or an inability to...

Shelagh Delaney’s “A Taste of Honey” at the Trafalgar Studios

Posted by Mert Dilek | 19th Dec 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom

It is hard to believe that Shelagh Delaney wrote A Taste of Honey when she was only nineteen. This...

Annie Baker’s “The Antipodes” at the National Theatre

Posted by Mert Dilek | 31st Oct 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom, United States of America

“Wily, slippery thing.” “Spiky little animal.” “One long nightmare.” These are the phrases that...

Alexander Zeldin’s “Faith, Hope and Charity” at the National Theatre

Posted 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...

Ella Hickson’s “ANNA” at The National Theatre

Posted by Mert Dilek | 26th May 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Something is tantalizingly amiss at the National’s Dorfman Theatre. There is a headset attached to...

Performatik 2019 – Towards Indisciplinarity

Posted by Rathsaran Sireekan | 6th May 2019 | Belgium, Essay, Festivals, Participatory Theatre, Theatre and Art, Transmedia

The politics of (dis)association The sixth edition of Performatik, the Brussels Biennale for “live...

Any One Thing’s “Recollection”: Breaking The Threshold Of Immersive Theatre

Posted by Aida Rocci | 31st Mar 2019 | Immersive Theatre, London, Participatory Theatre, Review, United Kingdom

Recollection takes up to six participants in a thrilling journey about the importance of memories and personal data. Going beyond the sensational premise, the budding Any One Thing ambitiously explores the ideas of ‘personalized’ and ‘immersive’ theatre in depth, taking the genre to the boundaries of what is real.