“Goats” by Syrian Playwright Liwaa Yazjiat at The Royal Court
The civil war in Syria spawns image after image of hell on earth. Staging the stories of that...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 18th Dec 2017 | Review, Syria, Translation, United Kingdom
The civil war in Syria spawns image after image of hell on earth. Staging the stories of that...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 12th Dec 2017 | Essay, London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Friday, May 7, 2010; Brixton, south London; darkest night. Early dawn touches a Victorian terraced...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 29th Nov 2017 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, Ukraine, United Kingdom
War is morally acidic: it dissolves social rules, loosens inhibitions and gives permission to men...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 25th Oct 2017 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
What does it mean to feel contemporary? Feel. Contemporary. Really feel. According to...
Read MorePosted by Sandra D'urso | 3rd Jul 2017 | Australia, Theatre and Gender
Alice Birch’s production, Revolt. She said. Revolt again., currently on at Melbourne’s Malthouse...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 20th Jun 2017 | London, Review, United Kingdom
Dorothy Parker’s take on suicide is called “Resumé”: it goes, “Razors pain you; Rivers are damp;...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 19th Jan 2017 | Review, Theatre and Disability, United Kingdom
You could call it the Corbynisation of new writing. In the past couple of years, a series of plays...
Read MorePosted by Bojana Jankovic - Exeunt Magazine | 17th Jun 2016 | Essay, Playwriting, Translation
Bojana Janković calls out British theatre’s extreme reluctance to stage plays that...
Read MorePosted by Beatriz Cabur | 19th Aug 2015 | News, United Kingdom
The Theatre Times interviews Ola Animashawun, Artistic Associate at The Royal Court Theatre and...
Read MorePosted by John Freedman | 17th Nov 2014 | Essay, Interview, Playwriting, Russia, Translation
Back when I used to publish a blog called TheaterPlus on the website of The Moscow Times, I would...
Read MorePosted by Beatriz Cabur | 24th Mar 2014 | Chile, Interview
This original content is exclusive to TheTheatreTimes.com. The interview is part of the series,...
Read MorePosted by The Theatre Times | 24th Mar 2014 | Chile, Interview, Playwriting
The interview is part of the series, ‘potlight on Chile’ which features articles, interviews, and...
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