Electrifying Ensemble Performance and Political Satire in New Māori Play: “Unreel” by Helen Pearse-Otene
The stage explodes with ihi (essential force) and aroha (love, empathy) in Unreel, the new work by...
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Tag: Satire
“London Zoo,” Southwark Playhouse
Before the internet, newspapers were central to the national conversation in Britain. By the first...
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Marius von Mayenburg’s Nachtland at the Young Vic: Satire on Art and Anti-Semitism Is Both Absurdist and Unsettling
We’ve all heard of the metaphorical madwoman in the attic, but what about the symbolic unexploded...
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Kenyans Get a Taste of “The French Shakespeare”
Alliance Française de Nairobi celebrated of the fourth centenary of Molière’s birth with an...
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“Baghdaddy” at the Royal Court
What is the best way of talking about the Middle East? Should plays take a documentary or verbatim...
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A Hyderabad Staging of Alan Ayckbourn’s Dark Comedy “Table Manners”
Storyboard Productions to stage Alan Ayckbourn’s “Table Manners” on September 25 and 26. The dark...
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“Don’s Party” at 50: An Achingly Real Portrayal of The Hapless Australian Middle-Class Voter
The play Don’s Party premiered on August 11, 1971 at Carlton’s Pram Factory, home to the radical...
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In Space, No-One Can Hear you Quarantine: San Diego Fringe Theatre Artists Discuss a Year-Long Collaborative Online Monologue Project.
The works of San-Diego-based theatre company Lonesome Whistle Productions thrive in the...
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Fake Friends’ “Jerk” in Brooklyn
Camp is very much in season in Circle Jerk, a pitched-to-the-rafters romp from new media and...
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“It’s True, It’s True, It’s True” at The Breach Theatre
Artemisia Gentileschi definitely had a hard time. Although she was an outstanding Renaissance...
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“The Special Relationship” at Soho Theatre
Since 2000, Esther Baker’s Synergy Theatre Project has worked with prisoners, ex-offenders and...
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“A History Of Water In The Middle East” at The Royal Court
Sabrina Mahfouz is a British-Egyptian writer who has explored issues of Muslim and British...
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“A Day in the Death of Joe Egg” at Trafalgar Studios
Playwright Peter Nichols died aged 92 last month, just before the opening of this starry West End...
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“Jude” at The Hampstead Theatre: Adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s 1895 Tragic Novel, “Jude The Obscure”
Edward Hall bids farewell to this venue, where he has been artistic director since 2010, with this...
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“Alys, Always” at The Bridge Theatre
Okay, so this is the play that will be remembered for the character names that have unusual...
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“How To Rule The World” Is A Biting And Urgent Satire Of Australian Politics–That Feels All Too Real
How To Rule The World is Indigenous playwright Nakkiah Lui’s critical riposte to the intellectual...
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“Welcome To The U.K.” at The Bunker Theatre: Satire on Obstacles Facing Refugees
Refugees have an image problem—and it’s getting worse. But the widespread anger that their...
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How Brexit Ruins My Life
Brexit. The UK Referendum vote to leave the European Union — Brexit — took place on 23 June 2016,...
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Jo Clifford’s “Losing Venice” at The Orange Tree Theatre
English-born and Scottish-based playwright Jo Clifford has been an astonishingly energetic and...
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“Allelujah!” at The Bridge Theatre
The NHS is us. For decades our national identity has been bandaged together with the idea, and...
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