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Though Shakespeare’s death didn’t attract much attention in 1616, it’s big news today. To mark its...
Read MorePosted by Brett Gamboa | 17th Jan 2017 | Dramaturgy, Essay, United Kingdom
Though Shakespeare’s death didn’t attract much attention in 1616, it’s big news today. To mark its...
Read MorePosted by Jiyoung Jang | 16th Jan 2017 | Essay, South Korea, Theatre and Politics
At this moment, 2017 promises to be a challenging year for Korean theatre, as it carries over the...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 15th Jan 2017 | Adaptation, Japan, News, Theatre and Age
At the age of 91, Saitama resident Izumi Noguchi is speaking at his first press conference — at...
Read MorePosted by Rebecca Monks | 14th Jan 2017 | News, United Kingdom
World-class theatre is becoming an ever growing presence in UK cinemas. Chains like Curzon, Vue...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 31st Dec 2016 | Adaptation, Japan, News
From soccer minnows Leicester City winning the English Premier League to “That Election” in the...
Read MorePosted by Diwan Singh Bajeli | 19th Dec 2016 | India, Review
K. Madavane has directed about 100 plays in English, Hindi, French, and German. His directorial...
Read MorePosted by The Theatre Times | 12th Dec 2016 | Design, Education, News, Philippines
The Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) lives up to its vision of “mounting...
Read MorePosted by Hugh Craig | 2nd Dec 2016 | Essay, United Kingdom
A new edition of Shakespeare’s works has identified Christopher Marlowe as a co-author. The...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 22nd Nov 2016 | Interview, Japan, Theatre and Gender
Takahiro Fujita was really looking forward to the new year in 2016. He’d already been honored when...
Read MorePosted by Andrew Edwards | 16th Nov 2016 | News, Scotland, Theatre and Disability, United Kingdom
Birds of Paradise Theatre Company prove that somewhere between Glasgow and Hong Kong, Shakespeare lives
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 25th Oct 2016 | Directing, Interview, Japan
When Peter Goessner’s wife got a contract to teach at a university in the city of Kitakyushu,...
Read MorePosted by Ani Harutyunyan | 30th Sep 2016 | Armenia, Directing, Essay
The 20th century became a critical point for Armenian theatre. The development of artistic process...
Read MorePosted by The Theatre Times | 25th Sep 2016 | Adaptation, China, Chinese Theatre Abroad, News
Internationally renowned Shanghai Jingju Theatre Company transforms Shakespeare’s Hamlet...
Read MorePosted by Claudia Pritchard | 20th Sep 2016 | Review, Theatre and Opera, United Kingdom
For a composer in search of characters and a good plot, Shakespeare might appear a rich source,...
Read MorePosted by Cristina Modreanu | 13th Sep 2016 | Directing, Germany, Interview
Thomas Ostermeier, a German theatre director, working for the Schaubühne, is known for his...
Read MorePosted by Emma Smith | 4th Sep 2016 | Essay, Transmedia
Three US neuroscientists published a case study in 2005 detailing how a woman, AJ, was plagued by...
Read MorePosted by Ketaki Datta | 24th Aug 2016 | India, Review
The Merchant of Venice is a play by Shakespeare, one with which even a school-going child is...
Read MorePosted by Lauren Dubowski | 19th Aug 2016 | News, Poland
New and Noteworthy Productions Warsaw, TR Warszawa: https://trwarszawa.pl/ Marta...
Read MorePosted by Bryoni Trezise | 2nd Aug 2016 | Australia, Essay, Theatre and Disability
Renowned Shakespearean actor Robert Armin wrote in 1608 of the difference between a “natural” and...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Kalb | 22nd Jul 2016 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Setting Shakespeare in modern Africa is risky business for a white first-world director. That...
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