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How Drama Can Help Open Up Conversations on Suicide for Young People in Post-Pandemic Times

Posted by James Layton | 18th Sep 2022 | Applied Theatre, Education, Essay, Theatre for Young Audiences, United Kingdom

Suicide is the second highest cause of death in 15-to-29-year-olds around the world, according to...

“For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy” at Royal Court

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 26th Apr 2022 | London, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

What does it feel like to be British and black? Ryan Calais Cameron has recently emerged as the...

Sarah Rutherford’s “The Girl Who Fell” at the Trafalgar Studios: Death, Mourning, Co-Incidence and Healing

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 31st Oct 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom

Feeling guilty can be a drug. A powerful drug. Okay, it makes you feel bad, but at the same time,...

Mental Illness And Childhood Trauma On Indian Stage: QTP’s “Every Brilliant Thing”

Posted by Abhimanyu Acharya | 10th Sep 2019 | India, Review, Theatre and Age

In a country where mental illness is as big an issue as poverty is but is not talked about and dealt with the same zeal and enthusiasm, Mumbai-based QTP’s latest production Every Brilliant thing, written by British playwrights Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe, and directed by Quasar Thakore-Padamsee, comes as a much needed venture.