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“Is Love Energy Or Matter?” An Interview With Rok Vilcnik, Slovenian Playwright, Author, Musician, Poet

Posted by Ivanka Apostolova Baskar | 11th Mar 2026 | Interview, Macedonia, Playwriting, Slovenia

Rok Vilčnik (b. 1968), also known as rokgre, is a prominent Slovenian author, poet, playwright,...

Between Life And Death: A Festival’s Journey Through Tragedy [Part II]

Posted by Savas Patsalidis | 1st Aug 2025 | Bulgaria, Festivals, Transcultural Collaborations

To read PART I of this report, go to this link. Two “in yr face” Tragedies: Double...

Between Life And Death: A Festival’s Journey Through Tragedy [Part I]

Posted by Savas Patsalidis | 1st Aug 2025 | Bulgaria, Festivals, Transcultural Collaborations

We each owe a Death Johannes von Tepl, Death and the Ploughman [ Der Ackermann und der Tod, 1401 ]...

Venus and Adonis: this “play within a plague” about Shakespeare is wildly romantic, erotic and colorful

Posted by Kirk Dodd | 5th Nov 2023 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Gender

Shakespeare wrote his famous narrative poem Venus and Adonis in a lockdown era when, in 1593, the...

Legendary Actor Péter Haumann Dies at 81

Posted by Júlia Tar | 6th Jul 2022 | Acting, Hungary, News

Péter Haumann, a Kossuth and Jászai Mari Prize-winning actor, a full member of the Hungarian...

Is COVID-19 A Blessing In Disguise For Theatre?

Posted by Ian Kiyingi Muddu | 21st May 2020 | Africa, Covid-19, Essay, Theatre and Politics

On the center stage, where many an actor has strutted his stuff, sits a ghost light. Lonesome....

“Peggy’s Song:” A Sincere Exploration of Grief which Asks Important Questions

Posted by Natasha Lomonossoff | 2nd Feb 2020 | Adaptation, Canada, Review

Peggy’s Song, the final production of Theatre Kingston’s 2019-20 season, provides a light-hearted...

John Webster’s “The Duchess of Malfi” at the Almeida Theatre

Posted by Mert Dilek | 15th Dec 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom

This Duchess of Malfi is a cool one. It is so cool that it has lost its gripping temper and, with...

“Songs of Lear” Performed by The Song of the Goat Theatre: Where Inspiration Meets High Culture With Unrefined Expression

Posted by Iga Szczodrowska | 11th Aug 2019 | Festivals, London, Poland, Polish Theatre Abroad, Review

The Shakespeare and Poland Festival at the Globe – a two-week exploration of the relationship...

Kieran Hurley’s “Mouthpiece” At The Soho Theatre: Feast Of Meta-Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 7th Apr 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom

There are plenty of plays in which a character finds their own voice. But what about stories which...

East Meets West In An English Retelling Of “The Legend Of The White Snake”

Posted by Zolima Citymag | 27th Mar 2019 | Adaptation, Hong Kong, News, Theatre and Opera

Why We Recommend it The opera Madame White Snake tells the story of a demon’s incessant pursuit of...

Traditional Storytelling Meets New Media Activism In Iran

Posted by Laura Bisaillon | 8th Nov 2018 | Australia, Essay, Iran, Transcultural Collaborations

In the summer of 2015, I conducted fieldwork in Tehran and Qom, Iran, with a small team of...

Bakkhai at the Stratford Festival: A Translation in the Clear Key of Green

Posted by Megan De Roover | 14th Jul 2017 | Canada, North America, Translation

“Beginnings have their own energy, ethics, tonality, colour.” –excerpt from Anne Carson’s...

Lady Macbeth Sings Traditional Korean Ballad: An Interview With Tae-Sook Han

Posted by Zoe Ryu | 2nd May 2017 | Adaptation, Interview, South Korea, Theatre and Opera

Tae-sook Han’s 2016 production of Lady Macbeth, a Changgeuk (Korean traditional opera),...

Xenakis The Punk: Talk With Michał Zadara

Posted by Agata Diduszko-Zyglewska | 30th Aug 2010 | Interview, Poland, Theatre and Opera

I didn’t really know Xenakis before, but it turned out that he touches the precise parts of my...

Tag: tragedy

“Is Love Energy Or Matter?” An Interview With Rok Vilcnik, Slovenian Playwright, Author, Musician, Poet

Between Life And Death: A Festival’s Journey Through Tragedy [Part II]

Between Life And Death: A Festival’s Journey Through Tragedy [Part I]

Venus and Adonis: this “play within a plague” about Shakespeare is wildly romantic, erotic and colorful

Legendary Actor Péter Haumann Dies at 81

Is COVID-19 A Blessing In Disguise For Theatre?

“Peggy’s Song:” A Sincere Exploration of Grief which Asks Important Questions

John Webster’s “The Duchess of Malfi” at the Almeida Theatre

“Songs of Lear” Performed by The Song of the Goat Theatre: Where Inspiration Meets High Culture With Unrefined Expression

Kieran Hurley’s “Mouthpiece” At The Soho Theatre: Feast Of Meta-Theatre

East Meets West In An English Retelling Of “The Legend Of The White Snake”

Traditional Storytelling Meets New Media Activism In Iran

Bakkhai at the Stratford Festival: A Translation in the Clear Key of Green

Lady Macbeth Sings Traditional Korean Ballad: An Interview With Tae-Sook Han

Xenakis The Punk: Talk With Michał Zadara

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