In Oldenburg’s “The Tempest,” Trusting The Text Pays Off
For this production of Shakespeare’s play, Oldenburgisches Staatstheateer used the 2007...
Read MorePosted by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe | 6th Feb 2026 | Directing, Germany, Review
For this production of Shakespeare’s play, Oldenburgisches Staatstheateer used the 2007...
Read MorePosted by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe | 26th Jan 2026 | Directing, Germany, Review
Many, especially prestigious, new productions of Chekhov’s The Seagull in the UK and USA...
Read MorePosted by L. Peter Callender | 3rd Jan 2026 | Iran, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America
We all know the iconic closing lines: “For never was a story of more woe / Than this of...
Read MorePosted by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe | 1st Jan 2026 | Directing, Germany, Review
In 2019, Landestheater Salzburg used a new translation of Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People as the...
Read MorePosted by Lorena Meeser | 12th Dec 2025 | Mexico, Musical Theatre, Review
Mexico City becomes once again the stage for a major musical-theater event. After more than a year...
Read MorePosted by Cristina Modreanu | 30th Aug 2025 | New York, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America
In a world where the rule is to make huge efforts to attain an “effortless, relaxed” look, the new...
Read MorePosted by Teodora Medeleanu | 10th Aug 2025 | Poland, Review, Theatre and Science
Sitting through 5 and a half hours of performance might seem like an exercise of will and...
Read MorePosted by Geraldine Brodie | 3rd Mar 2025 | Germany, Review, Theatre and Gender
Interpretations in cultures and languages external to Spain have been integral to the survival of...
Read MorePosted by Ivanka Apostolova Baskar | 5th Feb 2025 | Playwriting, Slovenia, Theatre and Gender
An Interview with playwright, dramaturg and director – Simona Semenic (Ljubljana, Slovenia)...
Read MorePosted by Margaret Rose | 4th Feb 2025 | Italy, Review, Theatre and Gender
Some of the outstanding works by British playwright Lucy Kirkwood are finally being staged in...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 14th Feb 2024 | Adaptation, London, Playwriting, Review, United Kingdom, Uruguay
Nowadays it seems that it’s the fringe and Off-West End venues that are keeping the spirit of...
Read MorePosted by Maria Delgado | 21st Dec 2023 | Management, Review, Spain, Theatre and Politics
The relationship between theatre and life has been pervaded the work of dramatists from...
Read MorePosted by Emily Maiorano | 27th Jul 2023 | Review, Transcultural Collaborations, Translation, United States of America
Directed by Fadi Skeiker with Wilma Hothouse Company favorites, the show’s physical and visual...
Read MorePosted by Philippa Wehle | 26th Jun 2022 | Interview, New York, Translation, United States of America
A Preview of a new translation of Molière’s Dom Juan for the 21st century by Gideon Lester and...
Read MorePosted by Ananda Lal | 5th May 2022 | Essay, India, Playwriting, Theatre and Politics
The immediate trigger for the play was political and topical. West Bengal, in 1971, was passing...
Read MorePosted by John Freedman | 2nd Sep 2021 | Belarus, Review, Theatre and Politics
Alexei Nesterov, an actor in my wife Oksana Mysina’s film, Insulted. Belarus(sia), sent her a...
Read MorePosted by Diwan Singh Bajeli | 2nd Jul 2021 | India, Review, Translation
Directed by K.S. Rajendran, Ghosts explores the moral dilemmas of a dysfunctional family. We...
Read MorePosted by David Malcolm | 15th Jun 2021 | Between.Pomiędzy 2021, Essay, Festivals, Playwriting, Poland
Tadeusz Różewicz (1921-2014) might need a few words of introduction for English-speaking readers,...
Read MorePosted by Alexa Alice Joubin | 12th Jun 2021 | Adaptation, Essay, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea
During the AAPI (Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders) heritage month, let us explore the...
Read MorePosted by S.E. Gontarski | 10th Jun 2021 | Between.Pomiędzy 2021, Essay, Festivals, Poland
Now in its twelfth year, the Between.Pomiędzy Festival of Literature and Theatre has made much of...
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