185 stories by "Nick Awde"
As a creation of the monolithic European Commission, the European Capital of Culture model has proved remarkably mobile in the way it
When Jorge de Juan and Paula Paz first met on a production in Madrid " she had started as his new assistant
While at a show one night in Copenhagen, director Henrik Grimback found himself considering how tackling a trilogy of plays rather than
Two years ago I moved from London to Los Angeles and I've not regretted it. Admittedly I did have my reservations about
Somewhere in a parallel universe, Nick Mohammed is a successful seismologist. However, in the here and now, after being lured from his
In 2014, Kurt Egelhof spotted a piece of graffiti written on a toilet wall at the Grahamstown Settlers National Monument building during
Making his third appearance in as many years as Captain Hook, Craig Revel Horwood clearly revels in the boos and hisses in
Solo theatre has rapidly evolved over the past couple of decades into an adaptable art form that opens doors the world over,
While terms such as 'shared lighting' have entered common parlance after the recent furore at Shakespeare's Globe over the relevance of historical
To the outside observer it may seem a weighty biennial, organised by an august institution, a national upholder of a 19th-century legacy.
It's unusual to find an international festival that also opens its platform to genuinely showcase what is new and exciting from the
East of Europe, there's a swathe of new cultural hubs springing up. Just opened or soon to be, each comes with a
Unusually for a nation that embraces innovation, improvisation seems to have always been something of a foreign import in the UK. The
Foreign productions at Edinburgh come with a range of budgets, from lavish cast-of-thousands spectaculars at the Edinburgh International Festival to shoestring bare-stage
As the Edinburgh Festival Fringe steams full ahead, on the other side of the Atlantic the New York International Fringe Festival, aka
A court case that could have repercussions across the US threatens to see the small theatre industry pitted against Actors' Equity Association,
The company behind Miss Revolutionary Idol Berserker cheerfully plugs its eclectic mash-up of pop music, dance and underground culture, confetti, cosplay, anime
Zanzibar is that rare thing: a land that has forgotten theatre " or possibly a land that theatre has forgotten. Either way,
Starting up a fringe festival in any world theatre capital undoubtedly involves many challenges, but Paris Fringe has gone the extra distance
Lemi Ponifasio has been invited by the International Dance Council to be 2016's International Dance Day message author. His missive will be
Whatever you call it " solo performance, one-person show, one actor's theatre " monodrama, as it is increasingly known worldwide, is one
From the spark of an improvised onstage moment in Perth, John Robertson's The Dark Room has rapidly evolved into a fully fledged
In a comfortable hall just off a sleepy square in a small town south of Paris, the final touches are being put
You may not be aware of it, but there is an organisation that works hard to give theatre a voice at international
First youth festival EGYPT/SHARM EL-SHEIKH In a gesture of solidarity, delegates from Russia, France, Spain and Italy have attended the first edition of
