2,090 stories from The Theatre Times
"The singing is nice, but the staging is atrocious." So remarked the couple sitting behind me at Target Margin's production of Show/Boat: A River before walking out during intermission. They…
Any frequent theater-goer is likely familiar with the "two block rule", a piece of etiquette that states that one should refrain from discussing a show until they are at least two blocks awa…
With the United States now governed by swaggering, ignorant bigots spewing xenophobic venom, militarizing the border, and terrorizing any insufficiently White person hoping to come or stay, …
An Interview with Bouboulina Nikaki, Thessaloniki-Athens, Greece " International theatre festival`s expert, theatre critic, literary translator and program advisor; founder/editor of the pla…
Marketing is the new real. For many years, in theatre as elsewhere in society, the most important thing is not creativity, or originality, or integrity, but hype. A good example is The Years…
Beckett Briefs is a great title for a program of short plays by Ireland's most famously laconic writer. Those who take it literally can feel assured the evening won't be a slog (the whole th…
The first part of this interview is available here. Tim Rice has been lucky to work with many talented composers and musicians throughout his long creative life. In addition to Andrew Lloyd …
Jill Ohayon grew up believing there were only two respectable career paths: doctor or lawyer. And so she chose the latter and carried on with her life… but musical theater kept calling.Â…
Factory Theatre, renowned for showcasing the latest works from Canada's alternative and political theatre troupes, hosted Honey I'm Home as part of its 2024 season. This Lester Trips (Theatr…
An Interview with playwright, dramaturg and director " Simona Semenic (Ljubljana, Slovenia) Simona Semenic is one of the most important, most prolific female " feminist playwrights, director…
Some of the outstanding works by British playwright Lucy Kirkwood are finally being staged in Italy, with productions of The Children and The Welkin currently showing in major theatres. The …
The Tony Award-winning Musical Come From Away, written by Irene Sankoff and David Hein, premiered in 2016 as a co-production of La Jolla Playhouse and Seattle Repertory Theatre, staged in Wa…
Peter Sellars isn't afraid of taking risks. It's part of his approach to making work, as his 2024 production of Beatrice di Tenda showed. For this new staging of Jean-Philippe Rameau's Casto…
To read PART I of this interview, go to this link. Â Collective Interview with V4 Improv Connect Team (Hon Chong (actor, director " Slovakia), Zdravko Stojmirov (actor-Macedonia), Paulina…
Collective Interview with V4 Improv Connect Team (Hon Chong (actor, director " Slovakia), Zdravko Stojmirov (actor-Macedonia), Paulina Prokopiuk (actress, director " Poland), Lukasz Wojtowic…
For 15 years now, Heidi Wiley has been Executive Director of the largest and most influential network of publicly funded theatres in Europe: The European Theatre Convention (ETC). Establishe…
Director Romeo Castellucci is coming to the end of a four-year collaboration with Milan's Triennale Theatre. As well as producing a number of shows (see my review of his retelling of Racine'…
Even the best streamed theatre can't compete with the live version. It's simple " with this art form you really have to be there. In person. Take the case of Tarantula, master storyteller Ph…
The Dan Daw Show's long list of potentially triggering content includes depictions of kink experiences, suffocation, humiliation, loud noises, flashing lights and there, at the end of the li…
Is resilience the most powerful character trait? When you think about the suffering of the Windrush Generation, migrants to the UK in the 1950s, it is their sheer staying power that is immed…
Lyricist/Librettist Kate Rankine has a list saved on her phone of "golden moments", or "little things during the day that people say or people do that show the beauty of human connection." T…
What started as a farewell to a beloved cat has become a farewell to a fading starlet, New York in the 80s, and America as we know it. And the aforementioned cat. Experimental noir cabaret M…
Finding artists, nurturing them, supporting them. Seeing their work to fruition, and creating a community of support. We really try to do this at the Apollo New Works, too. It's …
Theatre in Iraq has some deep roots in ancient Mesopotamia, but its formal development was delayed due to political, economic and social challenges. The early 20th century, characterized by …
Ocean Cage engulfs its audience for almost two hours in a multi-sensorial, immersive performative installation combining visual art, light design, dance, film, video art, sound design, and m…
