Today's obvious was most likely yesterday's incredible. This is the conceit at the heart of Dr Semmelweis, a new play written by Stephen Brown with Mark Rylance, which has transferred to Lon…
Upon one's first step into the Players Theatre, one knows exactly what they're in for. The stage is dressed in metallic pink streamers and backlit with subtle eerie green; Kesha's "Cannibal"…
It has become a beautiful annual tradition: welcoming the musical Notre Dame de Paris at New York City's Lincoln Center in July. Daniel Lavoie, who originated the part of Frollo in the music…
For Part I of the interview, click here. Susanna: The play deals with the Asian American topic, with the renegade idea itself and then countryside music. There's the sense of rebellious spir…
A personal interview with the visionary and multi-talented Matthew C. Yee reveals exclusive insights into his musical Lucy and Charlie's Honeymoon, directed by Amanda Dehnert and currently p…
Climate-change activist Greta Thunberg is great at doing two things: irritating complacent adults and inspiring idealistic teens. In Sarah Middleton's debut comedy, Shewolves, which was firs…
James Graham's Dear England at the National Theatre: Joseph Fiennes plays a mesmerizing soccer manager in this sport-of-the-nation drama The full version of the article James Graham's "Dear…
Kunqu opera has made a commercial comeback over the past two decades, but a recent adaptation of "Six Records of a Floating Life" misses the mark. A little over two decades ago, kunqu was te…
Martin McDonagh is perhaps better known today globally for his recent accomplishments on screen as a writer and director, but he cut his teeth through his prodigious work as a playwright. Fi…
Due to the current financial crisis in the tertiary education sector in Aotearoa/New Zealand, the university where I teach Theatre is proposing to cut 230 jobs. The cuts are far-reaching and…
Plans for the 2023 Kenya International Theatre Festival are in high gear. The 8th edition of the festival will be run from 31st of October to 12th November 2023. This year's them…
Laurie Anderson's new show " currently on its European tour " is full of meteorological precipitation. The multimedia backdrop, designed by the artist, features various kinds of downfall or …
Night, a faint and obscure shroud, creeps over and overtakes space. Sounds of footsteps clattering steadily, becoming closer, drawing attention and commanding focus. The arrival of four …
Dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the very first publication of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's fairy tale "The Little Prince" and the 20th anniversary of the musical of the same name. "T…
The smooth curves of the fancy building, with no sharp angles, were embraced by the spicy Baku evening. Its huge transparent windows, penetrated by the light of the bright sun, reflected the…
Ken Loach's 2016 film I, Daniel Blake is a scathing indictment of the British benefits system. The film follows 59-year-old widower Daniel Blake who suffers a heart attack and becomes unable…
European Theatre Convention published a new study, Digital Theatre " Strategies and Business Models in European Theatre. Kasia Lech speaks to its author Katie Hawthorne, whose doctoral thesi…
What is life? How can it be measured? How is it possible to compare one experience of life with another one? all of it, three extraordinary play poems by Alistair McDowall ask the unanswerab…
Peter Morgan's Patriots at the Noël Coward Theatre: award-winning story of Putin's triumph is vivid but unreal The full version of the article Peter Morgan's Patriots At The Noël Cowa…
Egypt's esteemed prima ballerina Magda Saleh passed away in the early hours of Sunday in Cairo. As the country's first-ever prima ballerina, Magda Saleh left an indelible mark on the Egyptia…
The first notes of Simon McBurney's production of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) which opened on May 19th at The Metropolitan Opera begin before the house lights have gone down.…
The bread holds a distinct symbolic significance within the realm of art iconography. Often overlooked in museums or art history manuals, still-life paintings featuring bread allude to relig…
Alexey Strelnicov was a Belarusian theatre critic, director, actor and tutor. He is considered to be "the engine" of the artisan Belarusian theatre. Alexey appreciated human relationships th…
The stage adaptation of Léonora Miano's Ce qu'il faut dire (or "What Must be Said") addresses a longstanding taboo in French society around the open discussion of race. A central tenet of c…
Can you enjoy a ghost story during summer? Usually the idea of a haunted house suggests images of dark winter nights, thunder and lightning, and howling wolves. These atmospheric factors are…