The rhythmic sound of drumming echoes through the streets. Tai Hang is normally quiet on weeknights, but tonight it is filled with people. In an alley near the Chinese Recreation Club, on th…
The Boy Friend. Oliver!. Cats. Blood Brothers. The Phantom of the Opera. Les Miserables. Billy Elliot. Matilda. If British musical theatre conjures images of whiteness, this is not by chance…
I don't know how to write this. I am on the verge of tears again, the morning after watching Snapped. I too feel snapped, broken again, in grief and eternally un-whole, mourning the loss …
What does it take to stretch Shakespeare's shortest tragedy to a runtime of over three hours? Not, as it turns out, a tedious crawl through the play. Rather, an electrifying but patient jour…
The special project "Viviani on the Road" at the Trianon Viviani Theatre offers an historical travel into the main streets of Naples. The full version of the article "Viviani on the Road": a…
Since 9/11 there has been considerable interest in staging stories about British Muslims, and the best of these avoid the stereotypes of arranged marriage and terrorism. Although religious o…
Theatre is coming back slowly but surely. Though a difficult medium to translate online, it has been done with numerous shows, especially since the Covid-19 pandemic hit. Theatre for One: We…
Tanz mit dem Tiger (in English:Â Dance with the Tiger) is a forty-minute hybrid dance performance directed by choreographer and artistic director Pablo Sansalvador. It was presented to a …
The name "Tussaud" has always been linked to sensationalism and popular culture: now synonymous with the celebrity-studded wax "museums" known from London to Bangkok to Times Square, in the …
Storyboard Productions to stage Alan Ayckbourn's "Table Manners" on September 25 and 26. The dark comedy is a satire on the middle-class and their ideologies City-based Storyboard Production…
In 1937, George Orwell witnessed a boy whipping a horse. This was a catalyst for his novel Animal Farm. Published in 1945, it remains a potent political satire. A story about the days and mo…
Sinking Ship Productions, a company established in 2008 by Jonathan Levin and Josh Luxenberg has been invited to perform their award-winning play, A Hunger Artist, at…
Australia's performing arts sector has long been recognized as an ecosystem. It is a community of artists, arts organizations and institutions, all affected by factors such as education and …
I have to confess something. I haven't really missed theatre since the Covid-19 pandemic forced theatres to go dark in March 2020. The last time I saw professional theatre was a whirlwind we…
The Metropolitan Opera, which was closed after the coronavirus broke out in New York in March 2020, finally opened its curtains with an epoch-making debut " the first opera by a black compos…
The stage adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has opened in Brisbane. Charlie, like all of Roald Dahl's novels for children, celebrates courage, resilience and the creative power…
On 21 June 2021, the Dramaturgs Network (a volunteer arts organization by and for dramaturgs working in the United Kingdom) held an online roundtable discussion to mark the launch of the d'n…
It was enough for theater fans to learn that after more than 50 years, the Tony Award-winning "Oliver!" would be returning to Tokyo. The icing on the cake (or the extra serving of soup) is t…
These Are Not My Shoes is a story about absent fathers and what happens to young men when they grow up without a father figure. It is a heart-wrenching account of the difficult life young me…
How S.V. Sahasranamam's stage adaptation of the poet's Panchali Sabadham became a huge success September 11 marked the death centenary of poet Subramania Bharati (though it says September 12…
Numerous Egyptian and international theatre plays took part in the inaugural edition of Eazees International Festival for Women's Theatre which concluded its activities last week. The large …
This is a labor of love. Hilary Mantel has adapted The Mirror and the Light, the third novel of her Tudor trilogy, in collaboration with actor Ben Miles, who is the Royal Shakespeare Company…
Belarusian theatre hibernated since the notorious events of 2020. The artistic quality of most of the state theatres' performances is quite low, while most of the independent theatre compani…
A connoisseur of new art forms and emergent technology, Lance Weiler is a highly sought-after storyteller and media artist practicing in film, TV, theatre, games, and code. After stunning au…
When Tang Kwong-san and fellow Hong Kong artist Yuen Nga-chi first visited Tung Ping Chau a few months ago, they were looking for an interesting backdrop for a project they had in mind. But …