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Located in Southern Utah, the majestic Tuacahn Amphitheater has been the perfect summer treat for family audiences for over twenty-five years. This unique 2,000 seat amphitheater, with a 1,5…
We have rounded up the rising stars, not only from Moscow and St. Petersburg but also from regional theaters. 1. Denis Zakharov Once again, as 30 years ago, the Bolshoi Theater has a whole n…
Speaking to humanity across time and space, Archive: This Was the End is an interactive sculpture where a past performance mesmerizes the present day. Created by Co-Artistic Directors Mallor…
Founded in 1985, the Music Day is an event held on June 21st every year, in order to celebrate the summer solstice, and involves more than 120 countries around the world. One of its main fun…
William Shakespeare is one of the world's most influential playwrights, but his life continues to be shrouded in mystery. Since his death in 1616 at the age of 52, no handwritten manuscripts…
Clubhouse is taking over social media in a big way. The invitation-only, audio-only app is emerging as a popular space to host events, discussions, and more ever since it had a beta launch f…
Red Giant, commissioned by Baltimore-based Indie Opera company, Rhymes with Opera, is a live, digital sci-fi opera directed by Ashley Tata. The music of the opera was composed by Adam Matloc…
The play White Rabbit Red Rabbit is an experimental piece by the Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour that has become a theatrical phenomenon. It has been performed around the world over 2…
RECLAIM PUBLIC SPACE! Many ideals are projected onto public space, as if it were inherently democratic, inclusive and accessible. Nothing could be further from the truth. Who can freely perf…
Wesley Enoch's exuberant return to the Sydney Theatre Company to direct African-American playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Appropriate is a wild ride back to the power of live theatre. This…
With many theatres now reopening again, it is surely a good moment to celebrate all those venues which managed to stage live shows in the past few months " often in very stressful circumstan…
Based on a recent phone interview with Al-Zaidi, the most prominent Iraqi playwright. Ali Al-Zaidi is the most celebrated playwright in contemporary Iraqi theatre. His plays have been transl…
In the virtual space of the 12th Between.PomiÄ™dzy Festival of Literature and Theatre, a question is raised about the uncertain future of the non-virtual, physical world we live and breat…
This is PART 2 of the interview. To read PART 1, click here. WiÅ›niewski: When I watched your adaptation of Waiting for Godot, I was struck by how mundane activities were globalized in th…
Godot in Wuhan was a special session at the Twelfth Between.PomiÄ™dzy Festival conducted within the framework of the Beckett seminar in GdaÅ„sk. The University of GdaÅ„sk Samu…
On a pavement alongside a busy road, a line of people march one behind the other. The person at the front holds a long blue and white striped cane at waist height, horizontal to the ground, …
Although some theatres are tentatively reopening, the creative vigor of other companies is undimmed. Clean Break, which works with women in the criminal justice system, has recently released…
After months (and months) of watching theatre on screens large, medium, small and tiny, I definitely feel great about going to see a live show again. Of course, it's not the usual theatre ex…
The Hello Mini 3 actor reveals how audience's applause helped him overcome stage fright. Actor Vikrant Koul wants to flow through different media " films, OTT, and theatre. Currently seen in…
With a themed cocktail box, a program that doubled as a coloring book, and incredibly performed operatic arias tied together with a silly, lighthearted story, The Brooklyn Job (directed by S…
After more than a year of American racial unrest since the high-profile deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, the more staid, traditional, and somewhat predictable virtual concerts from…
Vladimir: Well? Shall we go? Estragon: Yes, let's go. [They do not move.] Samuel Beckett originally subtitled his 1953 play Waiting for Godot "a tragicomedy in two acts". Vivian Mercier, the…
With Get Down, Belgium now has its first management agency dedicated to street dancers. That is essential for the future survival of an art form every bit as authentic and culturally relevan…
History, as they say, has a habit of repeating itself. When French theatre-makers seized hold of and occupied the Théâtre de l'Odéon in Paris for two and half months between March and M…
"I meant to do something about it, but I didn't." So goes the refrain when we, as flawed human beings, are faced with politically- and emotionally charged strife: "I meant to do something ab…