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The kitchen has long been a significant trope in our civilization. This began in ancient fires and evolved to modern hot plates, which provoke questions of who we are as society, how we stay…
The Russian Case:Â History, politics and eternal values Spring, with all of its uncertain promise, is a time of awakening. In Moscow, theatres are gradually waking from their enforced hibe…
Men continue to outnumber women and hold the most prestigious positions in theatre programmes, a major new study of diversity across European theatres has revealed. Gender Equality and Diver…
Krzysztof Warlikowski's Nowy Theatre in Warsaw together with Komuna/Warszawa, La Comedie de Clermont Ferrand, and Athens Epidaurus Festival has announced a call for participants in the Secon…
It's hard to categorize Anson Mak Hoi-shan. In a video call in early March, the only time the fifty-something artist, filmmaker, phonographer, musician and professor seems at a loss for word…
Over the past year we've become used to a variety of home theatre: recordings of live performances, streamed shows, online films. But I haven't really explored much sonic theatre, those play…
Madsoc Theatre opened their season with Stanley Mambo's adaption of Tony Layton's Once an Actress performed by Charity Dlodlo. The atmosphere was electric and there was palpable excitement a…
Does a subjective theatre piece encourage a subjective critical response? I think it might, especially when it's a memory play about dementia, so here goes: First I turn off the lights, then…
James Shapiro is a Shakespeare scholar and a professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He is the author of eight informative books that each have uniquely share…
Today, 23rd of April 2021, is the 405 anniversary of Shakespeare's death. In two months, on the 23rd of June, it will be five years since the Brexit's referendum. That day my notion of being…
The National Children's Theatre's purpose-built outdoor/open-air "Imagination Theatre", a development necessitated by the Covid-19 pandemic but which has now become the perfect children's th…
Theatre group, Sri Venkateswara Surabhi Theatre, Hyderabad, is moving online with a month-long program Thirty days, nine plays and 180 shows " a treat awaits theatre lovers as the iconic Sri…
This story is part of Sixth Tone's five-year anniversary project Changemakers. When given the chance to portray either a domestic abuse survivor or a victim of body-shaming, Qi Xi felt…
At the time of the writing of this article, the historic events of January 6th, January 20th, and beyond had not yet occurred. The following thoughts were captured in the anxious and stressf…
Chennai-based theatre director Prasanna Ramaswamy's new play, This Is My Name, is an adaptation of Paul Zacharia's Malayalam novella Ithanente Peru that interprets Nathuram Godse as a charac…
How many young-people-of-the pandemic-does it take to screw in a light bulb? Early in the digital fantasia From the Fishbowl, seven insomniacs, isolated in zoom-like boxes tiled on a s…
An 1890s red brick, neo-gothic mansion, situated on a busy intersection of central Moscow, houses one of the largest and richest world collections"including visual art, a library, archives, …
Gia Forakis is the Founder and Artistic Director of GF&CO in Brooklyn, NY. Gia is also the Founder and Master Teacher of the One-Thought-One-Action (OTOA)â„¢ performance technique. G…
Adishakti Theatre Arts' latest musical, Bhoomi, is adapted from Sarah Joseph's Malayalam play, Bhoomirakshasam What happens when polar opposites collide? When differing perspectives, particu…
In a year when a previously unknown virus spread like wildfire across the globe, theatre was forced to swiftly adapt to a new reality, branching out into new formats and production means. Th…
Dr. Julisa Rowe is a name that many may not recognize, but should. With over 35 years of experience in Theatre and Performing Arts, the 55-year-old theatre maker shows no signs of slowing do…
My Vagina Was Not Buried With Him is celebrated and multi award-winning poet, playwright, director and producer Napo Masheane's latest production which was recently staged at both the Joburg…
Roald Dahl's much-loved classic Fantastic Mr. Fox wowed young audiences at the National Children's Theatre in Johannesburg where it was staged in December. Given the catastrophic impact o…
The Play is Directed by Thirunavakkarasu and is a Tribute to Girish Karnad and BV Karanth. "This is the time of revival of the theatre after the lockdown. It is a very important phase and I …
In Hong Kong, as elsewhere around the world, Covid-19 brought live shows to an abrupt halt. Although they are already returning as physical distancing measures are relaxed, what has become c…
