When Abafumi went on what would be their last tour, Robert Serumaga, who had not gone with his company on the Italian tour, was back in Kenya fighting Uganda's 'return to the shadows'. Not w…
In Their Words, a staged reading which recently took place at the Tin Town Theatre in Johannesburg is a harbinger of things to come. By definition, a staged reading is a form of theatre wher…
Amid dramatic music overlay, the most authentic characters emerged. Kurt Uy, Christian Elán Ortiz and Rolanda Watts played a multitude of dramatis personae with great truth. Stuart Willia…
An interview with Ryan Shaw In our new digital era, it was an honor to have a Zoom sit-down with 3-time Grammy nominee and Broadway star Ryan Shaw on his new tribute album to Marvin Gaye…
A Christmas Carol is a seasonal standard. In a normal year, there are a couple of versions to be enjoyed, usually led by the Old Vic in London, but this winter it feels like there's an epide…
Given the year's unsettling mixed-bag of a global pandemic, racial reckoning, political strife, and various man-made and natural crises (murder hornets, anyone?), the chaos of 2020 has becom…
The sprawling township of Alexandra came alive from Friday 23 " Sunday 25 October when the Alexandra Theatre Academy hosted the inaugural Current Affairs Theatre Festival at the Alexsan Reso…
The six-month mentorship program by the Indianostrum Open Theatre School is open to anyone interested in exploring a career in arts "It took a decade to gradually build our theatre, our repe…
The Red Femicycle brings into sharp focus Gender-Based Violence in a gut-wrenching and hard-hitting way! The Red Femicyle is not a production for the fainthearted, why should it be for…
Okay, COVID-19 really sucks. This play opened and closed on the same night, 4 November, as the second lockdown this year closed all entertainment venues in the country. Luckily, there had be…
In October 2017, a group of Latinx playwrights came together in New York City to share space, build community, and grow together as theatre artists. What started out as an informal meeting a…
Sometimes a gesture of gratitude comes in the form of a carte blanche. Akira Shirai, the departing artistic director of Kanagawa Arts Theatre (KAAT), decided to show thanks to his long-time …
Written by: Elizabeth Kerr Sitting in a decidedly Hong Kong-flavoured café in Prince Edward, Leung Ming-kai and Kate Reilly present as an old married couple, even if they've only been bound…
Classical murder mysteries end with a neat solution " and with the arrest of the perpetrator. Postmodern murder mysteries play games with the genre, turning it upside down and inside out. So…
Filmmaker Sun Yang discusses his recent documentary about visual artist Ma Liang, also known as Maleonn, and the creator's attempt to tell a story of family, reconciliation and reclaiming lo…
Nasarawa state in the north-central region of Nigeria is known for agriculture, salt mining, and one of the higher waterfalls in Africa. It has also consistently registered one of the highes…
If theater around the world previously sought to destroy the fourth wall, it has recently had to deal with this wall doubling. It is increasingly difficult for the audience and the performan…
Director Aoife Spillane-Hinks has quite the origin story for her entry into theatre. As the story goes, her mother was a theatre critic in New Haven, Connecticut when a babysitter cancelled …
At first glance, one might consider portraying someone's older brother, boyfriend, or therapist, an incredibly unusual route for their creative voice. However, twenty-five year old actor Dav…
Eric is convinced: His newborn granddaughter is Gerry Adams, the Irish Republican politician. Eric is haunted by the trauma of living through the Troubles, when Northern Ireland was rocked b…
After seven months of dialogue and organization, a group of "more than 150 policymakers, artists, theatre-makers, theatre & performing arts structures" have published 'The Dresden Declar…
The brilliant performance reaffirms its disregard for conventional attitudes and unjustified inequalities"a nod to the social and political context from which the work sprang. The full versi…
A.Y.L.A.N by Natasha Tripney Oda Theater, Prishtina, 29 October The audience sits on the stage looking out at a sea of empty seats. From this perspective, they look like waves breaking o…
Rute Costa in conversation with Uzma Hameed, dance dramaturg of Woolf Works It was December 2019 when I sat down with dramaturg Uzma Hameed in a Covent Garden cafe. We talked about her work …
What are the challenges in translating comedy for the stage? And how do you get your translation performed to a paying audience? Charlie Gobbett explains: 'We've been doing this play in our …