2,031 stories from The Theatre Times
During the current pandemic, stories about isolation have a particular resonance. Feelings of claustrophobia, loneliness, and frustration slide off the stage and echo in our subconscious " y…
With the coronavirus pandemic still running rampant and limiting in-person gatherings, theatre festivals around the world have been forced to rethink their approach to their annual season. O…
Today, Krzysztof Warlikowski is considered one of the most influential auteurs devising for the stage (indeed, his profile was added to Maria M. Delgado's and Dan Rebellato's recent re-editi…
Written by Julian Meyrick, Julianne Schultz, and Justin O'Connor National crises, like the pandemics that can provoke them, come in stages. Each stage presents leaders with unique problem…
"Let Me Freeze Again to Death" is an entire experience. Unlike many Zoom Play Readings or virtual concerts, "Let Me Freeze Again to Death" felt up close and fully engaged me aurally, visuall…
"If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off. If it's not going to be fired, it shouldn't be hanging t…
John Rwoth-Omack is a Ugandan-born theatre artist, bred and based in the UK. A lover of African stories, he directed Bad Blood Blues for Sheffield Theatres, probing such disturbing …
The COVID-19 pandemic undoubtedly hit the cultural and creative industries sector (CCI) very hard. UNESCO called the situation a "cultural emergency" on a global scale.
The full version of t…
Solomon Mikhoels, the beloved star of the Soviet Yiddish theater, was once asked how long he worked on the role of King Lear. Mikhoels's reply was: 45 years. Mikhoels explained that he playe…
I've never not gotten lost in Green-Wood Cemetery. One of the oldest landscaped cemeteries in these United States, Green-Wood was founded in 1838 when Brooklyn was still a mostly rural regio…
The season 2019/2020 is over. While there were several remarkable events, some aspects " coronavirus outbreak, total unpreparedness for online broadcasting, as well as political situation (w…
Creating live theatre performance during the COVID-19 pandemic is tremendously complicated. At Arlekin Players Theatre, a resilient Needham-based theatre company with Russian roots, challeng…
The recent release of the musical Hamilton by the Disney+ channel on July 3 received favorable reviews across Canada and the United States. Critics have lauded the musical for its innovative…
On August 15, 2020 composer and performer Karl Saint Lucy, director Raquel Cion, and ChamberQueer will present Different Stars: A Reckoning with Time, Trauma, and Circumstance"a live-streame…
"Theatre in Rwanda? Are you crazy? There's no theatre in Rwanda," said Hope Azeda's brother when she asked him to take her to Rwanda. Hope, now a monumental figure in Rwanda's theatre, was i…
Viewers in the People's Republic have embraced Lin-Manuel Miranda's unconventional approach to historical storytelling, precisely for how it breaks with tradition. When the hit Broadway musi…
The entertainment or creative arts industry is as old as humanity. It is one of the ways through which people demonstrate ingenuity and craft to make our lives more beautiful and worthwhile …
The ancient Japanese art of geisha is now facing a crossroads that requires the centuries-old tradition of entertainment to adapt to a world that functions under the rules of social distanci…
Alkazi was not just the father of modern Indian theatre, but a pioneer who pushed the frontiers for all the arts. In a tense moment in the play Tughlaq, the Arab historian Barani seeks to…
When performance spaces closed during the lockdown, digital mediums became the stage for several artists across the globe. Theatre also went online, with productions being streamed live or u…
The strength of the response to the re-emergence of the Black Lives Matter campaign has encouraged some theatres to create provocative, new work. Often, the keynote is a personal feeling. On…
One night in April, I found myself holding my cat up to my laptop, eagerly showing her off to a group of strangers on Zoom. I was, in fact, an audience member immersed in a production of Sha…
Upright, a new Australian television drama, co-written by and starring the multitalented Tim Minchin (composer of Matilda the Musical and Groundhog Day), is a special show. Premiering on Aug…
This past week, health officials called for more than 800 theatergoers to be tested for COVID-19 after at least 59 cases were traced back to performances of a play titled Werewolf in Toky…
Theatres remain closed, so instead of publishing reviews of new pieces, Etcetera asked artists to share a virtual contribution: a peek inside their studio, an insight in their research, or w…
