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Professor S.E. Gontarski is the honorary patron of Beckett Research Group in GdaÅ„sk, created and directed by Professor Tomasz WiÅ›niewski. BRGiG is the organizer of The University…
How did diverse balcony performances emerge in Serbia during the coronavirus epidemic and how did they become a metaphor for a polarized society? Since the beginning of the coronavirus epide…
Because of COVID-19, Italian dancers' work has abruptly stopped. In order to underline this difficult moment and his forced absence from the stage, global dance icon Roberto Bolle grew a bea…
In this time of isolation, wouldn't it be nice to take a virtual visit to the park? Fear not. PBS is streaming this past summer's Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing…
Germany has more theatres and concert halls than almost any other country in the world. From its many small, private theatres to the large opera houses, stage designers are always working to…
Anya Richkind is an emerging Brooklyn-based playwright who has taken many different roles in theatrical arts since she was little. She has written many experimental theatrical creations that…
L. P. Hartley's much-recycled observation that 'the past is a foreign country' seems an oddly befitting introduction to Opole-based Kochanowski Theatre's 2004 production of Shakespeare's Mac…
His photography is undoubtfully radiating, soulful, with a hint of edgy energy. Marc J. Franklin is the Principal Photographer and Assistant Photo Editor at Playbill, and his work includes c…
There are very few silver linings that have developed from the current catastrophic health crisis, but the wider accessibility of world-class performances is one positive outcome to have eme…
Steadily gathering supporters online is a crowd-funding campaign that trains its specific energies on a frequently overlooked segment of India's vast marginalized populace: artists and artis…
It is a full house. Full house on a Friday? That's rare here. Anyway, we're almost packed like sardines. I'm sitting next to a lovely three-year-old and her mother. Lovely, until she starts …
She's an ordinary young woman, and she really doesn't know what to think. After all, things are way out of control. Out of order. She knows that the natural world is pretty fucked and that n…
With their sole means of livelihood being out of bounds, members of Sri Venkateswara Surabhi Theatre are seeking funds to tide over the crisis. Members of Hyderabad-based Sri Venkateswara Su…
The earth's oceans are under grave threat. Scientists in many fields have pointed to the large-scale negative shifts brought about by human-made pollutants, mining, and overfishi…
The coronavirus empties streets and theatres. Because we prefer virtual theatre to none at all, we give the stage to some of the artists whose premieres got canceled. How does corona impact …
Reviewing theatre now means reviewing the film. Knowing that Emma Rice's Old Vic 2018 production of Wise Children, her typically rambunctious version of Angela Carter's last novel, published…
Individual tastes notwithstanding, it can be argued that the best theatre is that which connects us to our own humanity and lived experience. Though the COVID-19 outbreak, and ensuing mass q…
Milo Rau was to receive an honorary doctorate from the UGent in March. Corona decided differently, but Etcetera decided to go ahead and publish the essay Rau wrote for this occasion. The ess…
Writer and theatre director Amaan Ahmad's idea of doing digital theatre live received a big thumbs-up on Facebook. It was actually his wife who had suggested he develop a play for a digital …
A look at ongoing productions on Tehran's stages shows a growing interest in box office hit musicals like Les Misérables and Mary Poppins, and the remarkable presence of celebrities in thes…
The contemporary dancer Shady Emad takes advantage of Alexandria's empty cornish where he continues to practice social-distancing but in public spaces. Shady Emad, an Alexandrian contemporar…
Actors attempt to host Indian first-ever virtual interactive play Lockdown Love. Multi-hyphenated entertainer Roshan Abbas who, apart from being a radio jockey, theatre actor, writer, and di…
There was a moment on April 7th when the vision for culture in Spain under Covid-19 looked pretty bleak. While a series of streaming options were offering salvation to a nation under lockdow…
Theatre has survived thanks to its mobility and potential to exchange creative ideas. Since its inception, it has been open to the circulation of different practices, approaches, and conscio…
In its simplest form, the proscenium is constructed of little more than cardboard. Small paper figures and objects come to life via slots, rods, or other humble mechanics. But these modest m…
