I’ve lost count of how many new female monologues have been called the “next Fleabag”. Really. But sometimes, just sometimes, this hype might be true. I travel in hope. And this show c…
Hannah Arendt (1906 – 1975) was one of the most important thinkers of the 20th century. She is frequently referenced as a philosopher, while she thought of herself as a political theorist.…
To read PART I of this interview, go to this link. Un procès – après l’ennemi du peuple Un Procès, [EN: A Trial – after An Enemy of the People], by Christiane Jatahy & Wagn…
The 80th Avignon Festival, held from July 4 to 26, was especially exciting this year. Throughout the bustling streets of this 14th century city, with its buildings covered with posters and p…
If we view playwriting as a literary form, what distinguishes it from others is its reliance on collective effort. A playwright can write a script alone at a desk, but it takes at least a di…
To read PART I of this interview, go to this link. IAB: What role can translation play in bringing contemporary Greek playwriting into wider European and international contexts? IM: Greek…
An Interview with the Motivating and Deeply Creative Dr. Irene Moundraki, Dramaturg and Theatre Critic at the National Theatre of Greece, Athens Irene Moundraki (Eirini Mountraki) has obtain…
To read PART I of this interview, go to this link. IAB: Atmosphere as Performance – Your installations often operate through subtle relations between sound, light, technology, biologi…
An Interview with Ms. Saša Spačal (Ljubljana, Slovenia), a beautiful, wise and deeply inspiring visual artist and healer, dramaturgically exploring the living entanglements of Eco-Bio-Micr…
The social, political, environmental, and economic changes of the twentieth century have generated challenging discussions across social sciences and the humanities. By focusing on earlier s…
Dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Broadway premiere of the Musical ‘The Producers’ and the 100th anniversary of Mel Brooks This year, film director, comedian, playwright, actor, a…
In a number of contributions, I want to reflect on my seven years as owner / artistic manager of piccolo teatro Haventheater in Bremerhaven. In 2017 I ended my academic career, combining vol…
Poor Baby. She’s in real trouble, and it all started with her name — which “means you’ll never seem old, even when you are: you’ll always bring hope, even when there’s none.” H…
Stereotypically, the fact that all life ends in death is the one thing all human beings have in common, and the one fact that not even the most brazen of conspiracy theories can even try to …
On a recent trip to Scotland, I was fortunate to attend the opening night of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, an adaptation of Muriel Spark’s 1961 novel by well-known Scottish playwright Dav…
An interview with Prof. Tatjana Filipovska (Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia/UKIM Skopje), an art historian whose research explores the micro and macro perspectives of the Modern Era (Man…
What is the shelf life of British sketch-company Monty Python? How to keep its bits, catchphrases and characters, now fifty years old, fresh out of the can? The ongoing Broadway tour of Spam…
The breaking bodies on the bare black stage are bodies of political discord, bodies of a strife between families in an age of tumult and tempest. This is at least one way to approach the per…
Hi Performancz: Visitors’ Programme, Ostrava 2026 PerformCzech is the Czech platform for the internationalization of contemporary performing arts, coordinated by the International Cooperat…
Celebrating its tenth anniversary, Fringe Off Milano International Festival, directed by Francesca Vitale and Renato Lombardo, ran from 1 to 11 October. This multidisciplinary festival, incl…
Across the ages, there have been dynasties of actors, most recently, among others, Redgrave and Fox in the UK, Fonda and Barrymore in the USA, Cusack in Ireland, and Thalbach and Bleibtreu i…
‘People say that Jeppe drinks, but no one asks why Jeppe drinks’. This saying in the Danish vernacular, coming from the 18th century Dano-Norwegian comedy classic by Ludvig Holberg Jeppe…
Timing is everything: James Graham’s new political history play, The Standard of Living, aptly opens on the very same day that UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham delivers his first, and highly…
There are at least two ways for an international arts festival to be provincial. The first is obvious: isolation, lack of money, lack of access, lack of connection to the international artis…
Return of the Buffalo – Tatanka Owe Akupi On September 18, I made my way down to the National Museum of the American Indian at Bowling Green Park In lower Manhattan to begin an unforgettab…