If public libraries are not for the rich, they probably are not otherwise for the poor. To understand the public library as a benevolent form of welfare would be to entirely miss the radical…
Ericka Hunter grew up in Ottawa, Canada and followed in her sister's footsteps by beginning to dance at the age of three. Claiming that being a middle child made her crave the attention, Hun…
On Thursday, June 20, 2019, the Columbia Festival of the Arts presented another edition of the locally based distinctive performing arts group, Stoop Storytelling Series at the Smith Theatre…
A study of nearly 7,000 older Americans found that, over a four-year period, people who felt their lives had meaning were less likely to die than their counterparts who lacked that convictio…
A wife and then a mother to Canadian prime ministers, she addresses her time in the public eye and her battles with mental illness in an upcoming one-woman show called Certain Woman Of An Ag…
In adapting Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird for the stage, award-winning scribe Aaron Sorkin looked at the iconic characters of the recently named "best-loved" American novel with f…
Where true confessions meet Texas history and Phil Collins trivia
It's a dubious honorific, but the press release for Nick Hart's metatheatrical, deadpan, quirkt…
"We want this public asset used for the maximum public benefit. Not only is there a housing crisis, there's also a crisis in terms of us being able to preserve culture." " KQED
In recent years, we have witnessed public calls to decolonize the museum space: the return of objects taken from other cultures, fierce debates about who has the right to tell whose story, e…
Many late night conversations between artists can find their way to discussing their medium and its purpose. The profound idea of "why" is often the primary motivating factor for why a creat…
Take a look at Battersea Arts Centre, which “no longer focuses on creating the ‘future of theatre’"a laudable purpose, but not one of much interest to the many who doubt th…
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By Lyn Gardner. Lyn Gardner, theatre critic for the Guardian, looks at how several British theatre companies are redefining their mission and expanding in ways to be of greater benefit to th…
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Bristol Old Vic As the British civil rights movement gathers momentum, racial tensions threaten a family in 1960s Bristol in this locally-gestated new playAn angry mob surges forward, banner…
Big Dreamer Productions unveils Space 18, the huge new theatrical complex built specifically to house immersive and experiential theatre. Combining 7 buildings, 35 floors and more than 25,00…
Transport Group reimagines this Vietnam War-era play in a mesmerizing new Off-Broadway production directed by Jack Cummings III.
The post Paying the Price for a Higher Purpose: ‘The Tr…
"We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigor, the mystery, the humor, the variety, and the …
Something wicked this way comes…" It's Merely Theatre, as the company tours its brand new production of the Scottish Play in rep with Much Ado About Nothing.
Dylan Baker tackles three disparate characters in Bernhardt/Hamlet on Broadway---Character actors often end up with scene-stealing roles on stage. But three plum parts in one Broadway play? …
Built within the iconic South London market grounds, The Buzz has been designed to inspire creativity and innovation, firmly providing a new home for immersive theatre in London. Building ha…
