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Thursday, February 9, 2023

Theatre and Social Justice in Brazil: The Successful Case of the São Paulo Theatre School by Ivam Cabral and Marcio Aquiles

Introduction São Paulo Theatre School was founded in 2009 with the aim to establish a democratic space and implement an innovative pedagogical system in agreement with the specific nature…

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Wednesday, February 8, 2023

'Once in a lifetime': Ruth Wilson to star in 24-hour show The Second Woman at Young Vic by Nadia Khomami Arts and Culture Correspondent

Wilson to enact single, seven-minute scene on loop with 100 men to explore gender roles Ruth Wilson has called a new stage role in which she will perform the same scene repeatedly for 24 hou…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, February 7, 2023

The ENTRE Festival in Midwest Brazil by Luis Guilherme Barbosa Dos Santos, Mariana Tagliari, Onira De Ávila Pinheiro Tancrede, Robson Corrêa De Camargo, and Ronei Vieira Nogueira

ENTRE, is a Portuguese verb in the imperative tense that invites us to enter. That says to us: Enter! Entre.Between.PomiÄ™dzy, a festival that took place in Midwest Brazil in 2022, extend…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 05:23AM[SHARE]

On 'Pictures From Home' on Broadway, a Family Portrait Full of Secrets by Kurt Soller and Jennifer Livingston

Adapted from Larry Sultan's photo memoir, Sharr White's play "Pictures From Home" explores the lies people " and their photographs " tell.

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Monday, February 6, 2023

LINCK AND MULHAHN Hampstead, N1 by Libby Purves and Friends

A TALE FOR TODAY FROM A PRUSSIAN PAST      Here's a love story, an idyll of 18c Prussia:  Corporal Anastasius Linck, a Hanoverian musketeer in dashing white breeches and shiny bu…

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Sunday, February 5, 2023
Friday, February 3, 2023

Vicky Featherstone to step down as artistic director of Royal Court by Harriet Sherwood Arts and Culture Correspondent

Featherstone is latest high-profile figure to leave a major theatre in recent months The artistic director of the Royal Court, one of London's most prestigious theatres, is stepping down aft…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, February 1, 2023

JUMPING THE SHARK Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds & touring by Libby Purves and Friends

SITCOMS MADE US, BUT CAN WE MAKE THEM?     It's a very good idea, bang on the money:  David Cantor and Michael Kingsbury (TV sitcom writers with a pedigree) set their play in a blan…

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Monday, January 30, 2023

MY SON'S A QUEER (BUT WHAT CAN YOU DO?) Ambassadors, WC1 by Libby Purves and Friends

A BLAST OF DAFT JOY    Zip-a-dee-doo-dah!  Here's a treat.   Disney music, blasting out before this vigorous 65-minute one-man spree, sets the mood.  It is carnivalesque, fant…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 12:52PM[SHARE]
Sunday, January 29, 2023

THE ELEPHANT SONG Park Theatre N4 by Libby Purves and Friends

 A PATIENT TO TRY PATIENCE          It must be challenging to play a psychiatrist at work , maybe especially in Finsbury Park   where there are bound to be a few in the …

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Wednesday, January 25, 2023

NOISES OFF COMES UP WEST Phoenix, WC1 by Libby Purves and Friends

Just a few new notes on this , as its completes its triumphant national tour with (amazingly) no stopping-injuries despite the heroically vigorous slapstick direction by Lindsay Posner (move…

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A Streetcar Named Desire starring Paul Mescal announces West End transfer after actor's Oscar nomination by Tom Murray and Isobel Lewis

'It's my favourite play and it's wonderful to be able to share it with a wider audience,' Mescal said

SOURCE: The Independent at 03:41AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Justin Peck's New Americana, 'Copland Dance Episodes' by Joshua Barone and Mark Sommerfeld

At New York City Ballet, Peck's "Copland Dance Episodes" brings the composer's three classic ballet scores under one roof, at last.

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Monday, January 23, 2023

Introducing the 'Muskologue': Some of Elon Musk's most outlandish tweets " turned into theater by Cassidy Brown and Lily Janiak

Elon Musk's Twitter feed is absurdist theater, so we hired a local actor to perform it as a monologue.

SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 07:00AM[SHARE]
Sunday, January 22, 2023

"Sonne, los jetzt!": Elfriede Jelinek's Reversed Heliotropism for the End Times by Zainabu Jallo and Toni Hildebrandt

Sonne, los jetzt!, Elfriede Jelinek's new theater piece, is imperative with an unknown addressee. Is it the Sun or humanity that needs to make a change? Obviously, this is a first of many rh…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 11:40AM[SHARE]
Thursday, January 19, 2023

Muddled policies putting UK's lead in creative industries at risk, peers warn by Harriet Sherwood Arts and Culture Correspondent

Report criticises indifference to sector's potential and calls for new approach to address skills shortages UK politics live " latest news updates The UK risks losing its leading position in…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:13AM[SHARE]

WATCH ON THE RHINE Donmar, WC2 by Libby Purves and Friends

HELLMAN'S LESSON IN HUMANITY      Theatre can offer few more topical messages for a nation which might hesitate over Ukraine's needs than this neglected one-set domestic play by Lil…

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IN THE NET Jermyn Street Theatre by Libby Purves and Friends

PULLING THE WOOL         Most dystopian visions set themselves quite far in the future. Misha  Levkov, however, keeps us in 2025, specifying that productions should always …

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Wednesday, January 18, 2023

At Under the Radar, Family Histories Bubble Up With No Easy Answers by Jesse Green, Laura Collins-Hughes and Elisabeth Vincentelli

The Public Theater's experimental theater festival is back in person for the first time since 2020. Here, our critics review a second selection of the works on display.

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ALLEGIANCE Charing Cross Theatre WC1 by Libby Purves and Friends

AN OLD INJUSTICE REMEMBERED        An old man steps onstage alone:  upright, soldierly in khaki as a former US war hero who is,  he says resignedly,  "brought out every …

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Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Bafta rising star nominees include Naomi Ackie, Emma Mackey and Sheila Atim by Nadia Khomami Arts and Culture Correspondent

The only Bafta award voted for by the British public, the five nominees are all actors from the UK and Ireland Naomi Ackie, who plays Whitney Houston in a new feature film about the late sin…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:17AM[SHARE]
Monday, January 16, 2023

Alvin Ailey Dance Theater Performance by LIVE with Kelly and Ryan

Members of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater perform to "Wade in the Water" Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2HFUeAK Website: https://kellyandryan.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiveKellyan…

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Friday, January 13, 2023

At Under the Radar, Stories Unfold via Sexts, Tweets and Puppeteers by Jesse Green, Laura Collins-Hughes and Alexis Soloski

The Public Theater's experimental theater festival is back in person for the first time since 2020. Here, our critics review a handful of the works on display.

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Sunday, January 8, 2023

'It's my Mousetrap': Michael Frayn on Noises Off, a farce to be reckoned with by Vanessa Thorpe Arts and Media Correspondent

The 1982 play stills pulls in crowds from Broadway to Helsinki, and is now returning to the West End for a fifth time. 'I just can't understand it,' says its creator The arrival of anythin…

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Monday, January 2, 2023

Colin Quinn Shares What His Off-Broadway Show "Small Talk" Will Be About by LIVE with Kelly and Ryan

Colin Quinn talks about his off Broadway show "Small Talk" and what your browser history reveals about you. Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2HFUeAK Website: https://kellyandryan.com/ Facebook: …

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Sunday, January 1, 2023

The best theatre to see in 2023, from A Little Life to The Pillowman by Culture Staff,jessie Thompson and Isobel Lewis

'A Little Life' comes to the stage, Sheridan Smith and Lily Allen return to the West End, and 'The Merchant of Venice' is transported to 1930s Cable Street " we bring you our guide to 2023'…

SOURCE: The Independent at 03:08AM[SHARE]
Saturday, December 31, 2022

The anti-hibernation culture guide: something to enjoy for every day in January by Rachel Aroesti, Catherine Bray, Andrew Clements, John Fordham, Miriam Gillinson, Jonathan Jones and Lyndsey Winship

You can spend the next few weeks under the duvet and in front of the telly, or enjoy world-class art, theatre, music, film and standup " here's an event for each of the next 31 days MUSIC Fl…

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Friday, December 30, 2022

A Cop Called Coco, an Actor Named Mani, a Quebecer Exploring Quebec by Norimitsu Onishi and Renaud Philippe

When Mani Soleymanlou began acting, he was offered roles as stereotypical outsiders. That he now stars as a cop named Coco is indicative of broader shifts in a changing Quebec.

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Monday, December 26, 2022

The best theatre, dance and comedy tickets to book for 2023 by Arifa Akbar, Lyndsey Winship and Brian Logan

Danny Boyle's Matrix-inspired spectacular opens in Manchester, Succession star Brian Cox returns to the stage and standups Maisie Adam, Guz Khan and Catherine Cohen are on tour More from the…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48AM[SHARE]
Friday, December 23, 2022

MANDELA Young Vic SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

A TALE FOR ALL TIMES   The story of Nelson Mandela has become almost a folktale: imprisoned for 27 years for campaigning against the hideous "apartheid" regime which kept  the black ma…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:42AM[SHARE]

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