Friday, December 23, 2022
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]Monday, December 19, 2022
The Independent's theatre critics have chosen their top stage shows of 2022, a year in which fresh new writing and charming musicals reigned supreme
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:42AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 18, 2022
THIS DAME HAS A WHOLE LOT BEHIND HIM    I last saw Sir Ian McKellen onstage as Lear,  missed him as the oldest Hamlet ever,  but far longer ago saw him in a frock at …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:15AM[SHARE]Friday, December 16, 2022
BREEZILY BLOWING IN FROM 1908, FRESH AS EVER    In Mole End on Christmas Eve,in a burrow cosy with domestic detail they're breaking out the beer and sardines and reminiscing a…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:34PM[SHARE]Exhilarating highlights this year ranged from tech-savvy ballet and a juggling celebration of Merce Cunningham to a daring flamenco Rite of Spring
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 15, 2022
The Times's three European theater critics pick their favorite productions of the year " plus a turkey apiece for the festive season.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 14, 2022
One in five women in Cambodia report experiencing domestic abuse " now a theatre group in Battambang is producing shows that help survivors talk about what is still a taboo subject
Chenda us…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AM[SHARE]Scheme will make 1,000 tickets available every week to those who cannot afford to pay for cultural activities
Unsold theatre tickets are to be given to people struggling with the cost of liv…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 13, 2022
A TRAGICOMIC BEAUTYÂ Â Â Hard to express how much I loved Stephen Karam's play. Maybe it just hit the right moment:Â yomped through freezing night, strikes and 'severe delays" rea…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:31AM[SHARE]Monday, December 12, 2022
Sunday, December 11, 2022
THE MOST ENJOYABLE STRIKE YOU'LL SEE THIS CHRISTMAS   I love it when the theatre perfectly fits the show. Artists can overcome a wrong space, but there's gleeful concord when it …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:16AM[SHARE]Friday, December 9, 2022
FREUDIAN ISUES IN FAIRYLAND    Everyone's got mental health issues in HEX: which is the Sleeping Beauty story extended to the troublesome folk-tale aftermath.  The tou…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 09:04AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 7, 2022
The London venue known for nurturing Mike Leigh, Harold Pinter, Hanif Kureishi and Abi Morgan 'can no longer continue solely as a new writing theatre', says outgoing artistic director Roxana…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PM[SHARE]Monday, December 5, 2022
A PACK OF WOOLFS PROWL ROUND THE GENDER-BEND  One bespectacled, anxious-looking Virginia Woolf in a sensible brown skirt and dreary cardigan is never enough, so Michael Grandage's pr…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:49PM[SHARE]Friday, December 2, 2022
A COLD ANGRY CRUSHING SYSTEM Â Â Â Â It's a cold unadorned monochrome scene: courts, brawls and bedchamber all framed on three sides by vast looming tiered steps and a high flat p…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 12:59PM[SHARE]UP WEST, IT LOSES NOTHING…STILL A FIERCE TREAT Leaving the former Young Vic production a lad far too young to remember 1968 said sadly to me "It was the beginning of Now, wasn't it?"Â H…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 12:58PM[SHARE]Three years ago a new Broadway play based on the classic Harper Lee novel tried to prevent regional stagings of an earlier dramatization. Now, the roles are reversed.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:06AM[SHARE]Bridgerton actor, who will also direct the production, says she wants to talk about 'body pathologising'
Was Richard III inherently evil? Or was he othered, excluded and pathologised because…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AM[SHARE]After a few slow, sad years, the dance calendar returned to something like abundance, with standout shows that leaned into joy and community.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 1, 2022
Common talks about his first Broadway show, "Between Riverside and Crazy," and what he enjoys about being on stage.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 12:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 30, 2022
A GLORIOUS DOWNSTREAM WILLOWS FOR OUR AGE You won't see a prettier, more refreshing or sustainable stage this Christmas: natural colours, riverbank rushes, a bare tree (which will ha…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:02PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Christopher Massimine, whose compulsive lying derailed a promising career in theater, maintains that it's a mental illness that has dogged him since childhood.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:06AM[SHARE]Sunday, November 27, 2022
CELEBRATORY, MY DEAR WATSON I had come from the magnificent Old Vic Christmas Carol, where once again with mince pies, bells and lanterns and Dickensian cheer and a message about how…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 08:47AM[SHARE]Friday, November 25, 2022
KeyComp could make it possible for a single synthesizer player to replicate the sound of a large orchestra with unprecedented flexibility.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 07:00AM[SHARE]Though smaller and less glitzy than extravaganzas of years past, "Dream Big" is a brisk, welcoming, back-to-basics experience brimming with pizazz.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:32AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 24, 2022
Artistic director of English National Ballet decries Arts Council England move to divert money from capital
One of the ballet world's biggest stars has accused Arts Council England of "simpl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 23, 2022
CLEVER, CLOWNING, CLASSIC   What could be more seasonal than Flaubert's tale of wifely frustration, romantic illusions, disastrous adulteries and ruinous shopaholic debt? This…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 03:57AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Actor joins demonstration over plans to slash £50m from arts bodies in London as part of levelling-up agenda
Recent cuts to arts funding are part of "an agenda of cultural vandalism" that…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18PM[SHARE]Monday, November 21, 2022
New Earth Theatre said 'damaging tropes, misogyny and racism' in show contradict its values
A touring theatre company has pulled a play from the Sheffield Crucible because of the venue's dec…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36PM[SHARE]The choreographer Katja Heitmann collects people's habits and mannerisms " how they walk, stand, kiss, sleep and fidget " for her ongoing dance project.
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