Friday, May 8, 2026

Pinocchio. What Is a Person? at MITEM: Who Gets to Be Seen as Fully Human? by Emiliia Dementsova

Davide Iodice’s Pinocchio. What Is a Person?, created with Scuola Elementare del Teatro / Conservatorio Popolare per le Arti della Scena and presented by Teatro di Napoli and Interno 5, is…

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Tuesday, May 5, 2026

At The Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, “Gott ‘By Ferdinand Von Schirach Presents Its Tough Ethical Dilemma For The Audience To Vote On by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Ferdinand von Schirach was born in 1964, studied law and became a noted criminal defense lawyer. He turned his extensive experience into fiction with a collection of novels, screenplays and …

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Sunday, May 3, 2026

Guilt And Resilience, And “The Fear Of 13” by Teodora Medeleanu

What if the guilt one feels on the death row is not for what he has (allegedly) done? The Fear of 13, written by Lindsey Ferrentino, and directed by David Cromer, opened on Broadway this Apr…

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Saturday, May 2, 2026

Birmingham Royal Ballet’s “Don Quixote” Slowly Finds Its Sunshine by Zoë Hewitt

There are ballets about death, betrayal and ghosts. Then there is Don Quixote, where people clap, flirt, lie, fake death, shake tambourines and somehow expect all of this to end in a wedding…

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Friday, May 1, 2026

“Managed Approach” – Two Contrasting Stories – Open Aire Theatre, Riverside Studios, London by Verity Healey

It’s been six years since the end of Managed Approach, a project in Holbeck, Leeds, which managed a red light zone in 2014, before it was paused during COVID in 2020 and not reinstated in …

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Maxim Sukhanov – About The “Brew” Of A Performance, Krymov Rehearsals, “Dramatic Provocations” And The “Hope For The Good”. by Sergey Elkin

The interview took place on January 17, 2026.   Maxim, do you remember your first conversation with Krymov? What did he tell you about the idea of the performance, and what was your first r…

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Monday, April 27, 2026

Bound To Start Again, Again, Again… by Teodora Medeleanu

Perhaps one of the strangest experiences one can have when moving to a new place is watching a performance tackling the exact same situation. Luckily, no two re-rooting stories are the same,…

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Saturday, April 25, 2026

The Wooster Group’s “Nayatt School Redux” at the Coronet Theatre: Made-Over Experimental Classic Marks A Great Comeback by Aleks Sierz

At a time when, in the post-Brexit years, British theatre is increasingly insular, a visit by the Wooster Group, legendary veterans of American experimental theatre, is surely worth celebrat…

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Friday, April 24, 2026

“JenXponential,” A Story Of Potential by Teodora Medeleanu

In a small town, where nothing really happens, K. works at VHS World, alongside her teenage friends (all misfits, according to the local twin bullies), and the boss, a middle-aged man who se…

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Thursday, April 23, 2026

“Frankenstein (History Of Hate)” by Margaret Rose

Milan’s international festival, FOG, continues with productions from Italy and many parts of the globe. In late March I caught Frankenstein (History of Hate), a production by the much-accl…

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Wednesday, April 22, 2026

“Art Of Andalucia:” Rain Outside, Fire Within. Daniel Martinez Flamenco Company at The Haymarket, Basingstoke, Hampshire. by Zoë Hewitt

Outside, mid-April in Basingstoke was all drizzle and grey light. Inside The Haymarket, Art of Andalucia opened another climate entirely. For one evening, the theatre felt closer to a Spanis…

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“Handle With Care” At Milan’s FOG Festival by Margaret Rose

In March, FOG – Milan’s annual performing arts festival – hosted Handle with Care, a production by Ontroerend Goed, the well-known performance-group from Ghent in Belgium. Ontroerend G…

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Developing Theatre And Performance Pedagogy Through Marae-based Wānanga In Aotearoa/New Zealand. Part II by Hilary Halba and Rua McCallum

To read PART I of this essay, go to this link.   Having consulted with mana whenua[1]People with with authority over a certain area, in this case the people with authority over the area loc…

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Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Developing Theatre And Performance Pedagogy Through Marae-based Wānanga In Aotearoa/New Zealand. Part I by Hilary Halba and Rua McCallum

This article is dedicated to the memory of Rua McCallum – teacher, kaitiaki, scholar, performance practitioner, and playwright – who passed away on May 9th 2024. In her article “The Li…

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Wednesday, April 15, 2026

A Successfully Funny Perspective On Life Aspirations In State Theatre Oldenburg's Production Of "Bondy Beach" by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Bondi Beach was premiered on the 7th of October 2023 at the municipal theatre in Ingolstadt. Further Productions followed in Regensburg, and the Hans-Otto-Theater in Potsdam in 2024/ 2025…

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Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Chekhov's "Uncle Vanja", directed by Yana Ross at the Royal Theatre, Copenhagen by Duška Radosavljević

Already active across a number of north European theatre contexts " from her base in Lithuania to Sweden, Norway and Germany " American- and Russian-trained director Yana Ross has just made …

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 11:56AM[SHARE]

Michael Frayn's "Copenhagen" at the Hampstead Theatre: Excellent Revival Of Iconic Play About The Ethics Of The Atom Bomb by Aleks Sierz

Every day, for many weeks, we keep hearing about nuclear weapons. Part of the reason for the current attack on Iran by the United States and Israel is the idea, whether true or not, that the…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 11:28AM[SHARE]

From Richard To Richard: MITEM 2026 And a Europe in a State of Alarm by Emiliia Dementsova

MITEM (Madách International Theatre Meeting), held annually at the National Theatre in Budapest, is one of Central Europe's major international theatre festivals. Since its founding in 20…

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Friday, April 10, 2026

Adaptations On The German Stage (3): Theater Bremen Is Keen On The Long Haul by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

David Safier was born in Bremen in 1966. He trained as a journalist, worked as radio and TV presenter and script writer for TV before he turned his attention to writing novels. Those have be…

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Big Fatuous Giant by Jonathan Kalb

Mark Rosenblatt's new play Giant is a sensational, admirable, and courageous effort to Make Anti-Semitism Despicable Again. MADA baseball caps coming soon. You read it here first. The play, …

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Thursday, April 9, 2026

Dog-Gone by Jonathan Kalb

The new stage adaptation of Dog Day Afternoon just opened on Broadway, directed by Rupert Goold, doesn't seem sure who its target audience is. If you went not knowing the source material (th…

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Wednesday, April 8, 2026

GPS M S Biomechanics System Vs. Narcissism: "Shouting, Making Faces, And Being Crazy Is NOT Enough To Be A Clown" by Ivanka Apostolova Baskar

An Interview with Mr. Denni Dennis, internationally renowned dancer, performer, educator-trainer (Denmark/Russia/Kazakhstan). Denni Dennis is born in Denmark/based in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Tra…

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Christopher Hampton's "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" at The National Theatre: Busy Highly Stylized Revival Is All Spectacle And No Emotion by Aleks Sierz

Okay, this is odd. The original novel, Les Liaisons dangereuses, first published in 1782, features a rich and powerful man and woman positively exulting in their manipulation of a much young…

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Memories Of And Acting In Old Age Are Central To "Ein Deutsches Leben" by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

In 2016, Austrian director Christian Krönes and colleagues launched their two-hour documentary film Ein deutsches Leben, about Brunhilde Pomsel (1911 " 2017). To a large extent, the film fe…

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Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Lyle Kessler Receives Lifetime Achievement Award In Playwriting by Marcina Zaccaria

was a student of Lee Strasburg in his private class.  I was directing around town, off-off Broadway, and in other areas in New York.  I was invited to go to his Directors Unit at The A…

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Everything In Programming Matters To Cultivate The Spectator`S Free Will by Ivanka Apostolova Baskar

An Interview with Mr. Hassane Kassi Kouyaté, Chair of the International Artistic Committee of MASA " Marché des Arts du Spectacle Africain d'Abidjan, Ivory Coast /Republic of Côte d'Ivo…

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Thursday, April 2, 2026

David Yazbek: The Master of Adapting Films into Musicals. An Exclusive Interview by Lisa Monde

Dedicated to the composer's 25th Broadway anniversary David Yazbek burst onto Broadway a quarter century ago with the musical "The Full Monty" and immediately gained recognition as a compose…

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Wednesday, April 1, 2026

The Auto-fictional Mode As A Variation Of Biographical Material In The Theatre by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Falk Richter was born in 1969. He studied linguistics, philosophy and theatre directing at the University of Hamburg, the city in which he was born. He has since developed a noted and intern…

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Tim Crouch's "The Tempest" at The Globe by Duška Radosavljević

Who better to breathe new life into Shakespeare's Tempest than Tim Crouch " a magician extraordinaire of the 21st century British theatre? There are several strands of his career that land r…

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Sunday, March 29, 2026

On Fire: Luciana Acuña's "Bailarinas Incendiadas" (Dancers in Flames) by Maria Delgado

Luciana Acuña is one of the most exciting figures in contemporary dance. Her energy lit up La edad media/ The Middle Ages, the 2022 Covid-19 lockdown film she co-directed with her partner…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 03:27PM[SHARE]
Friday, March 27, 2026

The 2026 International Ibsen Award: A Reflection On The Winner By The Committee by International Ibsen Award Committee 2026

A week ago today, the winner of the 2026 Ibsen International Award was announced by the Norwegian National Theatre. This year's winner Jaha Koo is a remarkable interdisciplinary artist and t…

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2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off