Interview with Handan Salta " co-founder of the Istanbul Theatre Showcase " TheatreIST, theatre critic, literary translator. Handan Salta is a freelance critic and translator. She taught cou…
To read PART I of this report, go to this link. Â The line of Irish productions at 2024 Dublin Theatre Festival provoked questions about how to make theatre relevant to contemporary audie…
My carefully planned visit to the 2024 Dublin Theatre Festival started and ended in unexpected events. On the day of arrival, ten minutes after leaving the hotel, I was engulfed by crowds of…
In November, the American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR) awarded the 2024 Translation Prize to Bahram Beyzaie's Naqqali Trilogy, translated into English for the first time by Nikta Sabo…
Interpretations in cultures and languages external to Spain have been integral to the survival of La casa de Bernarda Alba since its composition in 1936. Federico GarcÃa Lorca was execute…
In his short story, A Report to an Academy, written and published in 1917, Franz Kafka imagines that an ape, called Red Peter, who has turned human, addresses an academy of academics and …
Diaries are dynamite " they hold secrets, and secrets can tear families apart. In Coral Wylie's debut, Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew, currently at the Bush Theatre, written records are lin…
British people are socially awkward: this explains why we talk about the weather, queue compulsively and pretend to be polite. It is also at the heart of our television culture, anything fro…
A leading figure in contemporary art, Candida Alvarez is an American painter and studio artist renowned for her dynamic use of color and bold experimentation. Her vibrant works seamlessly bl…
As of 2023, Polish Americans amounted to over eight million people, i.e., 2.46% of the US population according to the US Census Bureau[1][Polish-American Heritage Month: October 2023, https:…
Ellen Pearlman interviewed by Ivo Marais To read PART I of this interview, go to this link. Â I: Visual AI is at the heart of this piece, almost like a performer itself. How did you envis…
Ellen Pearlman interviewed by Ivo Marais  Ivo: These questions are crafted to reflect the solemnity of the AI biometric cinematic opera "Language Is Leaving Me" with its themes of epigen…
Playwriting awards have always been a promised land for playwrights. For emerging storytellers, being awarded is like being recognized not only as an enthusiast but as a professional; for es…
"The singing is nice, but the staging is atrocious." So remarked the couple sitting behind me at Target Margin's production of Show/Boat: A River before walking out during intermission. They…
Any frequent theater-goer is likely familiar with the "two block rule", a piece of etiquette that states that one should refrain from discussing a show until they are at least two blocks awa…
With the United States now governed by swaggering, ignorant bigots spewing xenophobic venom, militarizing the border, and terrorizing any insufficiently White person hoping to come or stay, …
An Interview with Bouboulina Nikaki, Thessaloniki-Athens, Greece " International theatre festival`s expert, theatre critic, literary translator and program advisor; founder/editor of the pla…
Marketing is the new real. For many years, in theatre as elsewhere in society, the most important thing is not creativity, or originality, or integrity, but hype. A good example is The Years…
Beckett Briefs is a great title for a program of short plays by Ireland's most famously laconic writer. Those who take it literally can feel assured the evening won't be a slog (the whole th…
The first part of this interview is available here. Tim Rice has been lucky to work with many talented composers and musicians throughout his long creative life. In addition to Andrew Lloyd …
Jill Ohayon grew up believing there were only two respectable career paths: doctor or lawyer. And so she chose the latter and carried on with her life… but musical theater kept calling.Â�…
Factory Theatre, renowned for showcasing the latest works from Canada's alternative and political theatre troupes, hosted Honey I'm Home as part of its 2024 season. This Lester Trips (Theatr…
An Interview with playwright, dramaturg and director " Simona Semenic (Ljubljana, Slovenia) Simona Semenic is one of the most important, most prolific female " feminist playwrights, director…
Some of the outstanding works by British playwright Lucy Kirkwood are finally being staged in Italy, with productions of The Children and The Welkin currently showing in major theatres. The …
The Tony Award-winning Musical Come From Away, written by Irene Sankoff and David Hein, premiered in 2016 as a co-production of La Jolla Playhouse and Seattle Repertory Theatre, staged in Wa…