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The performance follows four women in different parts of Ukraine, at various distances from the frontline and allows them to tell their pre and post-February 2022 stories. Abrupt opening? It…
It's election year so the gaze of British theatre turns towards the National Health Service. But, no, this month's plays do not examine the parlous state of doctors and hospitals today, but …
We've all heard of the metaphorical madwoman in the attic, but what about the symbolic unexploded bomb under the roof, tucked away among the junk, accumulating dust and lying quietly undisco…
Writer, actor, and director Ascanio Celestini is one of Italy's most celebrated theatrical storytellers, a genre much loved by Italian audiences of all ages. For me, Dario Fo was the undispu…
The Jeune Théâtre Européen Jeunes Publics (Young European Theatre for Young Audiences) (JTEJP) project was a 2022-23 pilot experience of designing, creating, and performing prototypes o…
The growing levels of migration results in an increasing number of children across Europe growing up in multilingual families (Armon-Lotem and Jong de 1), in which they may or may not share …
Vincenzo Bellini's penultimate opera, Beatrice di Tenda, rests between two more frequently performed works, Norma (1831) and I puritani (1835) " the latter his eleventh and final opera…
It's a sign of the times that German director Thomas Ostermeier's West End debut is his production of An Enemy of the People, which has been rep at his Schaubühne theatre for over a decade.…
What is a citizen-dramaturg? Could I study it at a university? Is it merely a state of mind? Would I need a certificate to practice? Until I participated in the 2023 Kennedy Center American …
Tim Rice became interested in the biography of Eva Perón " the wife of the famous dictator Juan Perón " in the early 70s of the past century. Most of the musical's book, Tim wrote whil…
A solo performance in theatre may often trap us inside a single dramatic character, taking us deep into their interiority. Or it may zigzag feverishly between an astounding range of figures …
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Alberto Conejero's trajectory as a playwright has been rooted in telling the stories that have lain in the margins, side-lined or erased. He has a remarkable capacity to address that which o…
Nowadays it seems that it's the fringe and Off-West End venues that are keeping the spirit of international theatre alive in London. Whereas much mainstream big-name theatre feels increasing…
For the corps de ballet of an Opera House, the place par excellence for the preservation of the intangible cultural heritage of the dance repertoire, providing an opportunity for young and e…
In West End theatre, the cliché that nothing succeeds like success keeps the wheels of commerce turning merrily. But just because a show is selling lots of tickets, and has generated loads …
Every day is a cunty day for Bekah Walsh. The Baltimore-based theatre nerd turned prolific #TheatreTok content creator has been hitting the campaign trail hard since August 2023. But, for Wa…
Shakespeare's King Lear has defied composers who refused invitations to render this bleakest of tragedies into opera: Berlioz, Britten, Verdi were all at some point approached about an opera…
There is a lot to admire in Denise Despeyroux's newest play produced by the Centro Dramático Nacional at Madrid's Valle-Inclán theatre. Misericordia (Mercy) is about how we look back a…
Santiago a Mil is an annual theatre and performing arts festival held in the Chilean capital in summer. Since 1994 it has been welcoming audiences to its programme of activities across the c…
In a year in which 77-year-old Dolly Parton recorded her first rock record, the octogenarian Rolling Stones released their first original album in years and 81-year old Harrison Ford starred…
For lovers of the fantastical and the geeky, the scene at Under St. Mark's is one of nostalgia and familiarity. The pre-show music is reminiscent of Undertale; the font demarcating several k…
"This play is a lie," boldly declares the poster of Sam Holcroft's new play A Mirror, now playing at London's Trafalgar Theatre after its initial run at the Almeida Theatre last summer. It's…
On Monday How to Dance in Ohio, one of the most hyped shows of the 2023 Broadway fall season, announced it would close on February 11th, just one show short of 100 performances. Based on Ale…
Jane Austen is not just a classic novelist " she's a cultural institution and a national treasure. Since the 1990s there has been an avalanche not only of straight adaptations of her novels …
