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Up to the present moment a debate has been going on " whether the demon-barber of Fleet Street had a real-life prototype. For the very first time, a character under the name of Sweeney Todd …
Androids no longer dream of electric sheep " instead they inhabit our dreams. Whether it is novels such as Kazuo Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun or Ian McEwan's Machines Like Me, or films like …
Grammy winner Renée Fleming recently appeared in the two-part immersive opera series Cities That Sing directed by François-René Martin and produced by Tripp Hornick and Elmar Kruse. As …
In 2019, I sat in the balcony of the Helen Hayes Theatre. My social media circles had been abuzz over the show I was about to see: What the Constitution Means to Me by Heidi Schreck. There w…
In the Lilla scenen of Uppsala Stadsteater (City Theatre), a haunting echo of the past emerged, meticulously stitched from the pages of Stig Dagerman's raw recounting of post-war Germany, Ge…
Nobodies who kill somebodies: let's make a list. Okay, there's Lee Harvey Oswald (JFK), James Earl Ray (MLK) and Mark Chapman (John Lennon). But what about the man who shot Mahatma Gandhi? W…
It has become common practice to spend time on social networks at certain hours of the day, because these platforms, besides having many advantages, give us the chance to follow the latest n…
When it comes to Wild Home: An American Odyssey, the project is best-described by its subtitle. The journey began in 2018, when co-creators Notch Theatre Company and Jessica Kahkoska initiat…
Remember what a first date feels like? Awkward. Exciting. Awkward. Intriguing. Awkward. Difficult. Yes, it's a mixture of emotions, often between the desire to be liked and the frustration o…
Writing Using is the most recent work by Ahn Aesoon, one of the most renowned contemporary dancers and choreographers in South Korea. She served as the artistic director of the Korea Nationa…
In 2004, Ireland, as one of the first countries in the EU, invited Polish people to live and work here. Over the past two decades, Poles have become the largest minority in Ireland, the Poli…
Fabio Tolledi is a theatre director, and playwright of Astrà gali Teatro, a theatre company founded in 1981, based in Italy. Since 1992, he directs all the performances and training activi…
The 68th Sterijino pozorje took place earlier this summer in Novi Sad. Critics Borisav Matić and Andrej ÄŒanji discuss this year's selection. Borisav: May was a month of upheaval and e…
Okay, let's start with a definition: it is said that sex is what you have between your legs, and gender is what you have between your ears. Certainly, the emotional experience of falling in …
Franco Ungaro works at the AMA " Accademia Mediterranea dell'Attore in Lecce (Italy), he has designed and managed, and educated many inspiring projects who are promoting contemporary Italian…
The tenth in a row international theatre festival "Shakespeare Festival", whose founder is director Nikita Milivojević, this year, held in ÄŒortanovci, Serbia, brought top theatre prod…
Walter Prete is a playwright, author, actor, educator, dramaturg, director. Born in 1991 in Ruffano, in the province of Lecce, Walter Prete approached the world of theatre as an actor at a v…
UNBOX ME! Written by Simon Jones. Directed by Simon Jones. Dramaturgy by Sara Giddens. Bodies in Flight Theatre Company. The Wickham Theatre, Bristol, UK, 25 February 2023. An ordinary worki…
Originally Shomit Dutta's new play Stumped was screened online from 27 September 2022. Streaming on-demand Original Theatre Online created a new hybridized form of online theatre that merged…
It's no secret that I'm an advocate for feminist, queer theatre. Or that I enjoy worlds of the fantastical variety, toeing the line of reality and imagination just so, crafting realization i…
"We're not here to make fairytales, we're here to follow them," quips the narrator (Adam Godley) early on in Once Upon a One More Time, the Britney Spears jukebox musical playing at the Marq…
There is a show at this year's Fringe called Distant Memories of the Near Future written and performed by copywriter and storyteller David Head. It is billed as a piece which imagines an AI …
When considering Okot p'Bitek's perspective on African tradition, it becomes evident that change is inevitable. If African tradition is lived in the midst of the battle of life, then Lawino …
Success always opens doors. Ever since the HBO drama Succession was lauded as a huge international hit, one of its writers and producers, Lucy Prebble, has been a hot property. Although I pe…
Lucy McCormick used to do music gigs and re-enactments, but she has now put her past and her friends behind her and is bent on exploring being in the present. This of course must include us.…
