Moldovan playwright and director Nicoleta Esinencu is known for her provocative monologue FUCK YOU, Eu.ro.Pa. Tom Mustroph talks to her about Symphony of Progress, her new production for Ber…
Teatri Oda, Prishtina (part of the Kosovo Theatre Showcase) There are more people in the world who are either functionally bilingual or multilingual than those who are monolingual. While man…
On November 20, 2021, TheTheatreTimes.com published futureStage Manifesto, developed by futureStage Research Group at metaLAB at Harvard, a group of 40 leading thinkers in performing arts.Â…
I was instantly transported into the world of the play as soon as I walked into the theater. A mismatch assortment of upholstered chairs made up the small audience, butting right up against …
When reflecting on the experiences, and people, that have shaped us, certain individuals may emerge as recurring figures in our personal stories. More pointedly, when someone disappears and …
INTRODUCTION This article is comparative in approach and introduces the work of two classic post-war dramatists, Samuel Beckett and Tadeusz Różewicz. Both artists are usually perceived…
Peggy Ramsay is a theater legend. Around the time of her death in 1991, the Australian-born agent was honored with a meticulous biography by Colin Chambers and a personal memoir by Simon Cal…
Bizarre. Breathtaking. Beautiful. I leave the Royal Court theatre with these Bs, as well as others such as bewitching and beguiling, buzzing in my mind. Alistair McDowall, whose previous lef…
Every year in December, the Cairo Opera Ballet Company performs The Nutcracker at the Cairo Opera House's main hall, continuing a long tradition of performances of this magical work. This ye…
Over the last few years, the issue of decolonising the curriculum has become a growing concern for UK universities. This means recognising the legacy of western colonialism and rethinking th…
History is a prison. Often, you can't escape. It imprints its mark on people, environments and language. And nowhere is this more true that in Northern Ireland, where the long history of con…
Deniz BaÅŸar and Handan Salta attended Kosovo Theatre Showcase and apart from seeing the plays and witnessing the theatre scene they interviewed the guests of the showcase. The fourth of t…
October was the month of Surge Madrid festival. A collection of the alternative theater whose purpose was to show what artists on the fringes are doing. Dozens of plays could be enjoyed in t…
Learning to make music is a full mind-and-body activity. Whether teaching how to play a musical instrument, or how to sing, teachers rely on learners' physical cues to help them progress " c…
Science fiction is a genre very much associated with technological marvels, innovations, and visions of the future. So it may be surprising to find so many of its writers are drawn to Shakes…
Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven Connecticut stages a revival of Anna Deavere Smith's Fires in the Mirror, following the same production's staging at Baltimore Center Stage in Maryland last y…
Samson, the South African theatrical work produced by Third World Bunfight, is one of six winners of the prestigious World Music Theatre NOW! competition. Samson was written, directed …
CINDERELLA. A two-act musical. Written and directed by Faeron Wheeler. Musical Director: Tersia Harley. Choreography: Stephanie McCulloch. Lighting: Gary Fargher. Sound: Gail Duguid Fargher.…
Every month, Etcetera gazes into the soul of a performing artist. We choose artistic interest over human interest. This time, we are happy to give the word to Kelly Copper (1971). Together w…
Imitation of Death staged in Kozhikode Imitation of Death, a play staged at Zamorin's Higher Secondary School in Kozhikode from December 28, 2021 to January 1, 2022, was a site-specific inti…
Blood Knot, by legendary South African playwright Athol Fugard, which ran at the Market Theatre in November, had its first and only showing on September 3rd 1961, in what was described as a …
The National Theatre has a good record in staging classic American drama by black playwrights. James Baldwin's The Amen Corner, August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and Lorraine Hansberr…
In 2017, Coligny, a small dorpie in Bokone Bophirima (North West Province), was thrown into the national spotlight when a young black man was allegedly killed by two white men over the th…
It's a sign of the times that one of my last trips of the year, to Ella Road's Fair Play at the Bush Theatre, was cancelled because of COVID. Not that much of a surprise really: it's o…
After 15 years of entertaining audiences in Japan and abroad, the actors of Saitama Gold Theater will take the stage for the last time with "Mizu no Eki" ("The Water Station") this month. Fe…