The last several years in our shared history, particularly the rise of discriminatory legislation, pandemic-fueled xenophobia, and racially-motivated violence, have turned a sharper lens tow…
This is Part 2 of the interview. To read Part 1 and Part 3, click the links. Tomasz WiÅ›niewski: Perhaps, at this moment we may ask Professor Octavian Saiu from Romania " who by the way i…
A zoom conversation conducted on 13th May 2021 as part of the Twelfth Between.PomiÄ™dzy Festival. Tomasz WiÅ›niewski: The session that we are beginning now is pivotal for all activitie…
During the second edition of the artist-led Mercurio Festival in Palermo, the Italian choreographer Roberto Castello was invited to give a workshop and share his long-standing physical and m…
I cannot imagine a better way to end one's Covid-19 lockdown than to head to a Lucy McCormick show at London's Battersea Arts Centre. Life: Live, straplined as a debut concert by the nu pop …
The CompañÃa Nacional de Teatro Clásico (CNTC) in Spain is asking different contemporary playwrights to confront Spanish Golden Age authors, with Sergio Blanco the most recent. He w…
Máskara " the Transdisciplinary Research Center in Theatre, Dance, and Performance " is an artistic and academic collective founded in 2002 in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil. It is linked t…
Day four of the Between.Pomiedzy festival featured Virtual Beckett, the third seminar by the Beckett Research Group of GdaÅ„sk. This session opened with a presentation by the artistic dir…
Artist Szymon Adamczak moves between the Netherlands and his home country Poland. Since the outbreak of Covid-19 more than a year ago, he has witnessed how a broad mix of Polish citizens " a…
In the chaotically queer third act of Fake Friends' 2020 production of Circle Jerk, the performance's trio"played by Michael Breslin, Patrick Foley, and Cat Rodriguez"erupt into a frenetic m…
One of the highlights of this year's Avignon Festival was Boxing Shadows, written especially by Australian playwright Timothy Daly for the Isabelle Starker Theatre Company (Compagnie Isabell…
Located in Southern Utah, the majestic Tuacahn Amphitheater has been the perfect summer treat for family audiences for over twenty-five years. This unique 2,000 seat amphitheater, with a 1,5…
We have rounded up the rising stars, not only from Moscow and St. Petersburg but also from regional theaters. 1. Denis Zakharov Once again, as 30 years ago, the Bolshoi Theater has a whole n…
Speaking to humanity across time and space, Archive: This Was the End is an interactive sculpture where a past performance mesmerizes the present day. Created by Co-Artistic Directors Mallor…
Founded in 1985, the Music Day is an event held on June 21st every year, in order to celebrate the summer solstice, and involves more than 120 countries around the world. One of its main fun…
William Shakespeare is one of the world's most influential playwrights, but his life continues to be shrouded in mystery. Since his death in 1616 at the age of 52, no handwritten manuscripts…
Clubhouse is taking over social media in a big way. The invitation-only, audio-only app is emerging as a popular space to host events, discussions, and more ever since it had a beta launch f…
Red Giant, commissioned by Baltimore-based Indie Opera company, Rhymes with Opera, is a live, digital sci-fi opera directed by Ashley Tata. The music of the opera was composed by Adam Matloc…
The play White Rabbit Red Rabbit is an experimental piece by the Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour that has become a theatrical phenomenon. It has been performed around the world over 2…
RECLAIM PUBLIC SPACE! Many ideals are projected onto public space, as if it were inherently democratic, inclusive and accessible. Nothing could be further from the truth. Who can freely perf…
Wesley Enoch's exuberant return to the Sydney Theatre Company to direct African-American playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Appropriate is a wild ride back to the power of live theatre. This…
With many theatres now reopening again, it is surely a good moment to celebrate all those venues which managed to stage live shows in the past few months " often in very stressful circumstan…
Based on a recent phone interview with Al-Zaidi, the most prominent Iraqi playwright. Ali Al-Zaidi is the most celebrated playwright in contemporary Iraqi theatre. His plays have been transl…
In the virtual space of the 12th Between.PomiÄ™dzy Festival of Literature and Theatre, a question is raised about the uncertain future of the non-virtual, physical world we live and breat…
This is PART 2 of the interview. To read PART 1, click here. WiÅ›niewski: When I watched your adaptation of Waiting for Godot, I was struck by how mundane activities were globalized in th…