Filmmaker Sun Yang discusses his recent documentary about visual artist Ma Liang, also known as Maleonn, and the creator's attempt to tell a story of family, reconciliation and reclaiming lo…
Nasarawa state in the north-central region of Nigeria is known for agriculture, salt mining, and one of the higher waterfalls in Africa. It has also consistently registered one of the highes…
If theater around the world previously sought to destroy the fourth wall, it has recently had to deal with this wall doubling. It is increasingly difficult for the audience and the performan…
Director Aoife Spillane-Hinks has quite the origin story for her entry into theatre. As the story goes, her mother was a theatre critic in New Haven, Connecticut when a babysitter cancelled …
At first glance, one might consider portraying someone's older brother, boyfriend, or therapist, an incredibly unusual route for their creative voice. However, twenty-five year old actor Dav…
Eric is convinced: His newborn granddaughter is Gerry Adams, the Irish Republican politician. Eric is haunted by the trauma of living through the Troubles, when Northern Ireland was rocked b…
After seven months of dialogue and organization, a group of "more than 150 policymakers, artists, theatre-makers, theatre & performing arts structures" have published 'The Dresden Declar…
The brilliant performance reaffirms its disregard for conventional attitudes and unjustified inequalities"a nod to the social and political context from which the work sprang. The full versi…
A.Y.L.A.N by Natasha Tripney Oda Theater, Prishtina, 29 October The audience sits on the stage looking out at a sea of empty seats. From this perspective, they look like waves breaking o…
Rute Costa in conversation with Uzma Hameed, dance dramaturg of Woolf Works It was December 2019 when I sat down with dramaturg Uzma Hameed in a Covent Garden cafe. We talked about her work …
What are the challenges in translating comedy for the stage? And how do you get your translation performed to a paying audience? Charlie Gobbett explains: 'We've been doing this play in our …
Recently a friend sent me a message that read, "I'm not sure if you have TikTok, but something has been going around. Users are making a Ratatouille musical and I thought you'd appreci…
The management of the Sharm El-Sheikh International Theatre Festival for Youth (SITFY) revealed details about its 5th edition during the press conference that took place on 9 November at the…
Once the COVID-19 pandemic finally relinquishes its control of the world economy, the impact of artificial intelligence on the job market will no doubt earn its way into news headlines as a …
The annual International Literary Translation & Creative Writing Summer School is delivered in Norwich, UK by the British Centre for Literary Translation in partnership with the National…
Hvor kommer du fra? Hvor kommer du fra? Hvor kommer du fra? Hvor kommer du fra? I have probably asked and practiced to ask this question about a zillion times over the last fe…
It's been six years since Leper and Chip played to sold-out Dublin audiences with critical success. Not bad for first-time playwright and Dublin native Lee Coffey. His next two plays,�…
Youth Theatre " Audience Development A Conversation with the Youth Council of the Deutsches Theater Berlin Productions and theatre projects with young people are staged every season at the D…
Today, I watched the first episode in the Tools for Change trilogy, digital reimaginings of three plays exploring racism, censorship, power and identity from the Theatre Uncut archive, in a …
Subdued browns, grays and black dominate the stage. The impression of a vast empty space is amplified by the clocks dotted around the stage. They stand on the floor, creep into the scenery a…
There is growing excitement for the star-studded release of the Netflix film adaptation of the award-winning musical, The Prom. Inspired by a true story, the musical comedy follows a g…
Why democracies are not about doing the right thing, but about how the right thing is always being done in the right way. Politics as a Narrative and the Problems Therein The starting point …
Vsevolod Meyerhold was a personality of great contradictions, and one of the movers and shakers in the 20th-century theatre. It's not an exaggeration to say that he influenced the art of per…
I have hesitated for a while to engage with the increasingly ubiquitous "[insert own subject field] in times of Covid-19" catchphrase, or variations thereof. This is because of some personal…
Playwright Philip Ridley has had a very productive lockdown. Despite the constraints of the pandemic he has been exceptionally creative. In March, when all theatres in Britain were closed, h…