Review: Wonnangatta by Angus Cerini, directed by Jessica Arthur, Sydney Theatre Company Theatre is back in Sydney after the COVID"induced hiatus decimated the cultural life of the city. Wonn…
Owners hopeful of bouncing back to business during the coming festival season After staying shut for more than six months due to the COVID-19 outbreak, theatres and multiplexes reopened to a…
Over the past two years, I have had the privilege of inviting a group of teenagers in Canada, ages 13-17, to consider theatre as a possible means of fighting for climate action. These ten yo…
La compagnie catalane Els Joglars, crée en 1962 par Albert Boadella, Carlota Soldevila, propose une critique sociale, avec ironie et fantaisie, des pouvoirs établis dans le contexte des mo…
Kennosuke Nakamori's sonorous voice fills a small room as he practices the lines of a traditional noh play, even though he hasn't performed before a live audience in months. He moves gracefu…
A Midsummer Night's Dream has the makings of a fairy tale: a forest full of meddling fairies, magic potions that spark romantic fancies, a series of comedic errors and a happy ending. And ye…
On September 7, 1964, during an NBC Monday night movie, the democratic campaign to reelect President Lyndon B. Johnson made an infamous decision- to air the first-ever American political "at…
The actor, who plays his first lead role as a circus artist in the recent film Ram Singh Charlie, talks about his transition from theatre to cinema Famous in theatre circles for over 25 year…
Maybe 13 is an unlucky number? Contemporary theater's annual Festival/Tokyo is known for its focus on young artists and edgy productions, but for its 13th edition it has had to deal wi…
Michael Chekhov Actor Studio Boston, or MCASB, has been one of the leading New England acting training institutions for over a decade. While the name of Michael Chekhov is in the title and D…
All Hallows Eve is one of those rare productions that contain all the spicy ingredients of a classic tale. Whether you choose to celebrate Halloween this year with trick-or-treating, cost…
To the right of the piano, hung on the far wall of the space, was the ravishing 103 x 172.5 inch acrylic on canvas. The Frankenthaler abstract painting dominated the space with a wash of und…
Gianni Rodari is a cult writer and, probably, one of the most influential in the Italian 20th-century tradition, deeply studied mainly by scholars of pedagogy and educational sciences. Au…
I won't be the first or last person to note that 2020 has been a challenging year. It has been hard for so many reasons and day to day the world either seems to be falling apart and/or f…
 As part of the XXX Baltic House International Theatre Festival, the conference "Theatre and Virtual Reality" took place on October 16 " 18, 2020 at the Baltic House Theatre in Saint Pete…
Success smells sweet. The Bridge Theatre's pioneering season of one-person plays continues with sell-out performances of David Hare's Beat the Devil and Fuel's production of Inua Ellams's…
A blend of evocative medieval accompaniment and leaping modern Soprano melodies, The Anchoress is a fascinating album to speak to our present moment of self-isolation. Opening with a buzz…
While theaters around the United States typically produce The Rocky Horror Picture Show around Halloween, the city of Chicago, Illinois has a different tradition. Starting in 1987, The Annoy…
Camp is very much in season in Circle Jerk, a pitched-to-the-rafters romp from new media and theater collective Fake Friends. The show bills itself as an investigation of digital life and wh…
In September 2019, the UNESCO Cities of Literature Short Play Festival took place in Dunedin, New Zealand. One of the major events marking the University of Otago's 150th anniversary, the Fe…
Faustimir and Mephistragon The misery of the aging white man, who once diligently studied philosophy, law, and medicine, and yet still finds himself waiting for "gods eller guld eller ære…
Tim Norwood describes himself as an emerging theatre-maker from Sheffield. He's queer, disabled, and happily mining them both for material. He uses personal and confessional writing to make …
The new play Insulted. Belarus(sia) was written in September 2020 by Andrei Kureichik, a prominent Belarusian playwright and member of the Coordination Council of Belarus, about the first mo…
With a larger than usual stage, spaced out seating for a masked audience and actors armed with negative COVID-19 test results, the National School of Drama is preparing for its first product…
Back in January, when English director Lindsay Posner visited Tokyo for preparatory meetings to stage the iconic courtroom drama Twelve Angry Men at Bunkamura Theatre Cocoon in Shibuya Ward,…