After the unforeseen Covid-19 induced a public events hiatus where all forms of public gatherings, including theatre productions, were not allowed, Joburg Theatre has managed to do what few …
Beginning with the erecting of a green screen and ending with its dismantling, Different Stars: A Reckoning with Time, Trauma, and Circumstance is one man's self-aware journey into his most …
Monika KwaÅ›niewska: What is your educational background in the arts? Did you graduate from drama school in Senegal? Mamadou Góo Bâ: I wasn't at drama school. I learned through prac…
Strange Bird Immersive premieres its all-new immersive, virtual theatrical experience "The Strange Secret of Mr. Adrian Rook," playing through October 10, 2020 on Zoom. The full version of …
The famous puppet and Shaker's beloved 'daughter' will be part of a larger permanent exhibition dedicated to the renowned late puppeteer The famous Egyptian puppet Rihana will be on display …
Zhejiang, East China " Even by circus standards, the past 12 months have been a wild ride for Cirque de Soleil's newest troupe. Last August, the Canadian entertainment company launched its f…
Heidi Latsky is a dancer and a choreographer who puts her vision of an inclusive integrated world on display, unapologetically. Her dance company Heidi Latsky Dance has been at the forefront…
Sometimes a small event, a work of art or a life story can inspire us, unexpectedly change our perspective on life, help us find the meaning of life or create our own meaning. Spoonface, an …
It's no secret that climate change is a universal topic, a subject that has only just begun to enter the theatrical sphere in earnest. But what happens when one shows such an important subje…
Seven darkly lit Zoom screens containing seven performers whose faces were obscured by elaborate, creepily stunning masks. Round robin they state, "LOOK at me. Look AT me. Look at ME" in Far…
Documentary dramas engage the audience with social issues, and in Russia, documentary drama emerged in the late 1990s to bring attention to topics not covered in Russian mainstream news medi…
The Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company is the Australia's biggest Aboriginal-led theatre company. Yirra Yaakin (Yir-raarh Yaarh-kin] means "Stand Tall" in Noongar language; the company is based in…
Ever since the quarantine began, a joke has been circulating throughout critical discourse"ok, on Twitter"about the literature that will emerge a year, five years, a decade from now: post-dy…
As live play performances and readings crowd virtual platforms, theatre is going through a 'dramatic' shift from stage to screen. Are new formats here to stay? Actors wait with bated breath …
The 21-year-old Nigerian comedian Maryam Apaokagi has joined a line-up of the nation's top performers working health tips into their routines to spread the word about COVID-19. In one of her…
Just when theatre audiences were drowsing over YouTube and Facebook live streaming and wishing a return to physical theatres after lockdown, a South African performing group took them by sto…
During the current pandemic, stories about isolation have a particular resonance. Feelings of claustrophobia, loneliness, and frustration slide off the stage and echo in our subconscious " y…
With the coronavirus pandemic still running rampant and limiting in-person gatherings, theatre festivals around the world have been forced to rethink their approach to their annual season. O…
Today, Krzysztof Warlikowski is considered one of the most influential auteurs devising for the stage (indeed, his profile was added to Maria M. Delgado's and Dan Rebellato's recent re-editi…
Written by Julian Meyrick, Julianne Schultz, and Justin O'Connor National crises, like the pandemics that can provoke them, come in stages. Each stage presents leaders with unique problem…
"Let Me Freeze Again to Death" is an entire experience. Unlike many Zoom Play Readings or virtual concerts, "Let Me Freeze Again to Death" felt up close and fully engaged me aurally, visuall…
"If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off. If it's not going to be fired, it shouldn't be hanging t…
John Rwoth-Omack is a Ugandan-born theatre artist, bred and based in the UK. A lover of African stories, he directed Bad Blood Blues for Sheffield Theatres, probing such disturbing …
The COVID-19 pandemic undoubtedly hit the cultural and creative industries sector (CCI) very hard. UNESCO called the situation a "cultural emergency" on a global scale. The full version of t…
Solomon Mikhoels, the beloved star of the Soviet Yiddish theater, was once asked how long he worked on the role of King Lear. Mikhoels's reply was: 45 years. Mikhoels explained that he playe…