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It Takes Artistry to Make Theatre for Young Audiences: New Theatre for Children Festival, Wrocław 2024
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Mozart! The Gem of European Musical Theatre
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“German Autumn” At The Uppsala Stadsteater
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“Sonne, los jetzt!”: Elfriede Jelinek’s Reversed Heliotropism for the End Times
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“In The Name Of Profit” At Fringe Milano Off
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Artists’ Entry: Tiago Rodrigues
Since he started out as an actor, 20 years ago, Tiago Rodrigues has always looked at theater as a...
“Border” And “Sheol/שאול” – Wachowicz/Fret Studio At Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024
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La Vie En Sickly Rose: Florian Zeller’s “The Son” at the German State Theatre
The entire stage is the same shade of pale, dusty pink: the extra-long couch and side tables, the...
Roxy Cook’s A Woman Walks into a Bank at Theatre 503: Sublimely Beguiling Account of Everyday Life in Twenty-First Century Moscow
The recent news that Russia’s Supreme Court has banned the “international LGBT movement”,...
It Takes Artistry to Make Theatre for Young Audiences: New Theatre for Children Festival, Wrocław 2024
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“Interview with Ukrainian Actor Orest Pastukh”
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“Geometry of the Soul”, “Frozen Songs” and “Clowns’ Houses” at Novi Sad Theatre Festival
The second Novi Sad Theater Festival again provided an exciting seven-day festival repertoire for...
“Zinc (Zn)”: The Element That is Necessary for Life Becomes an Element of Death
A Wounded Soldier pushes pawns across a chess board while a Mother tells Svetlana the story of her...
Igor Vuk Torbica (1987 – 2020) – Balkan “Prince of Theatre” – The third Igor’s Days
He lived for 33 years, and then he left us. He had his first professional direction in the...
FIRE THEATRE Mime Company: On a Quest for Fire Drama
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“1981” directed by Tomi Janežič at Novi Sad Theatre
When the premiere performance of the play 1981, directed by Tomi Janežič, began at the Novi Sad...
It Takes Artistry to Make Theatre for Young Audiences: New Theatre for Children Festival, Wrocław 2024
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Tartuffe or the Hypocrite: Tartare of Tartuffe
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“The Overcoat:” A Balaganza of Absurdity and Travesty.
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Nicoleta Esinencu: On Making Enemies and Creating Communities
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Starlight Express The Musical: 40 Years in The Orbit
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“Tattooer” At Atelier Shunpusha: “Tattooer” Reworks Tanizaki’s Japanese Tale Of Desire And Power With Subtlety And Verve
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Regional Producing Theatres In England. Leeds Playhouse: A Case Study
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Robert Icke’s Oedipus at Wyndham’s Theatre: Lots Of Stunning Acting Compensates For Some Questionable Writing
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“Paisatges Compartits (Shared Landscapes)”, A Pleasant Day of Theatrical Land Art
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“Eréndira”: Show Business As Usual
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Theatrical Tectonics: The Slowdown Entertainment of a José Rivera Play
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On State Theatres and Minoritarian Theatres: Interview with Andrea Wolfer, Head of the Dramaturgy and PR Department of the German State Theatre in Timișoara, Romania
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Mozart! The Gem of European Musical Theatre
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Mark Rosenblatt’s Giant at the Royal Court: Provocative Drama About Anti-Semitism Is A Superb Play Of Ideas
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On The Other Side Of The Conundrum – A New Drama Inspired By “Picnic At Hanging Rock” In The National Theater Of Warsaw Poland [Part III]
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On The Other Side Of The Conundrum – A New Drama Inspired By “Picnic At Hanging Rock” In The National Theater Of Warsaw Poland [Part II]
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“The Most Daring Adventure Is Practicing Theater Remotely.” An Interview With Telematic Theater Pioneer Marina Hanganu [Part II]
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Timberlake Wertenbaker’s “Our Country’s Good” at the Lyric Hammersmith: Slightly Updated Classic Grounded by an Awkward Production
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Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing at the Old Vic: Spirited and Highly Enjoyable Revival of Semi-Autobiographical Love Drama
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Performance That Every Man Should See, And No Child Should
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Post-Colonial B-Horror: “The Visitors” at Volksbühne Berlin
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“My Mother’s Funeral”
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“PÚPÄTKO” from the Slovak Ján Palárik Theatre
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“Drapando:” Scratching For A Connection
The play Drapando, czyli Atak Zamszałego Starucha (Drapando, or the attack of the mossy old man)...
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“Púpätko” at the 7th New Theatre for Children Festival
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“The Popess” Visits The Edinburgh Fringe Festival
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“L’Addition,” S’il Vous Plait
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Samuel Beckett’s “Krapp’s Last Tape” In The Digital World Of Zoom Theatre
On screen an image of worlds within worlds opens this Zoom version of Samuel Beckett’s stage play...
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Climate Change Shakespeare. “A Midsummer’s Tempest”
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Bologna To Edinburgh Non-Stop
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