Theatre Against Ageism: “The Secret Lives of Extremely Old People” by Rachel McAlpine
In a year in which 77-year-old Dolly Parton recorded her first rock record, the octogenarian...
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Theatre and Age
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”,...
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Prison Shakespeare at Milan’s Young Offenders Institute
Since 2015 my theatre studies colleague, Cristina Cavecchi, and I have been leading Shakespeare...
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New Aussie Musical “Bloom” Misses An Opportunity To Interrogate The Gaps In Aged Care – And In Our Social Fabric
Bloom, the new Australian musical produced by the Melbourne Theatre Company, is proudly billed by...
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Beautiful and Deeply Impactful, a Kind of Deep Communion: “Sex and Death_and the Internet” is a Gift
Review: Sex and Death_ and the Internet, directed by Samara Hersch My last experience as an...
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Saitama Gold Theater Players Take Their Final Bow After 15 Years
After 15 years of entertaining audiences in Japan and abroad, the actors of Saitama Gold Theater...
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Mark Ravenhill’s “Angela” on The Sound Stage
Does a subjective theatre piece encourage a subjective critical response? I think it might,...
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“UnRavelled” – A New Play by Jake Broder
The thing about UnRavelled is that it’s one of those plays that even a week after seeing it random...
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Review: “Cursed!” is a Play of Outrageous Wit and Deep Thought
Review: Cursed! by Kodie Bedford, directed by Jason Klarwein Tucked away at the back of the...
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Dame Kate Harcourt And the Art of the Senior Actor
In June 2017 the eminent New Zealand actor Dame Kate Harcourt celebrated her 90th birthday at...
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Theatre Companies Are Pushing Storytelling Boundaries With Online Audiences Amid COVID-19
One night in April, I found myself holding my cat up to my laptop, eagerly showing her off to a...
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“Les Blancs” at The National Theatre
Lorraine Hansberry’s debut, A Raisin in the Sun, was the first drama written by a black woman to...
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“Wise Children” at York Theatre Royal
Reviewing theatre now means reviewing the film. Knowing that Emma Rice’s Old Vic 2018 production...
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VR, Theatre and the Importance of Immersion
Wojtek Markowski is the producer of the Polish experimental lab Dream Adoption Society. Together...
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“Dance Nation” Review: An Outrageous Depiction of Girls Grasping their Emerging Sexuality and Power
Review: Dance Nation, directed by Imara Savage. State Theatre Company South Australia and Belvoir...
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“The Arrival” Arrives at Contemporary Questions
Wondering what may draw young people to theatre? It’s a theatre about them, with them and...
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The Art of Condensing Shakespeare’s Oeuvre
In theater, as in daily life, it is possible to have too much of a good thing. Such was the case...
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Mbuso Khoza on why the “Battle of Isandlwana” Remains a Pivotal Moment in African History
Any interview with Mbuso Khoza is both a wide-ranging history lesson and a remarkable exploration...
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“Lady Tabouli” Review: A Hilarious Comedy About Suffocating Expectations
Review: Lady Tabouli, directed by Dino Dimitriadis, National Theatre of Parramatta for Sydney...
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Cosmos, Without Us
I’m a thirty-four-year-old straight woman who grew up in the suburbs with an older brother. That...
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