Peter Brook on Samuel Beckett

Peter Brook on Samuel Beckett

With his characteristic theatrical alchemy, Peter Brook stages a quintet of works by preeminent playwright Samuel Beckett—Rough for Theatre I, Rockaby, Act Without Words II, Neither, and Come and Go in the ArtsEmerson Theater of Boston.

CLU asked to stage play at regional fest

CLU asked to stage play at regional fest

California Lutheran University’s Theatre Arts Department has been invited to stage its production of “The Cherry Orchard” at the Region VIII Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in Los Angeles on Thurs., Feb. 10.

London Mime Festival Returns, Opens 15 Jan

London Mime Festival Returns, Opens 15 Jan

The London International Mime Festival returns to the capital for 16 days starting next week with a series of contemporary visual theatre performances from 15 to 30 January 2011 at the Southbank Centre, Camden's Roundhouse, the Barbican Centre, the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) and the ...

Moments of drama at Times fest

Moments of drama at Times fest

If it's theatre then Kolkata's got to be excited about it. The city has been the nursery of stagecraft and a patron of good theatre and the tradition continues. Drishyakabya 2011 The Times of India Theatre Festival got off to a rousing start at Academy of Fine Arts on Friday

My Fair Lady

My Fair Lady

“THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LADY AND A FLOWER GIRL IS NOT HOW SHE BEHAVES, BUT HOW SHE IS TREATED.”

Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival

Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival

Now in its fourth year, Puppet Animation Scotland’s week-long showcase of hybrid forms involving puppetry, film and animation intermingling with live performers features 11 different events at Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre which mine the more immersive sides of the human psyche. The ...

'Twelfth Night' festival celebrates the works of Williams

&#039Twelfth Night&#039 festival celebrates the works of Williams

The Sanctuary in the Groves — Theatre West is kicks off an extended celebration of the plays of Tennessee Williams this weekend with "Twelfth Night ... or What You Will," featuring performances of two of Williams' one-act plays. The company will produce "27 Wagons Full of ...

John Gabriel Borkman

John Gabriel Borkman

HE ABBEY Theatre’s production of Henrik Ibsen’s John Gabriel Borkman opened at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s (BAM) Harvey Theatre on Wednesday before a packed audience that included luminaries of the Irish cultural and diplomatic world and American sponsors of the arts.

shakespeare’s Globe Theatre London

shakespeare’s Globe Theatre London

Overview The IAF 2011 is a professional development opportunity for actors from around the world with experience in performing Shakespeare and classical theatre who have a desire to share their love and knowledge of Shakespeare with fellow actors from other cultures.

Brecht Theatre Festival to start on January 14

Brecht Theatre Festival to start on January 14

In collaboration with the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA), Ajoka Theatre and the Goethe Institute, Karachi, are presenting the ‘Brecht Theatre Festival’, a series of plays paying tribute to Bertolt Brecht (10 February 1898—14 August 1956), a German poet, playwright ...

Selim Al Deen Festival from January 14

Selim Al Deen Festival from January 14

Dhaka Theatre, in association with Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) and Jahangirnagar University (JU), will arrange a three-day theatre festival to observe the 3rd death anniversary of the late theatre icon Selim Al Deen.

Youth Drama Festival: Opening day brings lauther and disdain

Youth Drama Festival: Opening day brings lauther and disdain

A large number of people attended the first day of a 10-day theatre festival on Saturday. The festival, organised by Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) features short plays written and directed by the attendees of theatre workshops organised by PNCA.

Neil Simon’s ‘Lost in Yonkers’ coming to San Francisco

Neil Simon’s ‘Lost in Yonkers’ coming to San Francisco

The Jewish Theatre San Francisco in association with The Friend Center for the Arts at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (JCCSF) announced that they will present Neil Simon’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Lost in Yonkers for a limited engagement at Kanbar Hall, JCCSF, January 6 ...

A huge smile in the midwinter

A huge smile in the midwinter

Performance: Zack Writer: Harold Bridhouse Director: Greg Hersov   Written by: Mehrdad Rayani-Makhsous mehrdadrayani@yahoo.co.uk The Christmas show at The Royal Exchange theatre is a comedy classic by Manchester playwright Harold Brighouse. Harold Brighouse's ...

First UAEU theatre festival a success

First UAEU theatre festival a success

Bi Hosne Nyia and Romeo and Juliet won most of the prestigious awards in Arabic and English play categories at the just-concluded first United Arab Emirates (UAEU)  University Theatre festival, organised by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Community Development.

KING LEAR

KING LEAR

By William Shakespeare Director Michael Grandage Cast Derek Jacobi (King Lear), Gina McKee (Goneril), Justine Mitchell (Regan), Pippa Bennett-Warner (Cordelia), Ron Cook (Fool), Michael Hadley (Earl of Kent), Paul Jesson (Earl of Gloucester), Tom Beard, Stefano Braschi, Gwilym Lee, Alec ...

Up all night

Up all night

In UI short-play festival, an idea will become a theatrical production in 24 hours

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

Oscar Wilde's comedy The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by and starring Brian Bedford as "Lady Bracknell," will play the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway (227 West 42nd St.).

Culture minister inaugurates national theatre festival

Culture minister inaugurates national theatre festival

The fourth edition of the National Theatre Festival, which will run until December 3, was officially opened Tuesday evening in Benguela Province, by the minister of Culture, Rosa Cruz e Silva, under the motto “A theatre closest to you”.

Chekhov as trendy as ever

Chekhov as trendy as ever

A theater festival with a rather strange name “Duel” is now under way in St. Petersburg. It started on November 26 and will end on December 18

15th Damascus Theatre Festival

15th Damascus Theatre Festival

Damascus- On Saturday the 15th Damascus Theatre Festival will kick off. The festival is organized by the Directorate of Theatres and Music.