The Price

The Price

This essential Arthur Miller drama tells the story of Victor and Walter Franz, brothers who haven't spoken to one another in 16 years.

The World Puppetry Day   (UNIMA)

The World Puppetry Day (UNIMA)

Robert Lepage Like many people, I was profoundly affected by the earthquake which has recently devastated Haiti.

His Next Act: Driving Out Apartheid’s Ghost

His Next Act: Driving Out Apartheid’s Ghost

Athol Fugard, the renowned South African playwright, paced at the edge of a plywood stage, rubbing his head and listening intensely to two actors run through their lines. Rehearsals for his new play, “The Train Driver,” had begun.

11 AND 12, April 14-17, 2011, Eisenhower Theater

11 AND 12, April 14-17, 2011, Eisenhower Theater

Based on the novel Life and Teaching of Tierno Bokar - The Sage of Bandigara by African writer Amadou Hampaté Bâ and adapted by Marie Hélène Estienne and Peter Brook, 11 and 12 explores how a theological conflict over whether a certain prayer should be recited eleven or twelve times leads to ...

PÂVAKATHAKALI

PÂVAKATHAKALI

TWO EPISODES FROM THE MÂHABHÂRATA KALYANA SAUGANDHIKAM (In Quest of the Fragrant Flower) DURYODHANA VADHAM (Duryodhana’s Murder)

David Hare gets 'Blu'

David Hare gets &#039Blu&#039

David Hare has tapped Virginia Grise's play "Blu," about a Mexican-American family's response to the loss of its oldest son in Iraq, as the 2010 winner of the annual Yale Drama Series competition.

Omar Sharif to star in Egypt version of King Lear

Omar Sharif to star in Egypt version of King Lear

A new King Lear is in the making. According to reports, Egyptian-born Oscar-nominated actor Omar Sharif is to play the patriarch in a new film adaptation of Shakespeare’s King Lear set in the modern Middle East.

Awal Theater Festival-6

Awal Theater Festival-6

MORE than 32 Bahraini artists, writers and thespians have been honoured as part of the sixth annual Awal Theatre Festival.

Harold Prince nabs Monte Cristo award

Harold Prince nabs Monte Cristo award

Director-producer Harold Prince will receive this year's annual Monte Cristo Award from the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center of Waterford, Conn. for his lifelong contributions to the American and international theater.

Tokyo troupe separates mice from men

Tokyo troupe separates mice from men

The Tokyo International Players, an English-language theater group founded 113 years ago, will perform "Of Mice and Men" this month.

Karbi Youth Fest gets under way

Karbi Youth Fest gets under way

The 36th Karbi Youth Festival got under way at Taralangso, Diphu with a five-day programme today. Additional Chief Secretary of West Bengal Pawan Singh Engti inaugurated the festival at a function this evening in the presence of thousands of people.

World Theatre Day Message

World Theatre Day Message

World Theatre Day is an opportunity to celebrate Theatre in all its myriad forms. Theatre is a source of entertainment and inspiration and has the ability to unify the many diverse cultures and peoples that exist throughout the world.

Theater Review: ‘The Wedding’

Theater Review: ‘The Wedding’

CHICAGO—Bertolt Brecht, who wrote such famous works as Life of Galileo, Mother Courage and Her Children, The Good Person of Szechwan, and perhaps the most well known, The Threepenny Opera, also wrote a marvelous Bavarian folk comedy (with music) entitled A Respectable Wedding.

Istanbul to host world puppets

Istanbul to host world puppets

As part of the 13th International Istanbul Puppet Festival, World Puppet Day will be celebrated March 21 and the World Puppet Exhibition will open simultaneously.

Shake-up behind the curtain

Shake-up behind the curtain

The National Theater of Korea marks its 60th birthday this year after decades of preserving and staging traditional Korean performing arts.

Azade Ansari to Stage Macando in Finland

Azade Ansari to Stage Macando in Finland

Azade Ansari is going to stage "Macando" at the Finland Puppet Festival. IRAN THEATER – directed by Azade Ansari, Macando will be stage in the Finland Puppet Festival which will take place from May 25 to 29.

Russia marks Chekhov's 150th anniversary

Russia marks Chekhov&#039s 150th anniversary

Russia celebrated the 150th birthday of renowned 19th-century Russian novelist and playwright Anton Pavlovich Chekhov on Friday with a series of cultural events held across the country.

Danny Boyle Wants His Own ‘Frankenstein’

Danny Boyle Wants His Own ‘Frankenstein’

Now let’s see. How many versions of “Frankenstein” will this make? Danny Boyle, the director of the Oscar-winning “Slumdog Millionaire” is to direct a stage adaptation of “Frankenstein,” based on the novel by Mary Shelley, The Guardian reported.

Final Day of Fadjr Festival

Final Day of Fadjr Festival

IRAN THEATER – Yesterday the 9th night of the 28th Fadjr International Theater Festival passed. Bellow is some news of the final night of the festival;

Student Association in France welcomes Tet

Student Association in France welcomes Tet

To welcome the Lunar New Year festival (Tet), the Vietnamese Student Association in France will hold a number of cultural events, including a special program themed “Hello Spring 2010-Young Talent” to be held at the Gymnase Marie Bell Theatre in Paris on February 21.

The confluence of Chhau

The confluence of Chhau

Mumbai: Since Keli, the cultural organization that supports dying performance arts in the country started back in 1992, its festival director K Ramachandran had big hopes for it.

Among the Crowd

Among the Crowd

Rahim Abdolrahim Zade and Nikoo Mahdie- IRAN THEATER – The 1st day of the Fadjr Festival witnessed so many events which are briefly reported.

“War and Peace” finally released

“War and Peace” finally released

The world premiere of Prokofiev’s original and uncensored version of his epic opera “War and Peace” will be finally unveiled on January 22 in Glasgow.