CultureLetters from the TheatreTragedy and Surrealism: London Theatres in AprilApril marks one of the most important months for British theatre, with the Olivier Awards soon to be presented at…
Culture PeopleThey Are Not Alone: A New Community for Artists of All Disciplines Has Been Created in LondonThe new CultLab Creative Hub could hardly be better described than by the geological term conglomerate—a collection of diverse individuals,…
PeopleDima Zitzer: “We Have Earned the Right to Be Vulnerable”Dima Zitzer — director, educator, founder of the INO Institute for Informal Education and the private school “Orange” — has…
PeopleMasha Rupasova: “There Was Hope During COVID”Beloved contemporary children’s poet and author Masha Rupasova hardly needs an introduction. It seems there’s hardly a Russian-speaking child today…
CultureLetters from the TheatreIt Will Hurt A Revival of an Old Play About Immigrants at the Lyttelton TheatreThe National Theatre has unearthed a play from the archives, written in 1978 by British playwright of Guyanese origin, Michael…
CultureLetters from the TheatreDawn After the Storm: The Second Play in Drury Lane’s Shakespeare Season“Much Ado About Nothing” is one of those productions that doesn’t just start at the coat check—it begins right from…
CultureLetters from the TheatreTailors and Jewelers: Theater in MarchWhat does London’s theater scene have in store for audiences in the first month of spring? Gains and losses, as…
CultureLetters from the TheatreThread by Thread: “Three Sisters” at The GlobeChekhov has always been an important playwright for the English stage—just think of recent landmark productions, from Uncle Vanya with…
CultureLetters from the TheatreWhat Grief! About Love and AzovstalDirector and playwright John Retallack staged “Mariupol”, a play by Katya Haddad, at The Cockpit theater with the support of…
CultureLetters from the TheatreGray Ashes of Unlove: Shakespeare’s Play as a Mirror of AntisemitismThis Merchant of Venice—with the added subtitle 1936—is pinned to the stage floor, like a model, with push pins, two…
CultureLetters from the TheatreDramas and Tragedies: London Theatres in FebruaryAlright, there is one comedy in this selection—but otherwise, prepare yourselves for catharsis. Catharsis is when the audience empathizes deeply…
