Appreciation: Playwright Athol Fugard bore witness to apartheid
W.H. Auden, meditating on the role of the artist in a poem by W.B. Yeats, concluded that poetry “makes nothing happen.” While generally true, the…
Capetonian Dillon Israel’s dream: on starting out, the unproduced playwright and his city
Dillon Israel is a South African actor, creative, storyteller and an unproduced playwright. He lives in Ravensmead, a quiet suburb in Cape Town, near Tygerberg…
Russian playwright and a theater director sentenced to prison on charges of advocating terrorism
TALLINN, Estonia — A Russian court on Monday convicted a theater director and a playwright of terrorism charges and sentenced them to six years each in…
‘Janet Planet’ review: Playwright Annie Baker’s stunning debut
“Janet Planet,” the stunning debut film by Annie Baker, one of the most marvelously inventive playwrights of her generation, might strike some as exceptionally quiet.…
How writing the epic play Counting and Cracking helped Tamil playwright S. Shakthidharan’s mum face her trauma
"Growing up, I didn't know much about my homeland or my family history," says award-winning Tamil playwright S. Shakthidharan.His family was forced to leave Sri…
Russian playwright and director go on trial over ‘justifying terrorism’ | Courts News
Director Yevgeniya Berkovich and writer Svetlana Petriychuk were arrested over their play entitled Finist, the Brave Falcon. A Russian playwright and theatre director accused of…