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Lebanese playwright Chrystèle Khodr's dramatic 'trial by ordeal' on stage in Paris

Her powerful performances give voice to some uncomfortable truths. Lebanese playwright and director Chrystèle Khodr wades through the ruins of a society in her latest play "Ordalie", exploring the social, political and physical wreckage of her homeland and its history. She tells us more about the quest for justice in…

France 24

'We want to help': Why climate activists are trying something new

A recent disruption at An Enemy of the People on Broadway by Extinction Rebellion shows a new approach to climate change activism.

WEKU

An Enemy of the People review – Jeremy Strong impresses in timely Ibsen drama

The Succession star delivers a bravura central turn in a rousing adaptation of a story that carries a discomforting contemporary relevance

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‘No theatre on a dead planet’: climate activists disrupt Jeremy Strong Broadway show

Production of Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People halted when protesters warned the audience about environmental damage

The Guardian - US

Walkouts and rows in the stalls as politics enters Theatreland stage left – or maybe right

From black-only nights to an anti-capitalist rant, the West End has discovered its radical side. But is it a playwright’s job to change the world?

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: An Enemy of the People; King Lear; Double Feature – review

Matt Smith heads a rousing adaptation of Ibsen for a bruised world; Danny Sapani and co lean into the storm in Yaël Farber’s liberating Lear. Plus, Hollywood power play the hard way

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Strong, Alicia Keys and The Wiz: biggest Broadway shows of 2024

This year on Broadway promises major debuts from Steve Carell, Rachel McAdams and revivals of Doubt and The Wiz

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The Standard Theatre Podcast: Hattie Morahan on starring in Ghosts, reviews of The Homecoming & Infinite Life

Plus we discuss two exciting revivals heading to the West End next year

Evening Standard

Shooting Hedda Gabler at the Rose Theatre: Antonia Thomas is terrific in this stylish spin on an Ibsen classic

It goes way over the top at the end, but until then the production is absolutely gripping

Evening Standard

The Norwegian secret: how friluftsliv boosts health and happiness

The idea of communing with nature is instilled from birth in Norway. I hiked through a rain-drenched forest to try it myself

The Guardian - UK

'Succession' star Jeremy Strong lands a role on Broadway in 2024 in 'An Enemy of the People'

Jeremy Strong is going from a corporate boardroom on TV to a whistleblower on Broadway

The Independent UK

Jessica Chastain returns to theater with 'A Doll's House'

Jessica Chastain counts her performance as Nora in the current Broadway revival of “A Doll’s House” to be one of the “hardest things” she has ever done

The Independent UK

Review: ‘A Doll’s House’ on Broadway with Jessica Chastain and Michael Patrick Thornton: It’s all in your head

NEW YORK — Experiencing the fascinating new revival of Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House,” which reduces the iconic proto-feminist drama to its barest thematic essentials, is not unlike listening to a podcast. For anyone interested in Broadway trends, here is a remarkable example of how the rise of Audible and…

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: What a difference a revival makes: 2 famously tricky Sondheim musicals shine in new outings

NEW YORK — At lunch recently in New York with a retired theater critic, I asked if he’d care to join me later in the week for a matinee of the touted Broadway revival of “Into the Woods.” No, he demurred. He had reviewed the original production, and the show,…

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The week in theatre: John Gabriel Borkman; Eureka Day – review

Simon Russell Beale is doubly commanding as Ibsen’s charismatic banker in a problem-raising revival, while a new anti-vax satire needs more than a shot of Helen Hunt’s star power

Chronicle Live

North East theatre company reveals schedule of upcoming and highly-anticipated shows for rest of 2022

There is plenty of productions for people to enjoy over the coming months

The Guardian - UK

Straight Line Crazy review – Ralph Fiennes enthrals as the man who shaped New York

Fiennes heads an electrifying cast in David Hare’s dynamic portrait of Robert Moses, an aggressive yet visionary urban planner who refused to back down

Chicago Sun-Times

‘The Lady from the Sea’: There’s something in the water in Court’s abstract, sometimes amusing Ibsen adaptation

Heavy on metaphor and verbal imagery, the play considers the raw yearnings of the life that isn’t, and the entrapment of the one that is.

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When We Dead Awaken review – Ibsen’s final play explores an artist’s farewell

This drama about a sculptor looking back on his life is powerfully staged by the Norwegian Ibsen Company

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