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Prison Theatre Program Mends Families, Receives Major Funding
Open Clasp, a Newcastle theatre company, helped former HMP Low Newton prisoner Cheryl Byron overcome trauma through theatre, mending her relationship with her daughter and inspiring a play, "Don't Forget the Birds", which toured nationally; the program received four years of funding from Comic Relie...
Prison Theatre Program Mends Families, Receives Major Funding
Open Clasp, a Newcastle theatre company, helped former HMP Low Newton prisoner Cheryl Byron overcome trauma through theatre, mending her relationship with her daughter and inspiring a play, "Don't Forget the Birds", which toured nationally; the program received four years of funding from Comic Relie...
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40% Bias Score
Marthaler's "Wachs oder Wirklichkeit": A Surreal Exploration of Modern Anxieties
Christoph Marthaler's "Wachs oder Wirklichkeit," premiering at Berlin's Volksbühne, uses a wax museum setting to explore themes of longing and existential unease, blending music, fragmented text, and acting to create a surreal atmosphere.
Marthaler's "Wachs oder Wirklichkeit": A Surreal Exploration of Modern Anxieties
Christoph Marthaler's "Wachs oder Wirklichkeit," premiering at Berlin's Volksbühne, uses a wax museum setting to explore themes of longing and existential unease, blending music, fragmented text, and acting to create a surreal atmosphere.
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28% Bias Score
Mexican Recital Demands Accountability for Violence Victims
En primera persona", a theatrical recital in Mexico City (March 15-30 at the Goethe Institute), recounts six true stories of victims of state and narco-violence, demanding accountability from the Mexican government; using a powerful countdown and single actress embodying various victims who directly...
Mexican Recital Demands Accountability for Violence Victims
En primera persona", a theatrical recital in Mexico City (March 15-30 at the Goethe Institute), recounts six true stories of victims of state and narco-violence, demanding accountability from the Mexican government; using a powerful countdown and single actress embodying various victims who directly...
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20% Bias Score
Toronto Play Explores One-Child Policy's Impact
Carried by the River", playing at Toronto's Tarragon Theatre until March 23, 2025, follows a Chinese-Canadian woman's journey to China to find her birth family, exploring the lasting effects of China's one-child policy through dance, shadow play, and supernatural elements, despite an underdeveloped ...
Toronto Play Explores One-Child Policy's Impact
Carried by the River", playing at Toronto's Tarragon Theatre until March 23, 2025, follows a Chinese-Canadian woman's journey to China to find her birth family, exploring the lasting effects of China's one-child policy through dance, shadow play, and supernatural elements, despite an underdeveloped ...
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24% Bias Score
Marlowe's Edward II: Misrule and the Price of Power
Christopher Marlowe's Edward II, staged by the RSC, highlights the king's misrule and obsession with Piers Gaveston, leading to his downfall and ultimately, a double tragedy mirroring Mortimer's lust for power and subsequent demise.
Marlowe's Edward II: Misrule and the Price of Power
Christopher Marlowe's Edward II, staged by the RSC, highlights the king's misrule and obsession with Piers Gaveston, leading to his downfall and ultimately, a double tragedy mirroring Mortimer's lust for power and subsequent demise.
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36% Bias Score
The Rainbow" Adaptation Centers on Female Emancipation Across Generations
Nicola Werenowska's stage adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's "The Rainbow", performed by Polish-heritage actor-musicians as part of the UK/Poland Season 2025, centers on three generations of women and their evolving experiences of independence, using a non-linear structure that juxtaposes past and presen...
The Rainbow" Adaptation Centers on Female Emancipation Across Generations
Nicola Werenowska's stage adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's "The Rainbow", performed by Polish-heritage actor-musicians as part of the UK/Poland Season 2025, centers on three generations of women and their evolving experiences of independence, using a non-linear structure that juxtaposes past and presen...
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36% Bias Score
Dear England" Rewrite Reflects Euro 2024 Defeat
James Graham's revised play, "Dear England," reflects England's Euro 2024 loss to Spain, adding new characters like Thomas Tuchel and altering the ending to highlight the narrow margins between victory and defeat, prompting reflection on the role of Southgate as a national leader.
Dear England" Rewrite Reflects Euro 2024 Defeat
James Graham's revised play, "Dear England," reflects England's Euro 2024 loss to Spain, adding new characters like Thomas Tuchel and altering the ending to highlight the narrow margins between victory and defeat, prompting reflection on the role of Southgate as a national leader.
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32% Bias Score
Wisconsin's Cold War Hoax: A Staged Invasion and its Theatrical Exploration
On May 1, 1950, the American Legion staged a fake Russian invasion in Mosinee, Wisconsin, resulting in the disruption of town leadership and the purging of the library, with a local leader dying during the event; the play, The Mosinee Project, explores this through speculation and imagined scenarios...
Wisconsin's Cold War Hoax: A Staged Invasion and its Theatrical Exploration
On May 1, 1950, the American Legion staged a fake Russian invasion in Mosinee, Wisconsin, resulting in the disruption of town leadership and the purging of the library, with a local leader dying during the event; the play, The Mosinee Project, explores this through speculation and imagined scenarios...
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32% Bias Score
Geneviève Page: A Versatile Actress's 50-Year Career
Geneviève Page, a French actress born in 1927, enjoyed a 50-year career marked by diverse roles in theatre and film, from canonical female leads to unconventional characters, reflecting her artistic preferences and challenging stereotypical portrayals of women.
Geneviève Page: A Versatile Actress's 50-Year Career
Geneviève Page, a French actress born in 1927, enjoyed a 50-year career marked by diverse roles in theatre and film, from canonical female leads to unconventional characters, reflecting her artistic preferences and challenging stereotypical portrayals of women.
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16% Bias Score
Trident Moon": A Visceral Depiction of Migration's Brutality
Trident Moon", a play by Anusree Roy and directed by Nina Lee Aquino, follows nine women's perilous journey across the India-Pakistan border after the 1947 partition, portraying the brutal realities of human migration through visceral imagery.
Trident Moon": A Visceral Depiction of Migration's Brutality
Trident Moon", a play by Anusree Roy and directed by Nina Lee Aquino, follows nine women's perilous journey across the India-Pakistan border after the 1947 partition, portraying the brutal realities of human migration through visceral imagery.
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40% Bias Score
Theatre CEO Resigns After Censorship Row Over Cancelled Play
The chief executive of Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre resigned following the cancellation of a modern adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream due to a dispute over its references to the Israel-Gaza war and transgender rights; an independent review criticized the theatre's leadership but found n...
Theatre CEO Resigns After Censorship Row Over Cancelled Play
The chief executive of Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre resigned following the cancellation of a modern adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream due to a dispute over its references to the Israel-Gaza war and transgender rights; an independent review criticized the theatre's leadership but found n...
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36% Bias Score
Macbeth: A Women-of-Color Reimagining
La Boite Theatre in Brisbane, Australia, presents a Macbeth production on International Women's Day, directed by Courtney Stewart and Lisa Fa'alafi, featuring three women of color as the witches who play all roles, re-examining the play's themes of war and power from a feminine perspective.
Macbeth: A Women-of-Color Reimagining
La Boite Theatre in Brisbane, Australia, presents a Macbeth production on International Women's Day, directed by Courtney Stewart and Lisa Fa'alafi, featuring three women of color as the witches who play all roles, re-examining the play's themes of war and power from a feminine perspective.
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40% Bias Score
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