Rising From the Ruins: An Opera Brings Healing to Nepal
A cross-cultural opera in Nepal isn’t just building dialogue—it’s also helping to rebuild a quake-ravaged city.
Category Archives: Global
Bogotá Tripping: On the Scene at the Iberoamerican Theatre Festival
The Colombian theatre festival brought artists from all over, with a special Nordic track this year.
Flipping the Narrative on the Migrant Crisis
With the world’s extreme poor increasingly on the move for a better life, we need stories that can build bridges, not walls.
Exiles and Entrances, Stages and States at TCG’s Global Pre-Conference
Attendees from more than 25 countries convened to share common issues and address persistent divisions.
Improv in Warsaw? Yes, And
Since improv comedy shows began cropping up in 2008, the Polish capital has become one of Europe’s new hotspots for the art form.
All the World’s a Summer Festival
Acrobats, animations, naked dancers, fireworks, Ruhl in Icelandic, and Friel in German—must be summertime.
The Sundance Caravan: Theatre Lab Sets Up Shop in Morocco
The arts incubator moves its main event to Morocco this year, aiming to create an Arabic/American playwright exchange.
From Loss to Laughter: Syrian Refugees Write Plays
Creating theatre in Jordan brings a sense of community and closure to refugees from Syria.
The Past Is Present at the Fujairah International Monodrama Festival
At the seventh annual festival of solo work, artists from the Middle East and Asia build on Eastern oral traditions to address present struggles.
Adham Hafez & Farah Saleh Think Globally, Stage Locally
Two choreographer/theoreticians, one Egyptian and one Palestinian, negotiate—and draw inspiration from—painful cultural divides.
