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Penn State Centre Stage is presenting the University’s first-ever sensory-friendly performances as part of its production of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time." “We felt it was exceptionally important while we were doing this play to create as much access as possible for folks in the community who may also be neurodivergent,” said School of Theatre Director

Tbilisi, UNESCO's World Book Capital, has mounted a show themed on Georgia's censorious past–and the present dangers of self-censorship.

She comes to Galway next month (kind of) in an adaptation of José Saramago’s Blindness

Penn State Centre Stage revives live theater The Revival: Two events in one evening celebrating the return of Penn State Centre Stage live theatre, Wednesday, September 1, 2021. Tickets on sale July 15.Image: Penn State Penn State Centre Stage revives live theater July 08, 2021 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State Centre Stage will return to live theater with “The Revival,” a ticketed opportunity to enjoy a performance, conversation with directors, designers and students, and refreshments, o...

(Image credit: Canva) 4. “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” —C.S. Lewis, author (Image credit: Canva) 5. "A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return."—Salman Rushdie, author (Image credit: Canva) 6. “That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”—Jhumpa Lahiri, author (Image credit: Canva) 7. “If you only read the books that everyone else is r...

Progress has been made, but the release of the profound film, The Reason I Jump, shows how much further we need to go, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time © Brinkhoff/Mögenburg The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time will embark on a third UK and Ireland tour in late 2021, it was announced today. Delayed from 2020, the piece will visit Cardiff New Theatre, Belfast Grand Opera House, Southampton Mayflower, Nottingham Theatre Royal, Sheffield Lyceum, Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Newcastle Theatre Royal, Manchester Opera House, Liverpool Empire, Birmingham Hippodrome, Kings Theatre Glasgow...

ACCORDING to critic and psychoanalyst Julia Kristeva, abjection involves either a confrontation with our sense of physical being or a separation between the self and a rejected “other.” Objects of revulsion can be tangible, such as faeces and bodily fluids, but some forms of dread are abstract and ambiguous.   The New Abject collection of horror stories draws on the broad nature of Kristeva’s definition, which has inspired a loosely related set of tales that deal with the things that mak...

Live theater returns to Portland Center Stage with 7-show season that includes ‘Rent’ and an early work by Lin-Manuel Miranda Updated May 11, 2021; Posted May 11, 2021 Select cast members in "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" from Portland Center Stages 2020 production. The show was cancelled in March 2020 after only a week of performances due to Covid-19 restrictions on live shows. The production will return as part of the 2021-2022 season.Photo by Owen Carey/Courtesy of...

Read It and Reap: Fictional gems that shed light on history By Ann Connery Frantz © Submitted Photo "The Four Winds" Historical fiction is often the genre readers discover in junior high or high school, where they may begin to devour favorite authors of the period they enjoy. There is plenty of good literature from which to choose. Historical fiction is a great lead-in to biographies and period histories. World War II and the Jewish extermination remain topics of huge interes...