Theatre

Arabic Was the Guest at This Year’s Avignon Festival

Arabic Was the Guest at This Year’s Avignon Festival

Arabic, France’s second-most spoken language, was featured at this year’s Avignon Festival, but is Arabic still the outsider's...

15 AUGUST 2025 • By Georgina Van Welie
Ziad Rahbani: The Making of a Lebanese Jazz Legend

Ziad Rahbani: The Making of a Lebanese Jazz Legend

A look at Ziad Rahbani's life and legacy, and the man who first introduced him to the jazz...

8 AUGUST 2025 • By Diran Mardirian
August World Picks from the Editors

August World Picks from the Editors

Literary conversations, films, exhibitions, and concerts … TMR World Picks run the gamut…

25 JULY 2025 • By TMR
June World Picks from the Editors

June World Picks from the Editors

Film & photography festivals, concerts, art, standup comedy, lectures, new books...TMR World Picks run the gamut...

30 MAY 2025 • By TMR
With Brecht, Rabih Mroué & Lina Majdalanie Deconstruct Fascism

With Brecht, Rabih Mroué & Lina Majdalanie Deconstruct Fascism

The new Lebanese performance, "Four Walls and a Roof," uses trial testimony, humor, and Eisler-Brecht songs to address...

11 APRIL 2025 • By Malu Halasa
April World Picks from the Editors

April World Picks from the Editors

Film & photography festivals, concerts, art, standup comedy, lectures, new books...TMR World Picks run the gamut...

28 MARCH 2025 • By TMR
March World Picks from the Editors

March World Picks from the Editors

Film & photography festivals, concerts, art, standup comedy, lectures, new books...TMR World Picks run the gamut...

28 FEBRUARY 2025 • By TMR
Creating Community with Community Theatre

Creating Community with Community Theatre

A community theatre company working in Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine empowers women who often are not professional actors.

21 JUNE 2024 • By Victoria Lupton
Dare Not Speak—a One-Act Play

Dare Not Speak—a One-Act Play

A stage director declines producing a play about a child tragically murdered during a genocide, fearing she may...

7 JUNE 2024 • By Hassan Abdulrazzak
As We Near the End (or What Adorno Said)

As We Near the End (or What Adorno Said)

In his play, Youssef El Guindi debates whether art is merely a distraction or if it can truly...

7 JUNE 2024 • By Yussef El Guindi
Wajdi Mouawad’s “Controversial” Wedding Day

Wajdi Mouawad’s “Controversial” Wedding Day

Al Jadid editor Elie Chalala finds that Lebanese intellectuals’ defense of expat director Wadji Mouawad contrasts with state...

7 JUNE 2024 • By Elie Chalala
What Kind Of Liar Am I?—a Short Play

What Kind Of Liar Am I?—a Short Play

An original short play by playwright and theatre maker Mona Mansour: "a short, dark confession in a time...

7 JUNE 2024 • By Mona Mansour
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