SAMPO Festival brings the strangest puppet show you’ll ever see to Helsinki
Prepare to be amazed – and possibly a little unsettled. Celebrating its tenth anniversary, SAMPO Festival returns to…
Stockholm’s best theatres and shows in 2026
Stockholm’s theatre scene is varied and constantly evolving, with state-funded national institutions, intimate venues fuelled purely by passion,…
Review: Birds of Paradise pokes fun at macho posturing
Birds of Paradise, now showing at Studio Pasila, begins working its magic even before the first movement. As…
(Not) A Bad Idea: The Volksbühne gets a swimming pool
© Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz The Volksbühne at Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz is getting a new artistic director, Matthias Lilienthal, and he’s…
What to do this month: Our June Events Guide
Ulla C Binder9399 02 TUE International Whores’ Day PROTEST Standing together in solidarity with sex workers and allies,…
Don’t take this lying down: Trauma explored at the Kunstenfestival des Arts in Brussels
Published on 26/05/2026 – 15:45 GMT+2 At the Kunstenfestival des Arts (KFDA) in Brussels, artists spent the weekend…
The Foremothers of Yiddish Yesteryear
Ariel Efraim Ashbel and Rachel Libeskind, photo credit: Anton Tal Weaving together herstorical voices through a tapestry of…
Michael Frayn’s wonderful Copenhagen still crackles with …
I was delighted to chair an event in celebration of the Women’s Prize at The Observer last week.…
Peeking Behind the Curtain: an Inside Look at Komische Oper’s Backstage Tours
Makar Artemev The Komische Oper Berlin runs backstage tours back-to-back on Fridays and Saturdays throughout its season, which…
The Tragedy of Hamlet: Prince of Denmark (Review)
Back in 2024, outgoing National Ballet principal dancer Guillaume Côté, teaming with director Robert LePage, landed on Hamlet…
What to do this month: Our May Events Guide
Makar Artemev 01 FRI May Day PUBLIC HOLIDAY May Day has so much going on, from protest parties…
The torture of Michael Frayn’s Copenhagen
Copenhagen by Michael Frayn is a problem play. It debuted at the National in 1998 and ran for…