Jean-Paul Sartre News

Diving into parallel space-time, the dancers communicate authentically in the virtual world. Puzzles of precious moments await completion. In the experimental dance festival of the Hong Kong Dance Company 8/F Platform XI for two consequent weeks in December, dancers from the Hong Kong Dance Company, Scarecrow Contemporary Dance Company (Taiwan) and JJbro (Korea), escape from the World Wide Web to define WHO WHEN WHERE in real life. 8/F Platform XI A Time Traveller's Note will be staged on 8-9, 15-16 December at Sheung Wan Civic Centre Hong Kong Dance Company's 8/F Platform.

Two women and one man are locked up together for eternity in one hideous room in hell. The windows are bricked up; there are no mirrors; the electric lights can never be turned off; and there is no exit.

People often forget is that hubris walks hand-in-hand with nemesis, and Louis Viljoen shines a spotlight on this particularly damning walk of shame in his latest play, THE EULOGISTS, which features a top-notch performance by Emily Child.

Imago Theatre presents Medea by Euripides in a version by Ben Power of the National Theatre of London. April 21 to May 20, Imago Theatre - 17 SE 8th Avenue. Thursdays at 7:00pm; Fridays/Saturdays at 7:30pm.

Imago Theatre's mentor Jacques Lecoq, a theatre icon who influenced the world on movement in the performing arts, taught a concept called  "the balance of the stage."  In 1998, Jerry Mouawad, Artistic Co-Director of Imago Theatre, designed a deck suspended in a black void three feet off the stage floor that tips and sways in an abyss. It made physical and visible Lecoq's "Balance of the Stage."

The Strangest invites audiences into an immersive theatrical experience in which they enter a traditional Arab storytelling cafe, where for centuries masters of the oral tradition wove tales of intrigue. The Strangest is an absurdist murder mystery loosely inspired by the unnamed Arab killed in Albert Camus' classic novel, The Stranger. Experience French Algiers on the brink of revolution, and witness three Arab brothers vie for the love of the same woman. Their bitter rivalry ends only when one is gunned down by a French stranger.Written by Betty Shamieh ( The Black Eyed, Roar, Fit for a Queen) and directed by May Adrales ( Vietgone, Luce). 

One of Manila's premier arts festival, Fringe Manila, Theater House of Black (#14 Leandro Road), and Antipara Collective team up to bring to the stage three theater shorts 'Si Edgar, Si Allan at Si Art,' adapted from the stories of four celebrated turn-of-the-century authors namely Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Miller, William Golding, and Jean-Paul Sartre.

The excitement is building as the SOMA Film Festival prepares for its second annual event featuring entertaining and innovative independent films from 11 countries, and from all corners of the United States.

The Strangest invites audiences into an immersive theatrical experience in which they enter a traditional Arab storytelling café, where for centuries masters of the oral tradition wove tales of intrigue.

Following a successful production of Jean-Paul Sartre's No Exit, Fusion Theatre will present a reading of James Joyce's iconic short story THE DEAD, with traditional Irish music, at Theatre Row.

'No Exit' by Jean Paul Sartre, translated by Stewart Gilbert, will take on a new relevance in the age of Trump with Point to Where It Hurts Productions.

'No Exit' by Jean Paul Sartre, translated by Stewart Gilbert, will take on a new relevance in the age of Trump with Point to Where It Hurts Productions.

Following a successful production of Jean-Paul Sartre's No Exit, Fusion Theatre will present a reading of James Joyce's iconic short story THE DEAD, with traditional Irish music, at Theatre Row.

Artistic Director James Ingagiola and Executive Director Isaac Ellis today announced the cast for The Brass Tacks Ensemble's production of No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre, a Michigan premiere translation by Andrew Nienaber.

Fusion Theatre will present their first production of Jean-Paul Sartre's iconic play No Exit, which will run at Walkerspace Theatre from September 19th - September 26th.

Theater for the New City's Dream Up Festival presents 'Autumn Stage', A Nostalgic Homage to Modernist Playwriting.

 Philadelphia Women's Theatre Festival (PWTF) announces the lineup for the second annual festival which includes staged readings, presented works, devised theatre, cabaret and comedy.

SoLow Festival is an annual event for solo performance held in Philadelphia, PA with the mission of inspiring individuals to make and produce art that would otherwise never be created. During the first weekend of the festival (June 16 - 19), new work by six SoLow artists will be presented at Plays and Players Theater (1714 Delancey St.) in the venue's Skinner Studio on the 3rd Floor. This incredible roster of Philadelphia theatre artists includes Chris Davis, Bradley Wrenn, Corinna Burns, Terry Brennan, Nicole Quenelle, and James Haro. All performances are Pay What You Can with suggested donations of $5 or more. Please visit solowfest.com for more details, showtimes, and to see the full SoLow Fest line up!

In 1973, Claude Lanzmann began work on a documentary about the murder of European Jews during WWII. Twelve years and more than 200 hours of footage later, he finished 'Shoah,' a masterpiece widely considered to be the most important Holocaust film ever made.

'Como te importa tu pureza, mi pequeño muchacho! ¡Que miedo tienes de ensuciarte las manos! ¡Bien, sigue siendo puro! ¿A quien le importa y para que servira tu pureza? ¿Y para que estas con nosotros, terrenales impuros? (...) Todos los medios son buenos cuando son eficaces. Yo tengo las manos sucias hasta los codos, las he hundido en el excremento y en la sangre. ¿Y que? ¿Piensas que se puede gobernar limpiamente? (...) Tu no quieres a los hombres; tu solo amas los principios.' Jean Paul Sartre (Las Manos Sucias)