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Teatru Malta’s Provocative ‘Alice in Wonderless Land’

December 2, 2020 · Maria Theuma ·

Teatru Malta’s project is a much needed pedagogical interlude to our educational system, and an exciting corrective to the virtual absence of an important discussion around the themes of sex and sexuality among the younger demographic of Maltese society.

Tagged With: feminism, gender, gender roles, theatre

Larinġa Mekkanika: A Play for Gen Z and Valletta 2019

December 21, 2019 · Maria Theuma ·

Staged at the Valletta Campus Theatre, at a time when so much social and political turmoil was happening in Malta’s capital city, Larinġa Mekkanika found its hyperbolic tone caught up in an unholy juxtaposition of sorts, a feverish dream, something banal that felt deeply wrong.

Tagged With: democracy, theatre

Like a Grain of Sand: Exposing Disempowerment of Ordinary People

October 19, 2019 · Elizabeth Grech ·

Written by Salvatore Arena and Massimo Barilla, “Like a grain of sand—Giuseppe Gulotta, story of an innocent” tells the story of Giuseppe attempting to give justice to a life nearly entirely taken away for dreadful reasons.

Tagged With: social justice, theatre

Repubblika Immakulata: a Blunt Portrayal of Malta’s Sorry State

April 17, 2019 · Kurt Borg ·

Contrary to what many want to make us believe, this republic is far from immaculate. Acknowledging this might help us resist the dirtier among us.

Tagged With: Malta, national identity, theatre

‘An Enemy of the People’: Can We Afford the Truth or is It Too Expensive?

March 27, 2018 · Kurt Borg & Raylene Abdilla ·

In times when the people are seen as a threat to democracy, and facts are continually twisted beyond recognition, risky truth-telling is our hope.

Tagged With: democracy, populism, power, theatre

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