Oleanna, by David Mamet, is a controversial play that explores the murky territory of power dynamics and communication breakdowns. Professor John, known for his challenging teaching style ...

This drama is an explosive two-character power struggle between a university professor and a student failing his course. When the student confronts the professor (who is up for tenure), a ...

Multi-award-winning director James Ngcobo is at it again. This time, he is at the helm of “Oleanna”, an upcoming ...

Directed by James Ngcobo, the artistic director of Joburg Theatre, Oleanna is a drama that delves into the tumultuous power struggle between a professor and his student. This two-hander, written by ...

He likens his experience in one of David Mamet’s plays to The Last Confession. “Oleanna is a wonderful play and it really manipulates the audiences and gets them wound up and talking about ...

for which she won the Theater Award, and David Mamet’s “Oleanna”, which garnered her a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award and a Drama League Award. Today’s most compelling ...

The stage is set, the lights dim and, as the curtain rises on David Mamet’s 1992 play Oleanna, we are thrust into a world where every word is a loaded weapon, every silence a battlefield.

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. A mosh pit has formed in the middle of a disco-lit dance floor and about seven ruddy-cheeked, muddy-booted ...

Film and Theatre trained in Sydney, Australia Kristina has played roles from Carol in Oleanna to Lysander & Robin Starveling in Midsummer Night's Dream. She has studied at NIDA, ACA, Anthony Meindl's ...

It's a book that college professor John in David Mamet’s Oleanna might have done well to read before trying to reason with his struggling student Carol. When Mamet’s 1992 play first opened nearly 30 ...

A graduate of The National Theatre School of Canada, her theatre credits include this year’s The Welkin at The Atlantic, Stop Kiss and Satellites at The Public, Oleanna, Death and the ...