This post is part of Year of Shakespeare, a project documenting the World Shakespeare Festival, the greatest celebration of Shakespeare the world has ever seen. Three Arabic Shakespeares, Putting Words into our Mouths By Saffron Walkling, York St John University Cymbeline directed by Joseph Abuk and Derik Uya Alfred and performed by South Sudan Theatre Company, […]
Macbeth; directed by Charles Fee for the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Boise, Idaho, 19 June 2018. Reviewed by Julie Fendrick Macbeth’s witches perch upon the balcony of an impressive outdoor theater, their black, flexible wings wrapped around their bodies like bats; with a jarring crack of thunder, so opens the Macbeth of the Idaho Shakespeare Festival’s 2018 […]
This post is part of Year of Shakespeare, a project documenting the World Shakespeare Festival, the greatest celebration of Shakespeare the world has ever seen. Romeo and Juliet, Grupo Galpão, 19 May 2012 at The Globe, London By Kate McLuskie, Shakespeare Institute The Saturday afternoon crowd, strolling from Waterloo past the Globe enjoyed a man in […]
Julia & Romeo; directed by Jussi Nikkilä for the Finnish National Theater in Helsinki, Finland. Adaptation by Anna Viitala based on a translation by Marja-Leena Mikkola. 4 Oct 2018 Reviewed by Nely Keinänen (University of Helsinki) In 2016, the director Jussi Nikkilä did an excellent production of Richard III on one of the smaller stages […]
Directed by Jan Klata for Teatr Polski in Wrocław and Staatsschauspiel Dresden at Teatr Wybrzeże, Gdańsk Shakespeare Festival, Poland. 3 August 2013. Reviewed by Aneta Mancewicz As a co-production between Teatr Polski in Wrocław and Staatsschauspiel Dresden, Jan Klata’s Titus Andronicus premiered in Wrocław on 15 September 2012 and in Dresden on 28 September 2012. […]
Reviewed by Rob Ormsby The Stratford Festival’s King Lear takes a timeworn kick at the emotional-realist / Shakespeare-plus relevance can. Director Antoni Cimolino presses his actors to convey every last one of their emotions as plainly as possible and encourages us to see the purportedly timeless significance of the play’s social critiques by adding a […]
This post is part of Year of Shakespeare, a project documenting the World Shakespeare Festival, the greatest celebration of Shakespeare the world has ever seen. Antony and Cleopatra (Antonius ile Kleopatra), Oyun Atölyesi, Dir. Kemal Aydoğan, 26 & 27 May 2012 at The Globe, London, reviewed by Michael Dobson & Adele Lee Saturday 26 May 2012 By […]
This post is part of Year of Shakespeare, a project documenting the World Shakespeare Festival, the greatest celebration of Shakespeare the world has ever seen. Timon of Athens, bremer shakespeare company, Dir. Sebastian Kautz, 1 June 2012 at The Globe, London By Emily Oliver, Shakespeare Institute “WARNING: THIS PRODUCTION CONTAINS MALE NUDITY.” The sign, greeting visitors on their […]
Evil is all around us! Reviewed by Zsolt Almási Ádám Horgas’s Macbeth[1] in the Hungarian Theatre, Budapest provides a thorough theatrical representation of the overwhelming power of evil. In this production all the smallest details line up into a coherent unity exploring magically how fragile human virtue is, how seductive evil can be. The exploration […]
This post is part of Year of Shakespeare, a project documenting the World Shakespeare Festival, the greatest celebration of Shakespeare the world has ever seen. The Rest is Silence, dreamthinkspeak, 29 June 2012, at the Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne By Adam Hansen, University of Northumbria In Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Critic as Artist’ (1890-91), […]
