Titus Andronicus; directed by Paata Tsikurishvili for Synetic Theater, Arlington, Virginia, USA. May 19, 2018. Reviewed by Justin B. Hopkins, Franklin and Marshall College. Titus Andronicus is Synetic Theater’s thirteenth entry in its wordless Shakespeare series. (Note: For convenience, I will refer to the play as Shakespeare’s, though I acknowledge the consensus that it was a […]
Titus Andronicus at The RST, dir. Blanche McIntyre, 1/7/2017. Reviewed by Sara Marie Westh The red warning posters warns prospective audience members at the RST that the play they are about to see is Shakespeare’s bloodiest, and that it contains “bad language”. The former statement is undoubtedly true, while the latter appears to pass judgement of […]
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. […]
Directed by Lucy Bailey, Globe Theatre, London, 31 May 2014. Review by Steve Orman Being somewhat squeamish when it comes to violence, particularly of the bloody kind, I had a feeling that Lucy Bailey’s Titus Andronicus, a revival of her popular 2006 production, would be something that I would have to endure rather than […]
Directed by Lise Bruneau for Taffety Punk Theatre Company at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Washington, DC, United States of America, 4 October 2013 Review by Katherine Bradshaw, George Washington University. When a friend and I sat down for Taffety Punk Theatre Company’s Titus Andronicus, I was torn between excitement and apprehension. As an enthusiastic repeat “T-Punk” audience […]
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. At the end of May Yukio Ninagawa’s Cymbeline was performed at the Barbican in London, as part of the World Shakespeare Festival. John Lavagnino saw it there and reviewed it for […]
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. Titus Andronicus, Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio, Dir. Tang Shu-wing, 4 May 2012 at The Globe, London By Adele Lee, University of Greenwich Murder. Rape. Mutilation. Cannibalism. Titus Andronicus is […]
