Lady M, written by Annechien Koerselman, Annemarie de Bruijn, David Geysen and Radna Diels. English translation by Marlous Lang-Peterse. Performance by Annemarie de Bruijn, het Vijfde Bedrijf. Koninklijke Schouwburg, The Hague, 26 November 2016 Review by Paul Franssen (Utrecht University) The sound of bagpipes evokes a sense of place. A young woman, with […]
The Dark Horse by Rosemary Anne Sisson, FRED theatre, Directed by Robert Ball at The Shakespeare Institute, May 2016 Reviewed by Sara Marie Westh I always wondered why Shakespeare left Henry VII out of the histories. My peers jokingly claim that the playwright detested Henry for being the dullest king ever. During his brief appearances […]
Breath of Kings: Rebellion and Breath of Kings: Redemption, Stratford Festival, Dir. Weyni Mengesha and Mitchell Cushman, Assoc. Dir. Graham Abbey, at Tom Patterson Theatre, Stratford, Ontario, Canada. June 22, 2016 Reviewed by Regina Buccola Within a three-month span this summer I will have seen the first part of Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s epic march through […]
Recreating Shakespeare: You are my destiny (Lo stupro di Lucrezia) 12th World Theatre Festival, Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, 26 September 2014 Reviewed by Remedios Perni Universidad Isabel I / Universidad de Murcia, Spain CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM Cast: Joele Anastasi, Ugo Giacomazzi, Fabián Augusto Gómez Bohórquez, Julian Isenia, Lola Jiménez, Andrea Lanciotti, Angélica Liddell, […]
Las Alegres Casadas (Merry Wives of Windsor) at the Festival Internacional de Teatro Clásico de Almagro, Espacio Miguel Narros, 17 July 2015 Reviewed by Isabel Guerrero CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM Cast: Maite Redín, Patxi Perez, Adriana Olmedo, Natalia Díaz and Fernando Romo Director and adaptation: Andrés Lima Setting design: Beatriz San Juan Lighting design: Koldo Tainta […]
Romeo & Julia. Puppet Theater. Directed by Merja Pöyhönen for Aura of Puppets and Tehdas Teatteri. Visiting production at the Oulu City Theater. 20 March 2016 Reviewed by Nely Keinänen This provocative production of Romeo & Julia [Romeo and Juliet] is set in a garbage dump, the kind of garbage dump which is growing […]
ROMEO vs. JULIA [ROMEO vs. JULIET]. Adaptation by Lauri Sipari and Liisa Urpelainen. Directed by Laura Jäntti for KOM Theatre, Helsinki, Finland. 3 February, 2015. Reviewed by Nely Keinänen The blurb for Lauri Sipari and Liisa Urpelainen’s Romeo vs. Juliet reads as follows: “Romeo and Juliet die in the tomb; that is tragedy. But […]
Kings of War; directed by Ivo van Hove for Toneelgroep Amsterdam at Museumsquartier, Vienna, Austria. Seen on 5th June 2015 Reviewed by Ludwig Schnauder Ivo van Hove first introduced himself and the Toneelgroep Amsterdam in Vienna in 2008 with his superb Romeinse Tragedies (Roman Tragedies), an adaptation of Coriolanus, Julius Caesar and Anthony and Cleopatra. […]
H(2)O – Teatr Strefa Otwarta of Wroclaw, York International Shakespeare Festival, Performed and devised by Anna Rakowska and Piotr Misztela, New Schoolhouse Gallery, York. 11 May 2015 Reviewed by Sarah Olive (University of York) I have just walked across town from H(2)O – a devised production based on Hamlet and Ophelia’s relationship in Shakespeare’s play – straight into the Gillygate […]
