King Lear, directed by Sam Mendes for the National Theatre, London at the Music Box Theater in Chicago, IL for NT Live. May 26, 2014. Reviewed by Regina Buccola In May, I had the unique experience of taking a backstage tour featuring key set pieces, props and costumes for the National Theatre’s production of King […]
As the baby boom generation moves into old age, ageing audiences, and ageing actors, are increasingly drawn to King Lear which is now staged more frequently than Hamlet. This year alone we’ve already seen Timothy West’s Lear in Bristol, Don Warrington’s in Manchester and Michael Pennington’s in Northampton and later this year Glenda Jackson will play it […]
Julius Caesar, dir. Danielle Irvine, September 1, 2019 at Perchance Theatre at Cupids (NL) Reviewed by Tracy O’Brien Director Danielle Irvine had no shortage of real-world inspiration on which to draw for Perchance Theatre’s production of Julius Caesar this summer. In an era dominated by “fake news” and social media, it is easy to forget […]
Cymbeline, directed by Sâmir Bhamra for Phizzical at the Grand Opera House, Belfast, Northern Ireland. 29 October 2013. Review by Sonja Kleij, Romano Mullin, and Matt Williamson. It is clear from the start that this is no ordinary production. As Cymbeline begins, the two leads appear to a blast of Indian pop, brandishing microphones and […]
King Lear in Transit – Time Travel through Translation and Performance Reviewed by Kinga Földváry Translation is an issue for us in Hungary. It is an issue in Hungarian Shakespeare studies, and it is an equally relevant and lively area of debate concerning Shakespearean performance, so much so that translations and retranslations may even come […]
Romeo and Juliet, dir. Scott Wentworth, Stratford Festival at Stratford, Ontario, Canada, 2017 Reviewed by Tracy O’Brien Director Scott Wentworth writes in the playbill for the Stratford Festival’s Romeo and Juliet, “When we look at the hate speech around us today, we see our world hasn’t progressed far beyond the Capulets and the Montagues.” Perhaps […]
Coriolanus, dir. Josie Rourke. NTL broadcast seen on 08.05.2014 at Kino Silver Screen Łódź, Poland Come for Hiddleston, stay for Shakespeare Reviewed by Magdalena Popłońska and Katarzyna Bresler Only a few years ago if we wanted to see a National Theatre Live broadcast in Poland, it would mean travelling more than 200 kilometres to a tiny […]
Romeo / Julia, Dir. Mariken Bijnen, Simon Rowe, Diane Elshout. The Moving Arts Project, June 27, 2015, Steve Bikoplein and October 17, 2015, Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam. Review by Kristine Johanson (University of Amsterdam) The strains of reggae, the smell of a barbecue, dozens of children, a director high-fiving members of the audience. The atmosphere at the […]
We walked into the prison. Bald neon strip-lights glared onto a grey common-room space. The walls were painted in a serviceable half and half fashion and as I sat down in my hard, plastic, prison-visiting-room-style chair I immediately became aware of an old sofa, a trolley of the kind I recall from my school […]
Directed by Chris and Emily Huber; Adapted by Emily Huber; Scenic Design by Jeff Cunningham; Light Design by Justin “Tex” Griffiths; Sound Design by Chris Huber; Costume Design by Emily Huber; Fight Choreography by Chris Valentine and James Karthauser, Jr; Featuring Ian Banchs (Mentieth), Sarah Deroussea (Lady Macbeth); Marcelo Derousseau (Thane of Cawdor/Murderer), Ken Dezarn […]
