Restoration era incidental music to The Tempest, Pyramus & Thisbe, Opera Restor’d/Hand Made Opera, York International Shakespeare Festival, Musical dir. Peter Holman, National Centre for Early Music, York, 10 May 2015 Reviewed by Sarah Olive (University of York) This Sunday afternoon concert, held in the converted church that houses the National Centre for Early Music (and had been my polling station […]
Richard III at Teatro Nacional Dona Maria II, Lisbon, Portugal. 2015. Reviewed by Francesca Rayner (Universidade do Minho) The opening and closing moments of this Richard III framed the defining features of the performance. At the start, dancer Romeu Runa established the contours of the performance space by running at breakneck speed in a circle […]
Hamlet: Drama of Vengeance – directed by Sven Gade, Heinz Schall for Silents Now at the York International Shakespeare Festival at Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York. 9 May 2015 Reviewed by Sarah Olive, University of York This is the first instalment in a series of around ten reviews which I’ll be writing to celebrate the […]
Measure for Measure – directed by Dominic Dromgoole for Shakespeare’s Globe at The Globe Theatre, London. July 15, 2015. Reviewed by Audrey Schaffner https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/ The Globe Theatre’s comedic, raucous, and sometimes bawdy production of Measure for Measure, which plays through October 17, effectively portrays the out-of-control Vienna in Shakespeare’s play. Literal houses of prostitution populate the […]