Juhannusyön uni (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), directed by Jonna Wickström for The Group Theater, Helsinki, Finland. Date seen: 12 November 2014 Reviewed by Nely Keinänen In the fall of 2014, Ryhmäteatteri (The Group Theater) created a Youth Theater program for 15-20 year-olds, whose first production was a spirited A Midsummer Night’s Dream. For most of the […]
As You Like It, directed by Theu Boermans, Het Nationale Toneel, Koninklijke Schouwburg, The Hague, 21 December 2014. Review by Paul Franssen (Utrecht University). This modern dress production gave a contemporary slant to the dominant themes of As You Like It. The contrast between the Court and the Forest of Arden was updated to that […]
SHAKESPEARE À LA BRASILEIRA COULOURS PORTUGAL A REVIEW OF SUA INCELENÇA, RICARDO III PRODUCED BY CLOWNS DE SHAKESPEARE PORTO, PRAÇA D. JOÃO I, 09 JUNE 2013 Review by Livia Segurado The Brazilian theatre company Clowns de Shakespeare participated in the closing ceremonies of the FITEI[1] 2013 in Porto, last June, with their acclaimed version of […]
Directed and Abridged by Ed Hughes, National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, Ambassadors Theatre, London, 18 November 2014. www.nyt.org.uk Reviewed by Steve Orman I’m somewhat ashamed to say that this was the first time that I had seen a production by the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. What I can say with certainty, […]
The Apocrypha Project, featuring Arden of Faversham, The Merry Devil of Edmonton, and Mucedorus. The Hidden Room at York Rite Masonic Hall, Austin, Texas, October-November 2014 Reviewed by Joseph F. Stephenson, Abilene Christian University Lovers of Shakespeare in Texas have learned not to miss anything put on by The Hidden Room. This company’s Original Practice Shakespeare […]
Henry IV Part 1 UCLU Drama Society, Bloomsbury Theatre 13 November 2014. Reviewed by Miranda Fay Thomas There is always a slight sense of trepidation when going to see a student production; particularly a student production in London, where we are spoilt for choice with professional shows; even more so, perhaps, when the production in question is […]
Two Gentlemen of Verona, Royal Shakespeare Company, dir. Simon Godwin, RSC Schools, 20 November 2014. Reviewed by Sarah Olive, University of York Yesterday, I watched Two Gentlemen of Verona in a seminar room in the University of York’s Law and Management Building with colleagues and students from Santiago, Shanghai and Montana. Perhaps surprisingly, this wasn’t in the […]
XVIII Festiwal Szekspirowski w Gdańsku / 18th Gdańsk Shakespeare Festival Teatr Szekspirowski / The Gdańsk Shakespeare Theatre Gdańsk, Poland 27 September – 5 October 2014 https://www.festiwalszekspirowski.pl https://teatrszekspirowski.pl/index.php Reviewed by Magdalena Cieślak This year’s eighteenth edition of the Gdańsk Shakespeare Festival was special for a couple of reasons. The first was its “coming of age” status, as […]
Hamlet, dir. Jan Klata, Schauspielhaus Bochum, Gdańsk, Poland, 4 October 2014. https://www.festiwalszekspirowski.pl/index.php Reviewed by Magdalena Cieślak With Hamlet, perhaps more that with other plays, one always waits for the first words. Is it going to be “Who’s there?”, or are they going straight for Claudius’s speech? Or maybe they’ll start with Hamlet’s soliloquy? There are many possibilities. […]
MAKBET (MACBETH) – Horror Puppet Show, dir. Michał Derlatka, Teatr w Oknie / TwO Windows Theatre, Gdańsk, Poland. 5 October 2014. https://www.festiwalszekspirowski.pl/index.php https://www.teatrwoknie.pl/stronaglowna.php Reviewed by Magdalena Cieślak ShakespeareOFF was a series of events accompanying the 18th Gdańsk Shakespeare Festival, offering not only the “Off” versions of Shakespeare’s plays but also taking those shows “off” the […]
