Hamlet, directed by Dominic Dromgoole for the Globe to Globe Hamlet On Tour, Gdańsk Shakespeare Theatre, Gdańsk, 20 September 2014, centre gallery, lower level, centre right. Reviewed by Janice Valls-Russell Flown in from Grenada, in the Caribbean, en route for Kazakhstan, the sixteen members of the Globe to Globe Hamlet dropped their trunks and musical […]
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 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 […]
Much Ado about Nothing (billed as Love’s Labour’s Won). Royal Shakespeare Company at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. 4 October 2014. Directed by Christopher Luscombe. Reviewed by Gretchen E. Minton (Montana State University) This fall the Royal Shakespeare Company announced the pairing of Shakespeare’s ‘two great romantic comedies’, Love’s Labour’s Lost and Much Ado about Nothing, […]
Reviewed by Elizabeth Sharrett (The Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham) The third instalment of Greg Doran’s Henriad began with a departure from the “doublet and hose” aesthetic of the two previous productions, and for a moment I thought we were in for a very different show. After a polite reminder to “switch off mobile phones”, […]
By Janice Valls-RussellCranes are – along with spires and towers – part of the Gdańsk cityscape. The harbour had a man-powered crane back in the Middle Ages, to unload cargo in this busy Hanseatic harbour, long before the steel monsters we associate with the city’s shipyards and their politically charged history. Today, building cranes on […]
Since I Suppose. One Step at a Time Like This, for Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Chicago, Illinois. Aug. 28-Sept. 21. 2014. Reviewed by Regina Buccola. Early morning, an e-mail arrives with directions to a specific street corner, delivered via a funny YouTube video. It is laugh out loud funny, creating the sense that the unusual, “immersive” […]
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 […]
Henry V, directed by Christopher Luscombe for Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Chicago, Illinois. April 29 – June 15, 2014. Reviewed by Regina Buccola From the very beginning of Henry V, the Chorus serves a meta-theatrical function, not only bringing the audience up to speed on what has happened and forecasting the significant aspects of what […]
The Merchant of Venice and The Taming of The Shrew Shakespeare by the Sea, Halifax, Canada, 2014 Reviewed by Yolana Wassersug Now in its 21st season, Shakespeare by the Sea is a perennially beloved aspect of summertime in Nova Scotia. The company has performed its site-specific outdoor plays in various historical landmarks around the city, […]
