Play On directed by Robert Hollingworth and Omar Shahryar, Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York, UK, 1 November 2017 Review by Sarah Olive, University of York The undergraduate students of York’s music department had only six weeks to work with their directors – Robert Hollingworth and Omar Shahryar – devising and developing their practical […]
Macbeth, Audacious Challenge and Innovative Experiment: A New Shakespearean Play directed by Dalian Chen at Chong Qing Theatre Company, 24th and 25th Oct. 2017. Reviewed by Yu Sun, College of Foreign Languages and Cultures of Xia Men University, China. Her academic interest focuses on the Shakespearean studies and comparative literature. List of Characters： Macbeth& Lady Macbeth (Yi […]
The Merchant of Venice, Bell Shakespeare Company, Melbourne Arts Centre, 30 July 2017. Directed by Anne-Louise Sarks Bell Reviewed by Penny Gay, The University of Sydney Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, a production which will tour many Australian towns and cities before concluding in Sydney in October, is the company’s first return to the play since an unremarkable version in […]
Lear, Primeiros Sintomas dir. Bruno Bravo @ Teatro Nacional Dona Maria II, Lisbon, 2017 Reviewed by Francesca Rayner, Universidade do Minho As the title suggests, the emphasis in Bruno Bravo’s production was on the man rather than the king. Or rather, the woman playing the role of the man as the main character here was played […]
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 […]
Venus and Adonis: A Masque for Puppets; directed by Gregory Doran for the Royal Shakespeare Company in collaboration with Little Angel Theatre at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon. July 26, 27, & 28, 2017 Reviewed by Justin B. Hopkins, Franklin and Marshall College In 2007, I attended the RSC’s collaboration with Little Angel Theatre on Venus and […]
The Taming of the Shrew, translated and directed by Jack Nieborg, Shakespeare Theater Diever, The Netherlands, 26 August 2017. Reviewed by Paul Franssen, Utrecht University The annual open-air Shakespeare production at Diever, staged by amateurs, seems to be drawing bigger crowds every year. This year’s production of The Taming of the Shrew makes it clear why: […]
The Globe’s Much Ado About Nothing: Sombreros, Tequila, and Exoticization By Mayra Cano, California State University-Fresno Matthew Dunster’s reimagination of Much Ado About Nothing, set in 1914 during the Mexican Revolution, employs a variety of stereotypes about Mexico and Mexicans, demonstrating a misunderstanding of this period in Mexican history. This alongside the production’s use of […]
Henry IV by William Shakespeare, Directed by Beth Burns for The Hidden Room, York Rite Masonic Hall, Austin TX, Sept 8 – Oct 1, 2017 Reviewed James Loehlin on September 15, 2017 www.hiddenroomtheatre.com Beth Burns’s Austin company, The Hidden Room, has established a reputation for energetic and experimental early modern productions, often employing all-male companies […]
Hamlet (directed by Lars Romann Engel for the 2017 Shakespeare Festival at Hamlet’s Castle, Kronborg Castle, Elsinore, Denmark. Seen: 3 August, 2017. https://hamletscenen.dk/en/platforms/the-shakespeare-festival/hamlet-2017-uk/ The review also makes brief reference to Ophelia – Noh (idea and script: Ujin Sakurama), performed by the Tokyo-based Koh Lo Sha Noh company at the 2017 Shakespeare Festival at Hamlet’s Castle, […]
