A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare from Russia. Part of the RSC open air Dell performances, July 2019. Reviewed by Sara Marie Westh Sometimes you stumble on something truly excellent, and it becomes all the more so by being unexpected. I have attended the RSC Dell performances for several years now, and have enjoyed myself […]
Hamlet directed by K.D. Schmidt for the Mainz State Theatre, Mainz, Germany. March 13, 2019 And A Midsummer Night’s Dream directed by Hilmar Jónsson for the National Theatre of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland. March 16, 2019. Reviewed by Justin B. Hopkins I went on holiday to Germany, with a long layover in Iceland on the way […]
Timon of Athens by Teatro Praga at the Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal, 2019 Reviewed by Francesca Rayner After years of non-performance in Portugal, Timon of Athens has been produced twice in the past few years; firstly in a production directed by Nuno Cardoso in 2018 and now in 2019 in a performance […]
High Park’s Midsummer fails to woo with its swords Diana Jones, York University Director Tanja Jacobs’ choice to set High Park’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in a carnivalesque atmosphere, inspired by the work of Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini, is appropriate for several reasons. Shakespeare’s comedy is tremendously playful with its sprightly faeries, magical flowers, and […]
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, dir. Danielle Irvine, July 21, 2018 at Perchance Theatre in Cupids (NL) Reviewed by Tracy O’Brien Perchance is an open-air theatre modeled after Shakespeare’s Globe, and was built with local wood and sail canvas in 2010 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of John Guy’s settlement in the area. Nestled in the […]
Hamlet: Koko Totuus [Hamlet: The Whole Truth]. Adaptation by Ville Kurki and ensemble, based on the translation into Finnish by Matti Rossi. Directed by Ville Kurki for Grus Theater, performed at the Turku Castle, Turku, Finland. 1 February, 2017. Reviewed by Nely Keinänen It was a very cold and dark winter night when my two theater […]
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, dir. Theu Boermans, Het Nationale Toneel, Koninklijke Schouwburg The Hague, The Netherlands, 20 August 2016. Review by Paul Franssen (Utrecht University) One usually imagines the fairies in Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream as diminutive creatures, small enough to “hang a pearl in every cowslip’s ear” (2.1.15). The Victorians saw them as childlike. […]
A Midsummer Night’s Dream/ Uda gau bateko ametsa/ Sueño de una noche de verano @ Cristina Enea Park, San Sebastián, Directors: Fernando Bernués & Iñaki Rikarte, Adaptor & translator: Patxo Telleria, Company: Tanttaka Teatroa Reviewed by Elizabeth Jeffery “Will you miss the wedding of the year?” This year San Sebastián, Basque Country, is Europe’s Capital of Culture, along […]
Kesäyön uni (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), directed by Esa Leskinen for Ryhmäteatteri, performed at the Suomenlinna Summer Theater, Helsinki, Finland. Date seen: 31 August 2016 Reviewed by Nely Keinänen Just getting to the Suomenlinna Summer Theater is an adventure: first a short ferry from the Helsinki Market Square to the island fortress of Suomenlinna, then […]
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by The City Theater, directed by Lindsay McKenna, Austin, Texas. July 9, 2016. Reviewed by Michael Saenger Supposedly, Yogi Berra once turned down an invitation to a particular restaurant, saying, “Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.” Something similar could be said about A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which is probably the […]
