Reviewed by Alun Thomas Venice, the suppurating city, bursts into new and malignant life in London’s docklands in this astonishing play. Venice Preserv’d, a site-specific production staged in the empty shells of half-built luxury flats in Greenwich, immerses the audience in the decadent world of La Serenissima, conjuring up the City of Masks in all […]
Macbeth, OPRA Cymru, dir. by Patrick Young, 28 September 2013 at Y Llwyfan, Carmarthen. Review by Alun Thomas Judging by the small scattering of people at ‘Y Llwyfan’ tonight there doesn’t seem to be an overwhelming demand for Welsh-language Shakespeare in opera form. This is a shame, because OPRA Cymru’s adaptation of Verdi’s Macbeth is an […]
This post is part of Year of Shakespeare, a project documenting the World Shakespeare Festival, the greatest celebration of Shakespeare the world has ever seen. Coriolan/us, National Theatre Wales and Royal Shakespeare Company, Dir. Mike Pearson and Mike Brooks, 8 August 2012, at Hangar 858, RAF St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. By Alun Thomas, Cardiff University […]
This post is part of Year of Shakespeare, a project documenting the World Shakespeare Festival, the greatest celebration of Shakespeare the world has ever seen. Y Storm or The Tempest, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, Dir. Elen Bowman, August 7 2012 (matinee), at National Eisteddfod Maes, Llandow, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. By Alun Thomas, Cardiff University Y Storm […]
