AS YOU LIKE IT, directed by BEATRIZ BATARDA for ARENA ENSEMBLE, at TEATRO CARLOS ALBERTO, PORTO, PORTUGAL. Seen on 22nd February 2014. Reviewed by Miguel Ramalhete Gomes Having premiered at roughly the same time as Nuno Cardoso’s highly political Coriolanus, Beatriz Batarda’s production of As You Like It for Arena Ensemble was often coupled with […]
UNPERFECT ACTOR (ACTOR IMPERFEITO), an adaptation by Luísa Costa Gomes of Shakespeare’s sonnets, directed by ANTÓNIO PIRES for TEATRO DO BAIRRO (LISBOA), at TEATRO CARLOS ALBERTO, PORTO, PORTUGAL. Seen on 1st February 2014. Reviewed by Miguel Ramalhete Gomes Stage performances based on Shakespeare’s sonnets have come to occupy a rare though often special presence in […]
Twelfth Night, directed by Paata Tsikurishvili for Synetic Theater at the Synetic Theater, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America, 26 January 2014. Reviewed by Katherine L. Bradshaw A stunning interpretation of Twelfth Night sparkled and swirled spectacularly at the Synetic Theater in Arlington, Virginia. As the 10th installment of Synetic’s award-winning “Silent Shakespeare” series, this show combined […]
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Anna Bergmann for Malmö Stadsteater at Hipp, Malmö, Sweden. 15 April, 2014. Reviewed by Kiki Lindell In the 2014 Shakespeare Birthday Lecture in Stratford-upon-Avon, the director Michael Bogdanov spoke, among other things, about the delights and frustrations of directing in German theatres. Like Peter Brook, Bogdanov believes that we non-native […]
Richard II directed by Gregory Doran for the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford Upon Avon and Barbican Centre, London, England (performances between October 27th 2013 and January 25th 2014). A version of this blog was published on Between The Acts, Julieraby.com Review by Julie Raby Oliver Rix’s Aumerle is a […]
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. Hamlet, Meno Fortas, dir. Eimuntas Nekrošiu, 2 June 2012 at The Globe, London By Stephen Purcell, University of Warwick Eimuntas Nekrošius’ Hamlet (or Hamletas) is undoubtedly an important production. It has been touring […]
