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 […]
Richard III at Teatro Nacional Dona Maria II, Lisbon, Portugal. 2015. Reviewed by Francesca Rayner (Universidade do Minho) The opening and closing moments of this Richard III framed the defining features of the performance. At the start, dancer Romeu Runa established the contours of the performance space by running at breakneck speed in a circle […]
