Sarah Kane Through a Russian Prism
Of all the unexpected things I think I might be able to imagine, one I could never have imagined...
Read MorePosted by John Freedman | 8th Apr 2020 | News, Russia, Transmedia
Of all the unexpected things I think I might be able to imagine, one I could never have imagined...
Read MorePosted by John Freedman | 24th Aug 2017 | News, Russia, Theatre and Politics
As reported by numerous sources in Russia, director Kirill Serebrennikov was arrested on August 22...
Read MorePosted by John Freedman | 24th Nov 2015 | Directing, Review, Russia
After a 24 year hiatus, Russian director Kama Ginkas has again stepped into one of the most famous...
Read MorePosted by John Freedman | 4th Dec 2014 | Essay, Playwriting, Russia
This is the second installment in John Freedman’s TheaterPlus video blog, which now appears...
Read MorePosted by John Freedman | 17th Nov 2014 | Essay, Interview, Playwriting, Russia, Translation
Back when I used to publish a blog called TheaterPlus on the website of The Moscow Times, I would...
Read MorePosted by John Freedman | 7th Oct 2014 | Directing, Essay, Russia
The death of Yury Lyubimov in Moscow on Sunday morning, October 5, 2014, at the age of 97, puts...
Read MorePosted by John Freedman | 26th Sep 2014 | Essay, Russia, Theatre and Politics
On occasion, rather than buried and hidden somewhere, essences lie right there on the surface,...
Read MorePosted by John Freedman | 30th Oct 2013 | Directing, Kama Ginkas Black Monk, Review, Russia
Of all the theatrical languages that coexist in Moscow, director Kama Ginkas is an intonation unto himself. You can hear it in his actors’ speech. “They often speak not as they do in life or even on stage for another...
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