“L’Addition,” S’il Vous Plait
As part of Here and Now, a new Arts Council England showcase, Tim Etchells, artistic director of...
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Margaret Rose
“The Amazing Doctor She Medicine Show”
The title of the play, The Amazing Doctor She Medicine Show, leaves one wondering who on earth was...
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Climate Change Shakespeare. “A Midsummer’s Tempest”
On this year’s Edinburgh Fringe a raft of reimaginings of Shakespeare’s plays, by emerging and...
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Bologna To Edinburgh Non-Stop
The five-hundred-year history of Italy’s Commedia dell’Arte is neatly packed into Masquerade, a...
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Scottish Nursery School Kids Bring A Comedic Shakespeare To The Fringe
A unique feature of Edinburgh’s Fringe festival is its inclusive nature. Professional and...
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Luke Wright, A Spoken-Word Poet At The Top Of His Game
Spoken word poetry has a huge following in the UK, and Luke Wright is one of the most talented...
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“Freak Out!” A Heady Cocktail About Climate Change
On the Edinburgh Fringe the number of plays investigating climate change is growing each year, and...
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“In Two Minds.” Female Led Irish Storytelling
In Two Minds, produced by Dublin’s celebrated multi-award winning Fishamble, is playing at...
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“Penthesilea” After Von Kleist. Let’s Rock
Director of the Edinburgh International Festival (EIF), Nicola Benedetti, chose ‘Rituals that...
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“Hamstrung.” Yorick’s Untold Story
Hamlet, along with A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest and Macbeth, are probably the...
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“The Outrun”
Amy Liptrot’s bestselling memoir, The Outrun (2016) has recently been genre hopping. In January...
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52nd Venice Theatre Biennale (15-30 June). Gob Squad’s “Elephants In Rooms” And “Creation (Pictures For Dorian)”
This year’s Theatre Biennale (15 to 30 June), entitled, Niger and Albus (Black and White), sees...
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52nd Venice Theatre Biennale (15-30 June). Tim Crouch’s “Truth’s A Dog Must To Kennel”
After Brexit, UK productions very rarely play in Italy, but Biennale theatre directors Gianni...
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“Bérénice” at Milan’s FOG Festival
Together with Wayne McGregor’s dance piece, UniVerse: A Dark Crystal Odyssey, Romeo Castellucci’s...
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Milan’s FOG Festival
Milan’s international multidisciplinary performance art festival FOG, featuring theatre, music,...
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Ascanio Celestini’s “Rumba. The Donkey and the Ox”
Writer, actor, and director Ascanio Celestini is one of Italy’s most celebrated theatrical...
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Prison Shakespeare at Milan’s Young Offenders Institute
Since 2015 my theatre studies colleague, Cristina Cavecchi, and I have been leading Shakespeare...
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Contemporary New Play Development in Italy: A Playwright Shares Her Experience
“While Italy this year is celebrating 150 years as a single nation state, in many fields any sense of unity is still tenuous. Theatre and contemporary playwriting are no exceptions to this rule.” – Margaret Rose
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