The Tragedy Of “Hamlet” With An Egyptian Twist In Al-Hanager Theatre
In his famous tragedy Hamlet, which portrayed revenge, death, greed, and betrayal, William...
Read MorePosted by Rana Khaled | 27th Mar 2016 | Adaptation, Egypt, Interview
In his famous tragedy Hamlet, which portrayed revenge, death, greed, and betrayal, William...
Read MorePosted by Nobuko Tanaka | 27th Feb 2016 | Adaptation, Japan, Review
In 2014, rising playwright and director Kenichi Tani translated Harold Pinter’s Old Times for an...
Read MorePosted by Asher Warren | 19th Oct 2015 | Adaptation, Australia, Review
The tragedy of Shakespeare’s Desdemona haunts the literary canon. Her murder at the hands of her...
Read MorePosted by Paul Rae | 15th Oct 2015 | Adaptation, Australia, Review
In Desdemona, Toni Morrison’s response to Shakespeare’s Othello, which opens today at the...
Read MorePosted by Robert Hassan | 14th Oct 2015 | Adaptation, Australia, Melbourne, Review
The blurb for Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan’s stage adaption of George Orwell’s 1984 for the...
Read MorePosted by Christine Lambrianidis | 18th Aug 2015 | Adaptation, Australia, Essay, Melbourne
When you hear the words Greek tragedy, you might think of white masks, or even the ongoing...
Read MorePosted by Denis Flannery | 10th Apr 2015 | Adaptation, Essay, United Kingdom
I’m not sure many saw David Bowie’s latest creative project coming. It was recently announced that...
Read MorePosted by John Drakakis | 9th Apr 2015 | Adaptation, Essay, London, United Kingdom
The announcement that a play about Jimmy Savile is to be staged in London this summer has raised...
Read MorePosted by Gabrielle Carey | 9th Mar 2015 | Adaptation, Australia, News
Seventy-five years after publication, James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake may finally be starting to make...
Read MorePosted by Alix Bromley | 21st Jan 2015 | Adaptation, Australia, Interview
This week, as part of Sydney Festival’s Bankstown: Live program, Michael Mohammed Ahmad will...
Read MorePosted by Emily McGovern | 7th Nov 2014 | Adaptation, France, Interview, Russia, Transcultural Collaborations, United Kingdom
British actor Harry Lloyd and French director Gérald Garutti’s stage adaptation of the Fyodor...
Read MorePosted by RBTH and Dmitriy Romendik | 19th Oct 2014 | Adaptation, Review, Russia
The premier of Telluria caused little controversy when it opened in St. Petersburg. Maybe Russian...
Read MorePosted by Claire Hansen | 29th Jul 2014 | Adaptation, Australia, Review
Sydney Theatre Company’s new production of Macbeth may draw attention for its star, Hugo Weaving,...
Read MorePosted by Laura Swift | 23rd Jul 2014 | Adaptation, Essay, London, United Kingdom
A new production of Medea recently opened at London’s National Theatre to critical acclaim. This...
Read MorePosted by Preti Taneja | 1st Jul 2014 | Adaptation, Essay, London, United Kingdom
I don’t really go in for creative mash-ups. You know: Alien Vs. Predator, or the films where...
Read MorePosted by Julian Meyrick | 14th May 2014 | Adaptation, Australia, Essay
Last year in Australian theatre a rare event took place: a sector-wide debate about the role of...
Read MorePosted by Christine Judith Nicholls | 10th Mar 2014 | Adaptation, Festivals, Immersive Theatre, Netherlands, Review, Theatre and Politics, Transmedia
Over six hours, three Shakespearean tragedies – Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, and Antony And...
Read MorePosted by Aleks Sierz | 17th Mar 2013 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom
Science is an area of perennial fascination for the theatre. In the past, plays as various as Tom...
Read MorePosted by Phoebe Taplin | 16th Mar 2013 | Adaptation, News, Russia
William Boyd’s new play Longing, based on two short Chekov stories, is a sell-out success in...
Read MorePosted by Phoebe Taplin | 4th Jan 2013 | Adaptation, Review, Russia
A traditional version of Anton Chekhov’s play gets West End glamor and charm but lacks conviction....
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