…a particularly darkly hilarious scene. Without spoiling anything, their appearance draws inspiration from a brutal scene in Shakespeare‘s Henry VI Part II. And lest you think Balls is a highbrow…
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…one would expect from Shakespeare’s classic, simply with a flipped gender dynamic and a multitude of sardonic Silicon jokes. This is where, unfortunately, the adaptation fell flat for me. Rittenberg’s…
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…MAY 20! Also on May 20, 2 pm EST (NYC) – Join Annie Dorsen in conversation with Tom Sellar – Zoom Room READ MORE ABOUT THE DIRECTOR: https://thetheatretimes.com/algorithm-composition-metaphor/ https://thetheatretimes.com/cybernetics-vs-decartes/ https://thetheatretimes.com/cutting-shakespeares-plays-can-act-creative-destruction/…
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…has the unenviable task of playing Hamlet badly in the first act and then well in the second. But pretending to be a bad Shakespearean is hard to distinguish from…
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…now? Fabio Tolledi: The Theater of Aeschylus like that of Aristophanes, the Theater of Shakespeare like that of Molière must be considered political, like all the theater today (even that…
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…The Power of Darkness directed by Igor Vuk Torbica, foto by National Theatre in Belgrade In the direction of Igor Vuk Torbica, this drama unfolds gradually, through a chronological structure…
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…The production is coproduced by the Royal Shakespeare Company as part of Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey’s first season as co-artistic directors. Set in a classroom in Karaj, Iran, in…
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…what it can lead to. Memories are a critical reminder. Literature prescribes: “There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance; pray, love, remember: and there are pansies. That’s for thoughts” ( Shakespeare). The…
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…doing here?” Her hello to Frank’s girlfriend River (Elle Fanning): “WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?!” And this is just in the first scene. The role of Toni is like Shakespeare’s…
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…secondary roles with a state-subsidised theatre company, touring classic plays from Shakespeare’s The Tempest to Calderón de la Barca’s Life is a Dream. He longs to play Creon but gets…
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…off. The relationship between Dorian and Sybil Vane, the young actress he loves and brutally discards, lasts all of five minutes from her first entrance to her death. Basil Hallward…
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…Hong Kong. And then, another one that stays with us: another brilliant student, Josiah Rodriguez, whose father was driving vans with essential supplies during the worst of the COVID pandemic,…
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…the aftermath of the UK’s horrific anti-immigration riots last month; and long may it delight its audiences on tour. The second Fringe First-winning show I managed to see was an…
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…on their own connections and the unspoken words that linger within them. The Earthquake (English), directed by Samragni Dasgupta, will be staged at Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Bangalore…
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…all of which ground-breaking in their unique ways: American Trajal Harrell offered a format of attending “work in progress”, Michel van der Aa’s work experiments with AI and opera in…
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…his latest, The Brightening Air, inspired by working on a version of Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya in 2020, he has turned to WB Yeats for the title, and to Irish…
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…accessories etc! It was like taking Van Gogh’s Sunflowers and deciding to make the petals purple! The original show of Phantom in Production and Design is an iconic piece of…
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…of which ground-breaking in their unique ways: American Trajal Harrell offered a format of attending “work in progress”, Michel van der Aa’s work experiments with AI and opera in novel…
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…unpaid bills. The old world, with its rituals, comforts, and self-soothing illusions, is vanishing. Chekhov’s final play, written on the brink of the Russian Revolution, has never felt more prophetic….
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The Queen of Versailles Musical or the Funeral of… 29th October 2025 
“Aşınma” (“Corrosion”): A… 23rd November 2025 
“Trilogia Cadela Força – Capítulo II:… 6th August 2025 
The Filmed Performance “Woodland Bird… 9th November 2025 
A Theatre Of Boredom And Theatrical Distrust (André… 4th December 2025 
James Graham’s “Punch” at the Apollo Theatre:… 30th September 2025 
