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…one section of Beckett Briefs that doesn’t quite gel. Not I is a monologue in which Mouth, hovering eight feet above the stage in a tight spotlight, emits a furious,…
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Theatre Against Ageism: “The Secret Lives of Extremely Old People” by Rachel McAlpine
…“I will be COOL”; “Everything would be BORING, but not senior discounts” “Asleep on my hovercraft chair” [with matching illustration]; “I will tell storys to my grankids”. From the intimacy…
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Liu Xiaoyi’s Creative Revolution
…in the air representing the weight of institutions on artists in Hong Kong, China and Singapore. Describing the arts ecosystem in Hong Kong, he finger sketches a box that hovers…
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Dropping Balms
…years in Manchester, hovers as its own mystery. Marjan’s enthusiasm for English is evident, as is her empathy with those trying to prepare themselves to leave Iran, but she never…
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Alberto Conejero’s “En Mitad de Tanto Fuego” (In the Midst of So Much Fire): Addressing the Gaps from the Margins
…ideas of legacy, agency, and forgiveness, the play examined the spectre of Lorca that hovers over Rodríguez Rapún – the celebrated writer’s name cannot be uttered in a climate of…
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Liu Xiaoyi’s Creative Revolution
…that hovers over the top half of his Zoom screen. He elaborates: artists in Hong Kong “are constantly thinking about their relationship between their own safe structure and the bigger…
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David McVicar’s new “Maria Stuarda” at Madrid’s Teatro Real
…it hovered above the stage. Maria dominates Act 2, a figure increasingly vulnerable, falling to the floor in fear and panic. She appears in a white veil and black dress…
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An Innovative “Romeo E Giulietta” In Milan
…the play an everyday earthiness, instead of the aura of romanticism that still hovers over some Italian productions. Juliet (Francesca Massari) and Romeo (Marcos Piacentini) make you think of any…
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Capitalism Meets Austerity in Àlex Rigola’s “Glengarry Glen Ross”
…on the margins of one wall of the auditorium. Sandra and Andrés hover around the opposing wall. Francesc watches Andrés and Sandra from across the stage, neither appear to register…
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Rage and Fury: Calixto Bieito Stages Aribert Reimann’s “Lear” at the Teatro Real Madrid
…the first section of the action, move and slide during the storm scene. They hover menacingly over Lear and his entourage as the errant troupe seek protection from the elements….
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“That Perfect Dark”: Samuel Beckett’s “Company” in Dunedin
…from a description of two lovers resting under a tree. His expressive body is perfectly matched with the text, at times hovering in space in stillness, at other times moving…
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Timelier Every Day: Kazimierska’s “Katie’s Tales”
…to her lover, away at war. Her hand hovers above a piece of parchment; she worries at her lip; she smiles, falters, laughs, gasps. She cannot write, and she turns…
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Laura Horton’s Lynn Faces at the New Diorama Theatre: Surreal Gig Theatre Event Explores Coercive Control Through Comedy
…about telling your boss to shove “your Dictaphone up your arse”, offer in-yer-face surprises, while the episode in which the C-word is spoken 40 times (one for each of Leah’s…
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Depression and discontents: Daniel Veronese’s staging of “La persona deprimida” (The Depressed Person) at Santiago a Mil
…hour-long duration. María Onetto, the actress who created the role in Veronese’s first outing of the production in 2019, suffered from depression and committed suicide in 2023. Her ghost hovers…
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“Love”—A Dissenting View
…all public shelters with their pointless and infuriating waits, self-protective isolation, and sundry other irritants. We see heavily pregnant Emma (Janet Euk), for instance, delicately maneuvering around the morning moods…
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Bell Shakespeare’s New “King Lear” Understands The Joy Of A Good Tragedy
…space. This allows for a fluent orchestration of the play’s many diversions. And hovering above the stage is a gold cosmic spiral, like a galaxy, and centered disc (the sun?)…
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Anything Can Be Bought If The Price Is Right: Juan Mayorga’s “La Colección” (The Collection)
…Susana, as if observing her every move. Carlos, their “assistant”, sometimes sits at a distance, observing the proceedings; at other times he hovers behind Berna and Héctor. For all the…
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The Brilliance of Nuria Espert: Secrets, Lies and “La Isla Del Aire”
…a toxicity between Flavía and Mencía that hovers over the proceedings from the beginning – the reason is revealed at the end of the play. In addition, Lía had a…
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“Welcome to Asbestos Hall.” Review. Part I. Holland Festival 2025.
…and people are waiting outside with their drinks for the visit to start. A visit, because this is not a performance or show in the traditional sense. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2uyZOTOGxQ Upon entering…
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Who’s Afraid of the Public? Reports from the Daehangno X Forum on the Shut-Down of TheatreIn
…following a decision made by the Foundation, a subsidiary of the Seoul Metropolitan Government. News of the journal’s de facto closure sent shockwaves through the wider community of theatre practitioners,…
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