Sadness And Mourning Dominate Theater Bremen’s “Hamlet”
The stage, designed by Thomas Rupert, was vast and predominantly empty, the floor mainly even and...
Read MorePosted by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe | 16th Jun 2026 | Acting, Directing, Germany, Review
The stage, designed by Thomas Rupert, was vast and predominantly empty, the floor mainly even and...
Read MorePosted by Teodora Medeleanu | 24th Apr 2026 | Musical Theatre, Review, United States of America
In a small town, where nothing really happens, K. works at VHS World, alongside her teenage...
Read MorePosted by Margaret Rose | 17th Feb 2026 | Adaptation, Italy, Review
In late January and early February, Filippo Timi’s Hamlet² played to full houses at the 500-seater...
Read MorePosted by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe | 6th Feb 2026 | Directing, Germany, Review
For this production of Shakespeare’s play, Oldenburgisches Staatstheateer used the 2007...
Read MorePosted by L. Peter Callender | 3rd Jan 2026 | Iran, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America
We all know the iconic closing lines: “For never was a story of more woe / Than this of...
Read MorePosted by Margaret Rose | 23rd Nov 2025 | Adaptation, Italy, Review
Two major productions of Richard III are touring Italy in the present season, a sign perhaps that...
Read MorePosted by Cristina Modreanu | 30th Aug 2025 | New York, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America
In a world where the rule is to make huge efforts to attain an “effortless, relaxed” look, the new...
Read MorePosted by Kasia Lech | 10th Jul 2025 | Festivals, News, Poland
Seventeen productions, including nine premieres, from Japan, Ukraine, the UK, Spain, and Poland,...
Read MorePosted by Duška Radosavljević | 15th May 2025 | Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
’To be or not to be’, that is a question with a completely new ring to it in Teatro La Plaza’s...
Read MorePosted by Emilija Kvočka | 14th May 2025 | Essay, Festivals, Serbia
The time of frozen catharsis is now. But what kind of theatre refuses purification? Theatre...
Read MorePosted by Ivanka Apostolova Baskar | 26th Mar 2025 | Festivals, Interview, Playwriting, Romania
An Interview with Mr. Horia Gârbea – Playwright, dramaturg, translator, Bucaresti, Romania Horia...
Read MorePosted by Margaret Rose | 31st Aug 2024 | Adaptation, Edinburgh 2024, Review, Scotland
A cast of young actors from diverse parts of the globe brought Malvolio’s Fantasy to the Space...
Read MorePosted by Margaret Rose | 18th Aug 2024 | Edinburgh 2024, Festivals, Review, United Kingdom
On this year’s Edinburgh Fringe a raft of reimaginings of Shakespeare’s plays, by emerging and...
Read MorePosted by Margaret Rose | 16th Aug 2024 | Edinburgh 2024, Festivals, Review, United Kingdom
A unique feature of Edinburgh’s Fringe festival is its inclusive nature. Professional and...
Read MorePosted by Margaret Rose | 14th Aug 2024 | Edinburgh 2024, Festivals, Review, United Kingdom
Hamlet, along with A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest and Macbeth, are probably the...
Read MorePosted by Margaret Rose | 18th Jul 2024 | Dramaturgy, Festivals, Italy, Review
After Brexit, UK productions very rarely play in Italy, but Biennale theatre directors Gianni...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 20th Dec 2023 | London, Review, United Kingdom
How to render Macbeth anew—and how to do it well? It’s a question that has undoubtedly preoccupied...
Read MorePosted by Margaret Rose | 1st Dec 2023 | Essay, Italy, Theatre and Age
Since 2015 my theatre studies colleague, Cristina Cavecchi, and I have been leading Shakespeare...
Read MorePosted by Kirk Dodd | 5th Nov 2023 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Gender
Shakespeare wrote his famous narrative poem Venus and Adonis in a lockdown era when, in 1593, the...
Read MorePosted by Emilija Kvočka | 5th Sep 2023 | Festivals, Review, Serbia
The tenth in a row international theatre festival “Shakespeare Festival”, whose...
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