Monday, May 25, 2015
Recent events in Hungary, Belarus and Iraq show that governments find theatre dangerous enough to think it's worth banning. So what should we be doing in response?In the past month, three ra…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMSome say that theatre is all about liveness and intimacy, others that it needs to be epic in scope. Both can't be right, surely?Does size matter? It strikes me that the biggest single issue …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMIn Germany, I saw a white woman dress as a gorilla to play Othello. Yet the best that Britain seems to do is Clybourne Park - a play which aims for laughs rather than a serious examination o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMRecent events in Hungary, Belarus and Iraq show that governments find theatre dangerous enough to think it's worth banning. So what should we be doing in response?
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMThursday, May 21, 2015
One is supposedly writer-led, the other director-led; one genuinely made classics speak to the present day while the other boomed with new writing. But these two countries’ productions are…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:14PMSet back from Unter der Linden, Berlin’s wide tree-lined avenue sweeping east to west from Alexanderplatz to the Brandenburg Gate, the Maxim
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMThursday, May 14, 2015
Sherman Cymru, CardiffSophie Melville is superb in this reworked version of the myth that follows a disaffected young woman kicking hard against a bleak worldIf you take a slight detour on t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMTuesday, May 12, 2015
Merthyr Tydfil Labour ClubNational Theatre Wales attempts to rehabilitate Bertolt Brecht’s cold pragmatist as a sentimental, Shameless-style rogue Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:55AMThursday, July 24, 2014
The underfunded Portuguese festival presented a wealth of intriguing dramas from directors including Ivica Buljan and Romina Paula Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:19AMTuesday, July 1, 2014
Live streaming and online interactivity mean it may be time to reconsider what we mean by live performance, and it's companies such as Coney who are at the vanguardA strange thing happened l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMMonday, June 30, 2014
Forget what you think you know about My Fair Lady this German version features everything from Mozart to Wham!The Swiss director Christoph Marthaler's Meine Faire Dame isn't just a German-l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:59AMFriday, June 27, 2014
Romanian playwrights are taking an unflinchingly look at their country with targets matching those of their British counterpartsThe work staged this month at an international theatre festiva…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:47AMWednesday, May 14, 2014
Several current stage hits suggest British theatre is looking outwards. Andrew Haydon is delighted, but thinks there is a way to go when translating and staging texts from abroadBack in 2008…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:38AMTuesday, May 6, 2014
Stadsteatern, StockholmThe Bridge star delivers a compelling central performance in the world premiere of Arne Lygre's stark playThe wide black floor stretches back from the audience. It is …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:41PMTuesday, March 18, 2014
Deutsches Schauspielhaus, HamburgForget Bizet and his familiar take on Prosper Mérimée's novel – Simon Stephens' bleak adaptation owes more to Virginia WoolfWith Three Kingdoms, Sebastia…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:27PMSunday, March 16, 2014
Back to Gaußstraße, and to the same odd little arts-industrial estate as Thalia Gaußstraße, for a performance by the young people’s theatre of Deutsches Schauspielhaus, which is curren…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:51AMMonday, November 5, 2012
Misunderstandings are complicating the debate over ethnically authentic casting, as the Clybourne Park case shows, writes critic Andrew Haydon
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:17AMThursday, October 6, 2011
How should theatre tackle real-life horror? And how much do Doctor Who and Shakespeare really have in common? Find out the issues captivating the blogosphere this weekWhat to do about "reali…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:51PMWednesday, September 28, 2011
What price a bit of honest publicity? The rapidly changing face of theatre reviewing is grist to the bloggers' mill this weekWhat happens if you can't get a critic to see your show? Most the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:27AMThursday, September 22, 2011
Theatre bloggers are in uproar about suggested plotlines for Neil LaBute and Theresa Rebeck's live playwriting promotion – and they're none too happy about West End ticket prices, eitherWh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:04PMWednesday, September 14, 2011
This week theatre bloggers wage battle over ageism on stage and call for greater clarity on the term 'interactive theatre'This week the blogs are ablaze with disagreements. First up, Jo Cair…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:08AMFriday, September 9, 2011
Kate Mosse discusses the 66 Books project, George Hunka showcases the insults aimed to bruise his ego and theatre bloggers get down to the nitty gritty this weekThis week's Noises Off finds …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:02PMTuesday, August 30, 2011
The back-to-school vibe has bloggers reassessing their trade this week, and mainstream arts journalism gets a detentionMaybe it's the influence of the new school year, but if there is a unif…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:40AMThursday, August 25, 2011
As critics and performers debate everything from favourite eateries to the point of festivals, blogging is transforming the Edinburgh experienceIf there's a month when the full force of the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:55AMWednesday, August 17, 2011
As mob rule spread across the country last week, theatre bloggers asked what role – if any – the arts have to playIt feels a little ironic to be taking up the reins of Noises Off after a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PMWednesday, May 25, 2011
David Tennant and Catherine Tate are starring in yet another timeshifted Shakespeare. But can contemporary settings ever work?After what feels like an aeon of comparing and contrasting Hamle…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:34PMThursday, May 12, 2011
I Am the Wind – written by Europe's most performed playwright, staged by France's leading director – got a critical beating. Is it a case of Little Englandism?"As reviewers see more show…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:41AMFriday, April 1, 2011
The last decade has seen a remarkable wealth of new plays, if the selections for this year's National Student Drama festival are anything to go byLike Matt Trueman, I've also just finished r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:53AMTuesday, March 15, 2011
Whether it's high-concept experimental theatre or stripped-down touring work, Germany's fringe surprises at every turn – what would you recommend?The thing I find most difficult when writi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:59AMWednesday, March 2, 2011
Shakespeare and Beckett pulled it off, but what will former poet laureate Andrew Motion's first play be like?The news that former poet laureate Andrew Motion is writing a play, to be premier…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AMMonday, February 21, 2011
In Germany, I saw a white woman dress as a gorilla to play Othello. Yet the best that Britain seems to do is Clybourne Park – a play which aims for laughs rather than a serious examination…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PM 
