Theatre as controlled demolition: Christopher Rüping's dissection of Brecht is thrilling, smart and savage. The post Review: Trommeln in der Nacht at the Deutsches Theater, Berlin appeared …
German theatre has always shown a willingness to radically reimagine the classics. Because of this restless experimentation, the regietheater tradition can look as
Lee Anderson reviews "cyborg theatre" by Susanne Kennedy The post Review: Women in Trouble at Volksbühne appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.
Behind-the-scenes: Lee Anderson reviews Thomas Ostermeier's staging of Didier Eribon's novel. The post Review: Rückkehr nach Reims at Theatertreffen 2018 appeared first on Exeunt Maga…
Drink every time... Lee Anderson reviews the Volksbuhne's 7-hour marathon of Goethe The post Review: Faust at Theatertreffen 2018 appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.
From death to rebirth: Lee Anderson reviews Marion Bott's new play about modern life in Berlin The post Review: Moormaid at the Arcola appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.
Vanishing acts: Lee Anderson reviews the stage adaptation of Joan Lindsay's cult novel The post Review: Picnic at Hanging Rock at the Barbican appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.
Gallows humour: Lee Anderson reviews Chris Thorpe & Jon Spooner's show about shuffling off the mortal coil. The post Review: Am I Dead Yet? at the Soho Theatre appeared first on Exeunt …
"Bloodless, utopian activism clashes with brutal, revolutionary violence": Lee Anderson on Chilean writer Guillermo Calderón's new play about conflicting radical ideologies. The post Revi…
The absence of love: Lee Anderson reviews Gary Owen's new play at the Royal Court. The post Review: Killology at the Royal Court appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.
Lee Anderson and Annegret Märten discover metatheatrics, total theatre and a fug of Ostalgie at Berlin's fortnight-long festival of German theatre. The post Theatertreffen: A dialogue appea…
Now in its 53rd year, Berlin’s Theatertreffen takes the temperature of contemporary German " and international " theatre. This year's festival opens with
Rinse, repeat, ad infinitum: Lee Anderson review Forced Entertainment's performance at Theatertreffen 2017. The post Review: Real Magic at Theatertreffen 2017 appeared first on Exeunt Magazi…
Lee Anderson finds that Simon Stone's new version of Three Sisters reduces the women of Chekhov's original to "bit players in their own drama". The post Review: Drei Schwestern at Theatertr…
On the face of it, theatregoing and gaming make for unlikely team mates. Theatre invites its audiences to watch, listen and reflect;
Dramaturgy is a tough nut to crack. Despite occupying a vital role in countries such as Germany and across continental Europe, we
"Sorry, but there's no money left". So wrote former Secretary to the Treasury, Liam Bryne, when Labour handed over reigns of the Exchequer to the coalition four years ago. This pithy summing…
In 1995, Sarah Kane brought the walls of a Leeds hotel room crashing down in explosive fashion for her debut play, Blasted. After a decade of playwrights politely rearranging the furniture, …
Adaptation can be a tricky thing indeed. But when it comes to re-working an ancient play " a play first written several centuries ago " and then making it work within a contemporary setting&…
Here's a riddle for you: what do horses, fish fingers, the ocean, sandwiches and ex-lovers all have in common? Any ideas? No? Not to worry. Yve Blake is in town to shed some light on the mys…
Madani Younis doesn’t mince his words. Stealing a precious half-hour during an otherwise jam-packed schedule, the Artistic Director of the Bush Theatre, currently in the final stage…
It would be an understatement to say that Toshiki Okada's Super Premium Soft Double Vanilla Rich is hard-going. This is a punishingly sluggish and maddeningly drawn-out piece of endurance ar…
Earlier this week, the UK government's recently appointed culture secretary, Sajid Javid, began his inaugural policy-speech with an act of confession. So, in the spirit of full divulgence, h…
Let's be honest, opera has a tough time of it. As an art form, it is either derided as an overpriced irrelevance or reviled as the province of 'elitist' poshos. Dido and Aenas? Tristan and I…
Forget the fairies. Send home the clowns. Do away with magical forests, star-crossed lovers and frothy sentiment! This year, the Globe is celebrating Shakespeare's 450th birthday in wicke…