Tag: William Shakespeare
Ruhrtriennale: Nothing is certain anymore
Barbara Frey opens the third year of her directorship at the Ruhrtriennale with a strangely gentle “Midsummer Night’s Dream” in an apocalyptic setting. source site
Shakespeare Comedies in One Evening Vienna Needcompany – Culture
The Brussels-based Needcompany, founded by the visual artist Jan Lauwers together with his wife, the choreographer Grace Ellen Barkey, is one of the oldest (since 1986!) and best-established brands in…
Munich: The most beautiful open-air theaters in summer 2023 – Munich
Summer is not showing its sunniest side at the moment. Hopefully that will change soon, because in addition to the usual open-air and stadium concerts, the theater world also offers…
Passionstheater Oberammergau: Nobody and nothing is saved
What happens when the tyrant is dead? In Oberammergau, Christian Stückl stages “Julius Caesar” as a current political thriller – with fairly clear images. source site
Archeology drama “The Lost King”: Fuck you, Shakespeare! – Culture
It was a press conference whose pictures went around the world ten years ago. Bones had been found under a parking lot in Leicester, and now the results of the…
On Chaos Weeks in Britain: A Drama in Too Many Acts
Is Boris Johnson gone for good? And where is Britain now? attempt at an overview. source site
Ruhr Festival: Nothing is good, not even in death
Werner Wölbern shines as the title character in Shakespeare’s powerfully gloomy “Macbeth” at the Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen. source site
Hilarious, brilliant and abysmal: “Macbeth at the Bochum theater – culture
You’ve already seen a few “Macbeth” walk the stages, scary and not so scary, scandalous and less scandalous, but certainly not as funny as this one at the Bochumer Schauspielhaus.…
Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen: temptation to listen
Peter Brook’s timeless adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Storm” and Simon McBurney’s epic picture theater open the Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen. source site
The authors Michael Köhlmeier and Monika Helfer in conversation – culture
The award-winning author Michael Köhlmeier became known with retellings of Greek sagas and more than two dozen novels. Monika Helfer’s success came late, “Die Bagage” and “Vati”, in which she…