Kleist’s Prinz Friedrich von Homburg

Heinrich von Kleist’s drama Prinz Friedrich von Homburg was written between 1809 and 1810 and first performed in Vienna in 1821, ten years after Kleist shot himself at the […]

In Ce ne andiamo per non darvi alter preoccupazioni (“We decided to go because we don’t want to be a burden on you”), by Italians Daria Deflorian and Antonio Tagliarini from Rome, the players revisit the story o […]

The major event at the Deutsche Oper in November was the premiere of The Huguenots. The publicity preceding the opening emphasized two aspects. First, the tenor in the leading role, Peruvian Juan Diego Florἑz, w […]

The presentation of a major new work at the Théâtre du Soleil is always an important theatre event in Paris, and after the rather indifferent reception of Mnouchkine’s Macbeth in 2014, the company’s next produ […]

Milton has been getting a fresh burst of attention in London these days. The Royal Shakespeare Company has been putting on a sold-out version of Comus, the first of Milton’s major works, at the indoor theatre n […]

The Festival TNT – Terrassa Noves Tendències – is a contemporary performance festival that has been running for nine years in the Catalan city of Terrassa, twenty-eight kilometres north of Barcelona. Boasting of 2 […]

“The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.” One of the most quoted Chekhovian statements seems to contradict the habit of organizers to include in cultural events’ programs frequent famous d […]

The Bregenzer Festspiele, one of several well-appointed summer opera festivals, is situated on the beautiful Lake Constance. It specializes in producing one opera outdoors on a floating stage (Seebühne), thereby […]

Where: The Oleg Tabakov Theatre

What: Konstantin Bogomolov’s production of The Seagull by Anton Chekhov

Stage Design: Larisa Lomakina

Premiere: 08 March 2014

There are four tiers of long benches on t […]

Dorota Masłowska, considered by some to be already a classic, established herself as a prominent voice among the post-communist and post-dramatic playwrights in Poland through two famous theatre texts – A Couple […]

Normally around this time of the year, I submit a review of the productions in the Recklinghausen theatre festival, whose theme this year was the Mediterranean. But given the current state of Germany as a whole […]

The appropriation of Shakespeare by different nations, as well as the discussions about his works in various cultural contexts, lead to the emergence of unexpected interpretations of his plays and inspire creative […]

When the conservative Fidesz party assumed power in 2010, Hungarian LGBTQ citizens had legitimate reasons for concern. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán rode to victory on a platform that promised a better future for […]

One of the trickiest questions of modern Shakespeare studies, put forward by L.C. Knights and repeated by many scholars, is, ”How many children had Lady Macbeth?” As every Shakespearean knows, the scholarly ans […]

The following is the review of a ballet in two acts based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest by the Dutch National Ballet.

World Premiere Choreography: Krzysztof Pastor

Video: Shirin Neshat in collaboration with S […]

Now in its twenty-second year, the Berlin Theatertreffen, presenting ten outstanding productions from Germany, Austria, and German-speaking Switzerland, has become one of the major European theatre festivals, but […]