theatre performances
Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart lead the cast in this glorious revival of Harold Pinter’s comic classic. One summer’s evening, two ageing writers, Hirst and Spooner, meet in a Hampstead pub and continue their drinking into the night at Hirst’s…
I quite liked “dear shadows”…I could also have called it “The Flying Fishing Hooks”, “The House of Rains”, or a few other words that also belonged to the show… The struggle between “the fish hooks” and “the umbrellas” was particularly…
Revival for the Biennale de la danse de Lyon, of this piece created at the same festival in 2012 by Maguy Marin and Denis Mariotte. Crackling sounds of old vinyl, words, stones, different languages, fades to black for brief sequences…
Fiennes is brilliant portraying Robert Moses (1888 – 1981), a very powerful and charismatic urban planner, whose career spanned over 40 years. Early in his career, Moses claimed to want to give all New Yorkers easy access to the outdoors,…
The Royal Shakespeare Company‘s award-winning production of Hamlet, directed by Gregory Doran, stars David Tennant in the title role. Shot on location at a disused Jesuit seminary in north London, this screen version of one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies retains…
Romeo and Juliet risk everything to be together. In defiance of their feuding families, they chase a future of joy and passion as violence erupts around them. This bold new film brings to life the remarkable backstage spaces of the…
Will the aggression that human beings show towards each other and towards their environment lead to their downfall? In Nicht Schlafen, a reflection on humans’ primal urge for violence, leading choreographer Alain Platel asks what drives us to fight. A…
August Strindberg is the focus of Dramaten 2012, one hundred years after his death. First up is the Ghost Sonata directed by Mats Ek. This initially misunderstood dream play is today considered one of Strindberg’s Central Works, which with its…
