Category: theatre

“The theatre has hosted seven Pinter productions over the last 21 years, including The Homecoming, No Man’s Land, Moonlight, The Hothouse, The Caretaker with Michael Gambon.”

Minister Nikoloz Rurua, on the dismissal of the revered Robert Sturua from the Rustaveli Theater following several xenophobic remarks: “It is correct that nothing in Mr Sturua’s work suggests xenophobia, but … [in] multicultural Georgia the remarks are provocative and dangerous … [A] message had to be sent out that xenophobic comments, from a state employee, are unacceptable.”

“This is a piece called … and darkness descended, the latest project from immersive theatre pioneers Punchdrunk. Collaborating with PlayStation for the upcoming release of Resistance 3, Sony’s flagship sci-fi horror series, the company has created a terrifying and brilliantly authentic-feeling world beneath the railway arches at Waterloo station.”

“The Isle Is Full of Noises: The Tempest Puppet Music Show is a collaboration between German puppeteer Philipp Pleßmann and his friend Nick McCarthy – guitarist with Franz Ferdinand. The pair met two decades ago in Bavaria, where McCarthy grew up” – which gives them what they see as a healthy lack of respect for Shakespeare.

Festival director Deborah Shaw said at the launch of the festival, which is being produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company, that it would “redefine what’s possible in creating a festival in a global age”.

“The fact is it matters utterly, otherwise there would be no conspiracy theories in first place.”

From Falstaff and Lady Bracknell to King Lear and Samuel Beckett’s doomed geezers to the monstrous old mother in The Beauty Queen of Leenane, the stage, “largely unbound by Hollywood’s obsession with youth, has always been a good place to play out the threats and opportunities posed by age.”

The actor returns to the scene of an early humiliation, and dishes about everything and everyone from David Frost to his acting method, which is certainly not method acting.

With theatres across the country mounting John Logan’s “Red,” a play about Mark Rothko, designers have to decide just what shades of the primary color to emphasize.

“Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, the Welsh-language national theatre, brilliantly dramatises Wales’s tussle of languages and identities – and its ambitions stretch far beyond its own borders.”