Beware of Pity (Ungeduld des Herzens) Amelia Forsbrook 13/02/2017 As was the case with so many of the tragic heroes that came (and went) before him, it is Hofmiller's weakness, not wickedness that leads to his downfa...
Relic Katerina Yannouli 03/02/2017 Relic from the Latin “relinquere,” which means “whatever is left behind”; a proof of existence – creative or destructive, soothing or traumatic, tangi...
Dewey Dell – Marzo Katerina Yannouli 27/01/2017 Marzo Dewey Dell ‘s latest creation is a distinctive performance that attempts to blend dancing and Japanese Noh theatre with the manga structure and...
Cymbeline Aleksandra Sakowska 06/11/2016 Melly Still’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Cymbeline for the RSC, now shown at the Barbican, is an inventive reverie-cum-horror which revels in dark hu...
The Machine Luke Davies 30/09/2016 Collective and then... are a contemporary circus company who create multidisciplinary performance pieces drawing on dance, sculpture and physical thea...
The Alchemist Luke Davies 16/09/2016 Unusually for a director who has made a name for herself by radically updating classic texts, Polly Findlay's version of The Alchemist is a period pro...
Doctor Faustus Luke Davies 15/09/2016 There's a lot that's commendable about Maria Aberg's production of Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus. It's a brave piece of work: heavily redact...
Miss Revolutionary Idol Berserker Alessandro Zummo 29/06/2016 Do you want 45 minutes of Japanese madness? Then Miss Revolutionary Idol Berkeser is the show for you. This summer the Barbican gives a glimpse into t...
The Shadow King Nicholas Potter 28/06/2016 Michael Kantor and Tom E Lewis embark on a very ambitious idea: transforming King Lear into an aboriginal version. Such a thing is no easy feat, espec...
Odéon–Théâtre de l’Europe: Phaedra(s) Aleksandra Sakowska 20/06/2016 Krzysztof Warlikowski is one of the representatives of the European ‘regie theatre’, a theatre driven and dominated artistically by directors, known f...
