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"An act of vandalism": What's going on at Lisbon's Teatro do Bairro Alto
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (393+ words) This week's newsletter takes us to Lisbon where a recent decision around one of the city's key spaces for emerging and experimental artists has caused an outcry. The theatre has a long history. For 40 years home to Teatro da Cornuc'pia,…...
London round-up: The Tempest, The Shitheads, Broken Glass
4+ week, 1+ day ago (377+ words) Oh, and I also saw some theatre" Crouch is someone who cares deeply about the whys and how of theatre. It's the thread that connects all his work and you could see some of the same impulses at work, albeit…...
Mind-expanding: Claire O'Reilly on directing Death of a Salesman in Mainz
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (242+ words) One of the shows I was most looking forward to at last year's Dublin Theatre Festival was B'N, an Irish reworking of Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba by playwright Carys D Coburn and director Claire O'Reilly, two of the…...
From the Other Side: The festival bringing Balkan theatre to New York
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (430+ words) I'm back in Belgrade, but this week's newsletter is about my December trip to New York and the logistics of mounting a new festival showcasing writers and directors from the Balkans. And if you're not already a subscribing to Gordon…...
An act of rebellion: Staging The Pelicot Trial in Belgrade
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (461+ words) As a result, for the first time since it was founded in 1967, there was no official BITEF last year, instead, there was the cheekily-titled ne:BITEF (it means "not BITEF), a "guerrilla-style festival staged independently outside the framework of the…...