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On the amateur/campus Shakespeare end of the spectrum, this gender-blind production was billed as 'a story of possibility, of picking ourselves up when the worst has happened': quite appropriate, then, that this uproariously funny, fast-paced, and compassionate Tempest premiered the week after the US election.
“The Tempest Reimagined is a co-production between the British Council and PETA (Philippine Educational Theater Association). It is a modern adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest set on a Philippine island hit by super typhoon Haiyan, and incorporates stories of the storm’s survivors. It features award-winning artists from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA), Hong Kong, and Japan.” –description from the British Council website
Read More"This season, Theater at Monmouth’s Shakespeare in Maine Communities Tour brings classic literature to students across Maine with an 80-minute version of The Tempest. The text was adapted to streamline the plot and help students connect more strongly to Shakespeare’s verse, themes, and relevance to a modern audience. Shakespeare in Maine Communities’ workshops and extended residencies offer students the opportunity to study, explore, and view classic literature through performance."
Read MoreW.S. Tempest is the third episode of a Shakespearean 'trilogy of water' that Teatro del Lemming has worked on in the last few years. During the performance, the whole Shakespearean corpus is evoked, as if its characters were small fragments of ourselves. W.S. Tempest is the telling of a shipwreck which initially occurs in the mind of Prospero/Shakespeare who, from the sea depths, evokes its characters as if in rapture.
Read MoreBedouin Shakespeare Company’s production of The Tempest aims to make Shakespeare’s play accessible and entertaining to an audience largely composed of students. The production, characterized by spare staging, emphasized the comic and magical dimensions of The Tempest, the third Shakespeare production the company has brought to the UAE since 2012.
Read More“We kick off the season with the beloved annual Washington tradition, Free For All, bringing back STC favorite Ethan McSweeny with The Tempest. In McSweeny’s glittering production, Prospero’s magical island explodes with life, hosting sprites, goddesses and fools that hold court and delight all ages.
Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan and now a powerful magician, raises a great storm to wreck the vessel bearing his betrayers onto the shores of the mysterious island he has made his home. There, attended upon by his daughter, a magical sprite and a villainous prisoner, Prospero leads them through a mysterious dream on the course from vengeance to reconciliation. Trickery and magic, romance and revenge set the stage for Shakespeare’s crowning masterpiece.” –from company website
Read MoreTickets for Deborah Warner's Salzburg Festival German-language production of The Tempest included a shuttle bus from the city centre to an island (Perner-Insel, Hallein) where Shakespeare's late play about power and isolation was performed.
Read More"Starring John Burstein, The Tempest is set on a remote island inhabited by the exiled sorcerer Prospero, his beautiful daughter, Miranda, and a host of otherworldly creatures and spirits, including the monstrous Caliban and ethereal Ariel.
Prospero conjures a tempest to shipwreck his usurping brother Antonio along with his entourage, the complicit King of Naples and his son Ferdinand. Through his magical arts, Prospero exposes his brother's treachery, redeems the King and restores Miranda to her proper station through marriage to Ferdinand. Believed to be Shakespeare's last play, The Tempest offers the Bard's reflections upon the power of theater itself.
By turns deeply moving, visually stunning, humorous and romantic, The Tempest is a lush illusion, rich with poetry and dazzling theatrical magic. This production will feature an abundance of song, as well as genuine illusions designed by a professional magician. The Tempest will be presented outdoors in the Camden Library Amphitheater."
Read More“Join us every Saturday at 2pm as the MaineStage ShakeSTARS take on the Bard’s final play. Years ago, the sorcerer Prospero was exiled by his evil brother to a desert island, accompanied only by his magic library and his infant daughter, Miranda. Now, Prospero has his chance at revenge: he conjures a magical storm to shipwreck his enemies. He’s got them right where he wants them: surrounded by illusions and hounded by spirits, ready to be taught a lesson. But he has some lessons to learn of his own. A touching fairy tale about learning to let go of the past and embrace the future, The Tempest will delight viewers of all ages. Performed in five installments, with a different cast of ShakeSTARS each week.”
Read MoreThe Tempest
Presented in English
Carroll Park, New York City, New York, USA
June 8 – 26, 2016
Smith Street Stage
Director: Beth Ann Hopkins
Assistant Director: Beth Jastroch
Original Music Composition: Clara Strauch
Costume Design: Sherry Martinez
Percussion: Michael McQuilken & Oliver Palmer
Set & Prop Design: Alicia Dawn Bullen
Lighting Design: Adam Carpenter
Featuring Raquel Chavez, Shannon Condon, Kate Eastman, Shaun B. Fauntleroy*, John Hardin, Patrick Harvey, Brian Demar Jones, Joe Jung*, Peter Molesworth, Catherine Mullins, Kate Ross*, Sam Richardson, Andrew Ricci, Nora Rickey, Will Sarratt, Caroline Smith, JT Stocks and Corey Whelihan.
*Courtesy of Actors Equity Association
For More Information:
http://www.smithstreetstage.org/tempest/
(site includes photos of the performance and also samples of original music composed and performed by Clara Strauch)
“On a remote island, Prospero plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place using illusion, magical spirits and skilful manipulation. Shakespeare's enchanting, fast-paced, family comedy performed in the beautiful outdoor setting of Inveresk Lodge.” –description from the Fringe Programme
Read MoreSince 1991 a recreation of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre has stood on the racecourse in Neuss, Germany. Each year it hosts a summer festival and the 2016 edition showcased productions from companies across Europe including several premieres, a puppet Tempest, and a one-woman Henry VIII. The festival also included a classical Shakespeare concert, a lecture by Patrick Spottiswoode of the London Globe, and a series of events exploring the idea of ‘Shakespeare and beyond’ which included a stage version of Woody Allen’s 1982 film A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy and an adaptation of Friedrich Schiller’s Maria Stuart. The majority of productions were presented in German; German surtitles were available for those presented in English or French.
Read MoreThe Tempest/Stormen
Presented in Norwegian (nynorsk)
Vibrandsøy (Nylandshuset), Haugesund, Norway
May 26-June 4, 2016
STORMEN
By William Shakespeare and Eirik Fauske
Haugesund Teater, Dramatikkens Hus
Cast:
Ariel/Sebastian: Sjur Marqvardsen
Gonzalo/Trinculo: Madalena Sousa Helly-Hansen
Prospero/Stephano: Ole Christian Gullvåg
Ferdinan/Antonio: Erik Bauck Bårdstu
Caliban/Alonzo: Janna Kari Kvinnesland
Miranda: Rikke Westerlund Lie
Creatives:
Playwrights: Eirik Fauske and William Shakespeare
Director: Erlend Samnøen
Production and Costume Design: Signe Becker
Lighting Design: Jesper Kongshaug
Composer & Sound Design: Magnus Børmark
Dramaturg: Mathilde Holdhus
Costume Consultant: Else Ciljan Jacobsen
Costume Consultant: Caroline Cecilie Evju
Stage: Mie Moe Gofjeld
Production Manager: Monika Bjerke
Secretary: Maria Festli Eriksen
Administration Manager: Torunn Skogland
Theatre Director: Erik Schøyen
For More Information:
https://www.haugesund-teater.no/stormen/
On Instagram:
@haugesundteater
On Twitter:
@haugesundteater
Selected Reviews and Materials:
https://www.nrk.no/kultur/anmeldelse_-_stormen_-1.12970024
http://www.dagbladet.no/2016/05/26/kultur/pluss/sceneanmeldelser/sceneanmeldelse/scene/44353325/
http://www.h-avis.no/arrangement/kultur/teater/slik-ser-du-stormen/s/5-62-265045
https://hnytt.no/2016/05/19/shakespeare-strander-pa-vibrandsoy/
http://www.h-avis.no/arrangement/fauske/haugesund/shakespeare-til-vibrandsoy/s/5-62-241609
Funding and Sponsorship:
The Norwegian Ministry of Culture (Kulturdepartementet)
Rogaland County Council (Rogaland fylkeskommune)
City of Haugesund (Haugesund kommune)
This all-female, nude production of The Tempest in Central Park has captured the world’s attention. The Topless Book Club promotes freedom of expression, freedom of mind, as well as freedom of body. By performing a theatrical production in the nude in a public space, the society aims to promote their goal of “normalising the naked female form."
*Note: this post contains nudity*
Inspired by the Great Yarmouth Hippodrome, one of the country's only dedicated circus venues, William Galinsky developed a version of The Tempest in collaboration with artists which took place in a pool of water as part of the 2016 Norfolk & Norwich Festival.
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Morecambe’s first Shakespearean festival is set to run over the weekend of Shakespeare’s birthday. Alongside theatrical performances there will also be music, dance events, art and poetry readings. The theatrical productions include: Twelve Nights; Romeo and Juliet; Shakespearean Murder Mystery; Puck’s Dream; A Shakespeare Gallery; Henry V; The Tempest; and The Play’s the Thing.
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“The Shakespeare Forumexpands its programming in 2016 to present an unpublished version of Macbeth, signed by award-winning English actor Greg Hicks and one of the leading names in The Royal Shakespeare Company. The cast is made up of nine Brazilian actors. Selected by Hicks himself, these actors went through a process of auditions that received about 650 submissions. Of this total, some were selected by the SP School of Theater and 36 professionals underwent an intense training on Shakespeare, taught by Bernadeth Alves. Greg, who already has a dialogue with Brazil, invited the master of capoeiraCarlo Alexandre Teixeira to be his assistant director looking to create an innovative and unusual version of Macbeth . Another Brazilian involved in the assembly is the playwright from Ceará Marcos Barbosa.” –description from the People’s Palace Projects website
Read MoreThe show is an adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest for a young audience and it features actors and puppets. It took place open air and attracted a mixed audience of children and grown-ups.
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An immersive production based on The Tempest. Opening with a fake academic talk and culminating in a rave to Donna Summer, Sedos' Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On magically transformed an empty office space into an isle full of noises for its audiences to explore, guided by spirits and candlelight.
Read More“The Tempest contains all the main themes of Shakespeare’s plays: the overthrow of the rightful ruler, the danger of moving from civilisation to barbarism, dreaming about regaining greatness, destructive passion and the sense and the need for creating theatre.
In Anna Augustynowicz’s Burza, we can also see a bitter tragi-comedy about contemporary civilisation. Through the orange life-jackets worn by the shipwrecked people brought by Prospero to the island where he lives, she makes reference to the tragedy of refugees – the greatest tragedy of our times.” --from daily “Kurier Szczeciński”
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This research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
