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Part two of a "fast-paced new distillation" of Shakespeare's Henriad. Can victory abroad resolve crisis at home? Henry IV and his charismatic son, Henry V, are the major players in this second of two new distillations of Shakespeare’s great dramas of kingship.
Read MorePart one of a "fast-paced new distillation" of Shakespeare's Henriad. Lust for power leads to political turmoil in this fast-paced new distillation of Shakespeare’s epic histories of a nation and its rulers – their lives, their battles and their deaths. Enjoy this epic drama on its own – or follow its exciting sequel in Breath of Kings: Redemption.
Read More"...an often hilarious romp across the liberal-conservative divide...The Taming is an uproarious good time." - Albany Times Union
“Inside the heightened, cheerfully absurd world of The Taming, Gunderson spanks America’s sound-bite politics, wrestles with a Shakespeare-inspired, playful and problematic battle of the sexes, and proves the point that true debate is hot. In a hilarious red-state versus blue-state comedy originally inspired by the banter in The Taming of the Shrew, America’s overheated political rhetoric is exposed through the passions of three slightly insane women who just might be revolutionary geniuses." –from the company website
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)
Ophelias Zimmer was a feminist alternative narrative that approached Hamlet from the point of view of the Dane's doomed lover, Ophelia. The action (or lack thereof) all took place in Ophelia's claustrophobic room where repetition enforced the play's reading of the character as a victim ensnared, silenced and aestheticised by Elsinore's patriarchy.
Read MoreFollowing her work with director Carrie Cracknell on the Young Vic production of Macbeth (November 2015 - January 2016), Australian choreographer Lucy Guerin returned to the play in her dance piece Tomorrow. The performance featured an original score by composer, sound and multimedia artist Scanner (Robin Rimbaud) and aimed to "[give] physical life to the psychological conflict that led Macbeth to murder." Tomorrow "[re-imagined] Shakespeare's Macbeth - mapping out the actions of the characters alongside the illusory, supernatural and psychological disturbances of the play embodied by the cast of 'witches'."
Read MoreThis is a performance where Hamlet is transported to a slaughterhouse in modern day South Korea. While it appears to be an ordinary slaughterhouse from the outside, it is in fact a perfectly controlled place, where powerful men butcher and execute their opponents. One day, the boss named Lee Sang-cheol is killed, and his son Lee Hae-in is trying to revenge his father's death. Painting a picture of extreme violence and wicked plans carried out by beast-like men, and one boy seeking an escape.
What happens when morals collapse? Macbeth cannot stop murdering once he’s started. There is no place for empathy in his hunt for what he most desires: complete power. Verdi’s music and David Radok’s detailed directions drive the action towards the end. This production opened at Gothenburg Opera in 2008.
Read MoreSandaime Richard is written by Hideki Noda, described by revered Japanese director Yukio Ninagawa as 'the most talented playwright of contemporary Japan'. Noda effortlessly parallels the Wars of the Roses in England with the intrigue in an ikebana clan in Japan. From Noda’s script, Director Ong Keng Sen creates an extravaganza of comic turns with his signature style of juxtaposing Asian traditional performance forms, including the modern tradition of Takarazuka, a popular all-female entertainment revue. Inspired by William Shakespeare’s “Richard III” but very different, Sandaime Richard opens in Singapore this September before heading to Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre for a two-week run and later embarking on a Japanese tour of four cities.
Read MoreA young playwright named Will Shakespeare comes down with writer’s block – until he finds a muse. Art mirrors life in a hilarious and passionate tale of romance and backstage fun. Based on the film of the same name, Shakespeare in Love gets a new life upon the stage. This is the North American Premiere of the adaption and an important production in the Festival's 2016 season.
Read More“James Shapiro’s A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare 1599 traces how the events of 1599 sparked Shakespeare’s incredible outpouring of creativity. England attempted to crush a rebellion rapidly turning into a quagmire, weathered threats from a super power and waited to see who would succeed its unpopular ruler. (Sound familiar?) And Shakespeare’s completed the unfinished Henry V, wrote Julius Caesar, As You Like It and drew up the first draft of Hamlet. Irondale’s 1599 will feature intimate, streamlined productions of these four plays, all performed in one evening of epic theatre.” –from company website
Read More…Is Merely a Madness “is a short one-act play that assembles a pastiche of lines from about a dozen Shakespearean plays. The lines are exchanged by two inmates, a female and a male, who seek meaningful moments of togetherness in a mental asylum.” –blurb from the Asian Shakespeare Association newsletter (regarding Shakespeare in the Philippines).
Read MoreBards without Borders is a London collective of poets from refugee and migrant backgrounds creating new work in response to Shakespeare. Our poets hail from all corners of the Globe including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Jordan, Somalia, Tanzania, Nigeria, former Yugoslavia, Jamaica and Colombia. Our current tour, titled "Shakespeare's Dead, get over it!" critically explores Shakespeare's legacy from a Global, multilingual, cross-cultural and post-colonial perspective. Highlighting how Shakespeare really shines a light on our very own experiences of love, loss, life, migration and displacement.
Read MoreHalf a dozen actors in ruffs stopped approximately 150 people in the town centre and recited sonnet 23 to them to commemorate Shakespeare's birthday and to advertise upcoming events.
Read MoreThe 400th Anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare was celebrated by Tamashagan Institute of Performing Arts with an event at the Tehran Independent Theatre. The event included performances by Kalepookha company, Michael Shahrestani, Yaser Khaseb and Dr. Ghotbodin Sadeghi. During the event, Mahyar Haririchi painted Shakespeare’s portrait.
Read MoreGiulio Cesare – Pezzi staccati (Julius Caesar – Spared Parts) is a show inspired by Shakespeare’s tragedy. Romeo Castellucci brings back to the theatre a shortened version of his ground-breaking 1997 production of Julius Caesar in a new version made up of ‘fragments’ that evoke the original.
Read MoreThe event was a unique artistic performance on the streets of Gdańsk, where 400 mourners walked in a “funeral procession” through central Gdańsk (Poland) to the Gdansk Shakespeare Theatre. The final stage of the event took place inside the Theatre.
Read More“Join the Folger Shakespeare Library in celebrating Shakespeare and his extraordinary legacy on the 400th anniversary of his death. To commemorate the day of Shakespeare’s birth, and death, April 23, the Folger hosted an international live streaming event from the historic Paster Reading Room in Washington, DC. A diverse array of actors, community leaders, artists, and scholars shared their connections to Shakespeare through compelling performances and personal stories.”
The talks at this event present a number of viewpoints on Shakespeare's work and influence, showing that Shakespeare's reach extends far beyond his time and location, to a number of contexts and applications worldwide. Viewers of the event are encouraged to submit their own stories via video, using the hashtag #myshx400.
Read MoreThe Lear Episode is part of a cycle entitled In the Night’s Heart, a project that draws upon Shakespearean plays. It takes place open air, in a structure enveloped in huge transparent plastic curtains. It was composed of twelve sections taken from Shakespeare's King Lear.
Read MoreA radical reworking of Shakespeare's Henry V, 1, 2 and 3, Henry VI, and Richard III, combining bold cuts - 1 Henry VI is reduced to two brief sequences totalling just under 200 words - with van Hove's characteristic attention to the nuances of the Shakespearean text. Other prominent features are: the use of live video footage, a flock of sheep when Henry VI fantasies about being a 'homely swain', and the layering of the performance space - a brightly lit white corridor wraps around the main stage and a huge screen and a ceiling-high wall mirror bring additional depth to the main staging area.
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This research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
