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The playtext used for the show is based on the 1597 First Quarto (Q1) of Romeo and Juliet, translated and staged integrally for the first time in Italy. Teatrino del Giullare stages Romeo and Juliet as a comic tragedy made of contrasts and illusions, a tale built on reflections, anxieties and desires created with the help of masks which the the two performers characteristically employ in every creation they stage.
Read MoreFormerly the River City Shakespeare Festival and founded in 1989, two productions annually of Shakespeare's plays performed at 1000-seat outdoor amphitheatre.
Read MoreThis is an Open-air, abridged (90 minute) version of Shakespeare's tragedy. The performance played at Prince’s Island Park Ampitheatre, except July 19-24 when performances were held on St. Patrick's Island at a variety of locations, where the audience followed action to different sites.
Read MoreDirector Luca De Fusco worked on the text in order to highlight the weird elements present within it. In his opinion, the fundamental moments in the play are all pervaded by an oneiric, dreamlike atmosphere which goes as far as the unreal. At the centre of the scene he puts the Macbeths' bedroom, because he believes that more than a play about war and dead it is a play about a philosophical, theological and psychiatric struggle.
Read MoreThe renowned Timothy West plays Lear alongside up-and-coming actors studying at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. The production marks not only the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, but also the 250th anniversary of the Bristol Old Vic and the 70th anniversary of its Theatre School.
Read MoreShakespeare’s play of supernatural forces and bloody ambitions is director Iqbal Kahn’s debut on the Globe stage.
Read More"Hamlet's got the hump, Uncle Claudius is conniving, mother Gertrude's hit the bottle, and girlfriend Ophelia's away with the fairies. No wonder Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are confused. Mysteries, murders and magical music; Bathasar's bemused, Romeo's a wuss and the Friar's on the fiddle, but Juliet Capulet calls the shots in an ice cream war with the Montagues. Rip-roaring romance with a twist.” --description from Fringe Festival programme.
Read MoreTaking Flight Theatre's take on Romeo and Juliet set the tragic love story in 1963 with the Montagues and Capulets fighting it out on the river for the annual college boat race. The promenade performance featured many of the company's trademarks including lots of audience interaction, BSL by Sami Thorpe and live audio description. Taking Flight Theatre is a professional inclusive theatre company based in Cardiff, Wales who work to challenge perceptions of disability through accessible theatre performances.
Read MoreA production of Hamlet directed by Claire Kelly. A 30-minute “Hamlet for Kids” performance also shown daily, during the performance run, except for Mondays.
Read More“Othello caps a 3-production series of Sephardic-infused works at the Center this winter and fall: previously productions included Merchant of Venice and the opera Nabucco.
In Othello - set in Venice, where Othello, a Moor and a venerated General, marries Desdemona, the daughter of a senator. After promoting young Cassio in the ranks, Othello's closest aide Iago becomes consumed by jealousy and plots to discredit Cassio and Desdemona, thus bringing Othello's life and career to a tragic end.” –description from Broadway World (link below, in “Selected Reviews and Media Coverage”
Read More“George Crocker is keen to liven up his dull life so he decides to join the village Drama Club. What happens then turns his world upside down. Set during the Second World War this nostalgic, funny and moving story will appeal to all. It is a vivid portrait of village life with all seventeen colourful characters played by one man.”
The Jack Studio Theatre is a space for companies to explore. They also boast their own in-house team, and have received multiple Off West End Nominations, including productions of Merchant of Venice and Julius Caesar. Mark Carey has been touring with Into The Breach since 2013; it is an exciting addition to the theatre's repertoire.
A work-in-progress by three young actors.
“Weaving personal critique with the canonical Western text, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare, three theatre-makers from Metro Manila eviscerate the rigours of classical theatre through irreverent intrusions of performance art, devised-theatre, DIY aesthetics, all within a self-imposed PHP 5,000.00 budget.” –description from the Karnabal Festival Facebook site
Read MoreSince the Our Theatre project began in 1997, over 5000 Southwark students have performed at the Globe. This year, ten different schools came together in a performance of Richard III.
Read More“The Winter’s Tale explores the unsteady, unsettling, poisonous realm of jealousy and distrust as a childhood friendship is irrevocably torn apart by a grievous misunderstanding.
King Leontes of Sicilia accuses his pregnant wife, Hermione, of infidelity with best friend and fellow King of neighboring Bohemia, Polixenes. His rage and misguided tyranny results in the plot to have the King of Bohemia killed, banish the newborn baby girl, imprison his innocent wife, and turn his stunned staff and nation against him. Directed by Artistic Director of AASC, L. Peter Callender, this study of love, jealousy, tyranny and ultimate forgiveness will bring all the complicated plot twists, memorable characters and one of Shakespeare’s most magical and romantic and unforgettable endings to life.” –blurb from the African American Shakespeare Company’s website
Read More"Hamlet#Casting is a combination of contradictions. It is a tale of the everyday, which can be banal and full of played-out scenarios. Musical hits which tell of unrequited love, Facebook conversations which do not bring happiness, dreams from TV serials. Against this background, Hamlet asks himself questions which sound like a repetitive chorus: am I good enough, valued, desired? Am I myself? Can one really live in a world in which one is always being watched?"
Read MoreA new, London production of the off-Broadway hit The Donkey Show clashed Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream with retro disco in this production in which interactive promenade theatre met a late-1970s dance party.
Read More“With righteous zeal, Angelo makes an example of young Claudio, sentencing him to death. Can Claudio’s sister, the bold and virtuous Isabella, enkindle mercy in Angelo without sacrificing her own ideals? Measure for Measure deftly balances light and shadow, justice and mercy, wicked comedy and thrilling drama.” (Information from the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival website)
Read MoreIrene Macdougall's highly traditional Much Ado About Nothing was part of the Dundee Repertory Theatre's 2016 Love Season.
Read MoreTheatr Clwyd's Much Ado About Nothing featured a Portmeirion village inspired set with a chess board lawn, upon which Beatrice and Benedick waged their battle of wits. The design echoed that of the RSC's Love's Labour's Lost/Love's Labour's Won (2014). Theatr Clwyd transformed their Anthony Hopkins Theatre "to make the production more intimate, exciting and absorbing". The audience sat on banks of seating on either side of the stage, with additional seating available at tables on-stage. In addition to celebrating the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, the production marked Theatr Clwyd’s 40th birthday and its 400th show.
Read More“Award-winning Sudden Impulse Theatre Company make their Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut with Shakespeare's classic comedy, celebrating 400 years since the death of the Bard. Enjoy this much-loved comedy, performed outside in the gardens at Greenside.” --description from Fringe Programme)
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This research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
