Macbeth – This is Another Exorcism (맥베드 – 이것은 또 하나의 굿이다)

/ Daehakro Arts Theatre /

An empty stage, once looked as if only faded grey could exist, returns to life with the breath of actors, now contantly stirring and full of energy. Macbeth, an immortal story, will deeply resonate within the audience as the play transforms into a Gut (the exorcist ritual performed by Korean shamans) through voices and movements of highly trained actors, painting its scenes with sensibility of East and West and of all ages.

Macbeth - This is Another Exorcism has been selected to be performed for the 2016 Seoul Performing Arts Festival.

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Coriolanus, Red Bull Theater

/ Red Bull Theater/

“The streets are full of protest. Economic inequality strains the social fabric. Debates rage throughout a nation riddled with dissension and distrust. It’s election year in Rome, 493 B.C.E., and as unscrupulous politicians manipulate public opinion, the hypocrisy and humiliation of political campaigns drive away the country’s finest. But beneath this political drama looms the personal tragedy of one principled man’s emotional blindness.” –- information from the Red Bull website

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Lear/Cordelia, 1623 theatre company

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Lear has dementia. His children never visit him. He forbids it, ever since they betrayed him and he disowned them many years ago. So what happens when Cordelia - his youngest, whose betrayal was the greatest - knocks on his door? Why has she come back? What's her story? And is there any chance of reconciliation?

Lear/Cordelia is an experimental double-bill: a radical reworking of Shakespeare's King Lear followed by Cordelia, a new play from the perspective of Lear's youngest daughter.

Digital projection-mapping combines with Shakespeare and new writing to open up the emotional landscapes of a man with dementia and the woman who tries to reconnect with him.

Lear/Cordelia pilot production is based on our research-and-development project that explored King Lear in the context of dementia through participatory research.

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Macbeth, University of Nevada UNLV Conservatory

/ UNLV Black Box Theatre/

The Nevada Conservatory Theatre kicks-off the Halloween season with Shakespeare's ghostly Macbeth October. 14-30 in the Black Box Theatre. Darren Weller directs. A Scottish general receives a prophecy from three witches that changes the course of his life. Driven by ambition to become King, Macbeth will kill anyone that gets in his way. Paranoia, deception, and treachery consume Macbeth and his wife, as they come to terms with his prophesied fate.

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The Tempest, Theatre at Monmouth

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"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."

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Romeo and Juliet, Lovers and Madmen 

/ Levitt Pavillion/

“Lovers and Madmen is a Los Angeles based Theatre Production company. producing the works of Shakespeare as well as other classical and modern writers. We perform all over the Los Angeles Area and bring artistic integrity, quality, and vision to everything we do. We have worked with the cities of Los Angeles, West Hollywood, and Pasadena to help bring free Shakespeare in the Park to communities and families across the city.”

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Macbeth? Fatebenesorelle Teatro

/ Basilica Palladiana/

This show was designed as a site-specific staging of Macbeth, in the wardrobe of Basilica Palladiana in Vicenza. In this space the directors wanted to recreate the crudeness of the contemporary world in juxtaposition with the rich beauty of the Basilica itself. Their version of Macbeth, as they remark, stresses "the radicalism of evil of the human soul, which leads to deceit and folly, in a constant contrast between the supernatural and the deviant interpretation of reality."   

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Hamlet, Inner Circle Theatre   

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To quote the play, ‘something is rotten in the state of Denmark’ and yet, ‘there is no thing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.’ Accordingly, this production is far from ‘traditional.’ Zeroing in on divergences of perception and reality, of thoughts and actions, director Matt Hill and Inner Circle Theatre stage a multimedia adaptation of the 400-year-old classic.

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The Tempest, Bedouin Shakespeare Company

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Bedouin 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.

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Hamick (함익), Seoul Metropolitan Theater    

/ Sejong Center for the Performing Arts/

Hamik is a female Hamlet. She is the only daughter of Maha business group and a professor who majored in Shakespearean tragedy in the UK. She suspects that her mother, who took her own life 20 years ago, was in fact killed by her father and step mother. When she directs Hamlet in her school, her real world is mixed up with that of the play.

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Richard III, Ron Jenkins

/ Vertigo Theatre/

Richard III
Presented in English
Vertigo Theatre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
September 23-October 8, 2016

Directed by Ron Jenkins
Haysam Kadri as Richard III 

Selected Reviews:
http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2695558837

http://www.calgarysun.com/2016/09/28/review-production-of-shakespeares-richard-iii-at-vertigo-theatre-a-truly-masterful-achievement

The Original Full Text, HAMLET (완전 무삭제 공연, 햄릿), ESTC

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This is a Korean premiere of the complete Hamlet text, uncut, with a running time of 6 hours (from 4pm to 10 pm) including the intermission for an evening meal, staged by Eurasia Shakespeare Theatre Company (ESTC). ESTC, solely devoted to performing Shakespeare’s plays since 2002, aims to stage all 39 works in Korea. This Hamlet is the 17th play produced by ESTC as a celebration of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. ESTC’s previous productions include 14 Korean premieres of Shakespeare’s plays.      

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Xavier Stage

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A Cebuano version of the play that was “reset in pre-Islamic Maranao times with character and locale names transposed accordingly. Presented by the Xavier Stage of Xavier University in Cagayan de Oro, the production gave ample play to Maranao folklore and customs as well as to traditional costumes and music.” –blurb from the Asian Shakespeare Association Newsletter

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Shakespeare para todos, Pedro Ochôa

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“Shakespeare for everyone: a lot of noise for nothing ", premiered in 2015 in Maringá, and marks the first adaptation of the English classic of the group, in the circus-theater language. According to Pedro Ochôa, the text was chosen due to its characteristic of being universal, to please all the ages of spectators, being able to be appreciated by an eclectic audience. About the creative process, Pedro says that there was enough preparation of the group. "We did a laboratory on Shakespearean language, adapting popular street language and circus techniques, bringing folk songs to live music," he says.

The group Circus Theater Without Canvas also preserved some characteristics of the original assembly, like the characteristics of the scenic space; the scenario as a simulation of a small "Elizabetano" theater with balcony; the participation of the audience, referring to the nobles who attended the pieces of privileged places; the costumes, reminiscent of Shakespeare's costume, as well as live music played by actors in the cast.” (Information translated from http://www.rtvcanal38.com.br/2016/09/13/cine-fenix-recebe-montagem-shakespeare-para-todos/)

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Queen Lear, Tristan Bates Theatre, London

/ Tristan Bates Theatre/
Queen Lear, Tristan Bates Theatre, London

An epic double family drama about mothers and daughters, fathers and sons. In Willmott’s production Lear, a Queen with failing mental faculties, finds it impossible to retire gracefully and is cast out by her eldest daughters. Meanwhile the Duke of Gloucester's ruthless son plots to steal his brother's inheritance.  

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Hamlet, Black Theatre Live

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Hamlet, Black Theatre Live

Billed as Britain's first all-black Hamlet, Black Theatre Live's production was set in Denmark, a Black Empire of modern England, where an intelligent young student discovers the world he once knew has crumbled. Dramaturg Mark Norfolk used Peter Brook's stripped back Hamlet as his textual blueprint to get to the heart of the play, expanding it with new text to better explore both Hamlet and the play's female characters.

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