Raymond Zhou* Fantômas: Revenge of the Image. Directed by Travis Preston and co-created by Tom Gunning. Set design by Christopher Barreca and Drew Foster, costume design by EB Brooks, lighting design by Jesse Fryery and Alexander Freer, video design by
An Attempt to Dissect the Mosaic Body of the Dimitria Festival
Aikaterini Delikonstantinidou* Dimitria Festival, Thessaloniki, October 2017 The historical trajectory of the Dimitria Festival, with its origins dating back to the Byzantine era, is impressive, to say the least. The Festival was officially re-established in 1966 and has since etched
Life and Death—in the Mirror
Ludmila Patlanjoglu* The Romanian Television (TVR) and The Contemporary Theatre Foundation. Livada de vişini / The Cherry Orchard by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. Direction: Alexandru Lustig, set design: Dana Moraru, costumes: Silvia Porojnicu (Valeria Seciu’s costumes: Lia Manţoc), director of photography:
Tasting Postcolonial Hong Kong in the Theatre*
Liang Yan** Postcolonial Affairs of Food and the Heart by Yesi, performed by On&On. Director: Chan Ping-chiu. Adaptation Playwright: Chan Ping-chiu. Original text: Postcolonial Affairs of Food and the Heart (2009), author: Yesi. Company: On&On. Premiere: Studio Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural
Un utopiste métamorphosé en tyran
Irène Sadowska* Séneca (Sénèque) de Antonio Gala. Version, mise en scène et scénographie Emilio Hernández, éclairages José Manuel Guerra, costumes Felype de Lima, musique originale Marco Rasa, chorégraphie Amaya Galeote. Avec Diego Garrido – Néron, Carmen Linares – Helvia, Esther
Les Bonnes en Avignon – une question de genres
Selim Lander* De Meiden (Les Bonnes) de Jean Genet. Mise en scène de Katie Mitchell, avec Thomas Cammaert (Madame), Marieke Heebink (Claire) et Chris Nietvelt (Solange). Dramaturgie Peter van Kraaij, scénographie Chloe Lamford, costumes Wojciech Dziedzic, musique Paul Clark, lumière
The Trees Will Remain; We Won’t
Matti Linnavuori* Koivu ja Tähti (The Birch and the Star), by Pirkko Saisio. Directed by Laura Jäntti. Scenography by Kati Lukka. Costumes by Tarja Simone. Lighting design by Morten Reinan. Sound design by Raine Ahonen and Esko Mattila. Premiere on
When Everyone Talks About Humanity, I Want To Talk About Morality
Jason Zhou* The Orphan of Zhao is written by Ji Junxiang, adapted and directed by Koh Sun-woong, produced by the National Theatre Company of Korea, Seoul. The premiere and first run were from 4 to 22 November, 2015; the second run was from 18 January
Scenes from Norway’s Heddadagene Theatre Festival
Eylem Ejder* HEDDADAGENE Theatre Festival, organized by twenty-nine Norwegian theatre companies under the festival director Åslaug Løseth Magnusson in Oslo, Norway. June 9-18, 2017. Norway has an annual national theatre festival called Heddadagene (Hedda Days), gathering theatre companies from all
Ópera, an Ironic Approach to Tradition
Fabián Escalona* Nave Cultural Center, Santiago, Chile. Ópera (Opera) by Ana Luz Ormazábal, after Eliodoro Ortiz de Zárate’s Lautaro. Music: José Manuel Gatica, directing: Ana Luz Ormazábal, set design and costumes: Toro. Cast: Esteban Cerda, Diana Carvajal, Nicole Sazo, José