A Bystander to the Darkness of Evil

A Bystander to the Darkness of Evil

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

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

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*

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

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

<em>Les Bonnes</em> 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

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

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

Scenes from Norway’s <em>Heddadagene</em> 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

<em>Ópera</em>, 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