Picasso, ou le pacte avec le diable

Picasso, ou le pacte avec le diable

Irène Sadowska* El Pintor, Opéra en 3 actes. Livret et mise en scène Albert Boadella, musique Juan José Colomer, direction musicale Manuel Coves, décors Ricardo Sánchez Cuerda, costumes Mercè Paloma, éclairages Bernat Jansà, chorégraphie Blanca Li, peintures Dolors Caminal. Avec

Seriously Hilarious, Or: Knowledge Is Power

Seriously Hilarious, Or: Knowledge Is Power

Soila Lehtonen* Atlantis. A play by Juha Mustanoja. Production dramaturge: Outi Lahtinen. Director: Juha Mustanoja. Scenography and props: Anne Karttunen. Costumes: Noora Salmi. Lighting designer: Pietu Pietiäinen. Music: Juuso Voltti. Sound designer: Maura Korhonen. Film: Jyri Hakala. Special effects: Mats

Ibsen’s Play Adapted to Represent Contemporary Chinese Femininity

Ibsen’s Play Adapted to Represent Contemporary Chinese Femininity

Hu Xuan* The Lady from the Sea. Written by Henrik Ibsen. Translated and adapted by Zhang Ke. Directed by Wang Yuanyuan. Presented by Jin Dong. Produced by the Beijing Repertory Theatre, China. The premiere and the first run were from

Latvian Directors Set Course for Beauty

Latvian Directors Set Course for Beauty

Matti Linnavuori* Baltic Drama Forum and Spelmanu nakts (Performer’s Night) in Riga, Latvia, November 2017. In Riga, everything is different from 2011, when I last visited. In 2011, the street view was dominated by men in black leather jackets, but,

Le Monstre, théâtre d’ombre et de gestes

Le Monstre, théâtre d’ombre et de gestes

Selim Lander* Le Monstre d’Agota Kristof. Production L’Autre bord Compagnie, Martinique. Mise en scène Guillaume Malasné. Avec Marc-Julien Louka (Nob), Éric Delor (Homme Vénérable), Steffy Glissant (Lil), Virgil Venance (Tim), Caroline Savard (une femme). Masques : Estelle Butin. Costumes : Sylviane Gody.

Mime Speaks Volumes in London

Mime Speaks Volumes in London

Meral Harmancı* London International Mime Festival, 10 January to 3 February, 2018. London International Mime Festival has been held since 1977. Despite the word “mime” in its title, it is a festival introducing not only some of the best mime

The Elephant and the Circus

The Elephant and the Circus

Ivona Janjic* and Eunice Tudela de Azevedo** IAPAR festival in Pune, Maharashtra, India, November 2017. Ivona Janjic and Eunice Tudela de Azevedo select two performances to review from the IAPAR festival, to which they were invited as part of the

The Polish Theatre Looks at the Hands of the Authorities

The Polish Theatre Looks at the Hands of the Authorities

Tomasz Miłkowski* The significant change came in Poland almost 30 years ago: the theatre of the Real Socialism period collapsed. Artists regained their freedom: the reviled institution of censorship had disappeared, a new time of liberty was coming, including the

Overview of Theatre in Catalonia

Overview of Theatre in Catalonia

Mercè Saumell* According to the available data from the ICEC (Institute of Catalan Businesses of the Catalan Government), in its 2017 report[1], there are 165 professional companies and 164 theatre buildings available (of which 70% are public, 22% private and

Le SPAF face à l’évolution de la Corée : Entretien avec Byoung-hoon Lee, directeur de la programmation du SPAF

Le SPAF face à l’évolution de la Corée : Entretien avec Byoung-hoon Lee, directeur de la programmation du SPAF

Par Jisoo Nam* La 18e édition du Festival des arts du spectacle de Séoul (Seoul Performing Arts Festival – SPAF), qui a commencé avec Millenium, a eu lieu l’automne dernier à Séoul. Ce fut un petit événement, sans échanges internationaux ni