Sarah Kaufman, The Washington Post March 16, 2014 “The Tempest Replica,” a hybridized mime-dance-theater interpretation of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” begins with an exquisite piece of storytelling. From the first moments of this production by Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite, the theater seemed to shake with cracks of lightning, rain and cries of despair. So enveloping was the storm — visually, aurally, […]
Andrew Hadfield, The Irish Times March 15, 2014 Shakespeare’s confessional allegiance has been investigated with ever increasing vigour in the past two decades. Not only has there been a turn to religion in literary studies but there are now sophisticated ways to explore and compare early modern texts that promise to tell us more about what people thought, believed and […]
Daniel Hathaway, Cleveland Classical March 8, 2014 Pity any foolish composer who sets out today to write incidental music for Shakespeare’s wonderful comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream.Mendelssohn’s already been there and done that with such imagination and sensitivity that no one else need apply (though Benjamin Britten turned the play into a successful opera). The very large audience at E.J. Thomas […]
Paul Simei-Barton, The New Zealand Herald March 3, 2014 Freewheeling Shakespearean rarity presented in quirky mix of time and place. This year’s Summer Shakespeare eschews the well-worn path of the familiar plays and plunges us into the exotic world of a seldom produced late work that is greatly admired by some Shakespearean scholars. Pericles presents an outlandish series of adventures with […]
Paul Larkin, Northumberland Gazette March 6, 2014 Seatbelts fastened and random safety instructions followed, it was time for lift-off and the start of a shaking, rattling, rolling journey through space, time and culture. The inflight entertainment was provided by the youngsters of Duchess’s Community High School and yet again, they did their teachers, families and community proud – the […]
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