Tag Archives: brecht

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Donmar Warehouse

Posted on May 3, 2017 by mkmswain

It’s a bigly Trump-fest over at the Donmar, with adaptor Bruce Norris determined to make Brecht great again – or at least pointedly contemporary. Despite a legal disclaimer in the knowing prologue, the current tangerine regime looms large, replacing (or … Continue reading →

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Woyzeck leads May’s Top 10 new London shows

Posted on May 2, 2017 by mkmswain

From new takes on Brecht and Büchner to Jez Butterworth’s latest and a classic musical. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

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Richard Madden and Lily James’s Romeo and Juliet leads May’s Top 10 new London shows

Posted on May 2, 2016 by mkmswain

From buzzy Shakespeare productions and satirical opera to Sideways and dance at the Old Vic. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

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Ten great plays within plays

Posted on August 26, 2015 by mkmswain

To coincide with the opening of Timberlake Wertenbaker’s Our Country’s Good at the National Theatre, here are 10 great examples of the play-within-a-play, from Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Kyd’s Spanish Tragedy to groundbreaking work from Stoppard, Pirandello, Weiss and Brecht. Read my full National Theatre article here

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Pick of the Week

Posted on March 5, 2015 by mkmswain

Juliette Binoche’s Antigone, Rebecca Ferguson’s Billie Holiday and horse play on the Fourth Plinth. Marianka Swain looks forward to next week on theartsdesk Read my full preview here

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10 questions on Chekhov for playwright Simon Stephens

Posted on October 16, 2014 by mkmswain

Fresh from global domination with The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, currently garnering rapturous reviews on Broadway, inexhaustible playwright and adaptor Simon Stephens has swapped Mark Haddon for Anton Chekhov and a new version of The Cherry Orchard, … Continue reading →

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A Bright Room Called Day, Southwark Playhouse

Posted on July 29, 2014 by mkmswain

The pivotal early 1930s period in which Herr Hitler overcame strong if fractured left-wing opposition should make for meaty drama, but the sluggish polemic currently occupying Southwark Playhouse will leave carnivorous viewers unsatiated. American playwright Tony Kusher is rightly celebrated … Continue reading →

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Playing politics

Posted on July 26, 2014 by mkmswain

It seems almost unnecessary to criticise Tony Kushner’s insufferable polemic when he does so regularly within the text of A Bright Room Called Day. Characters rebuke one another for their “bad romantic posturing”, “elegant despair” and “carefully constructed but immobile” … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: brecht

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Donmar Warehouse

Woyzeck leads May’s Top 10 new London shows

Richard Madden and Lily James’s Romeo and Juliet leads May’s Top 10 new London shows

Ten great plays within plays

10 questions on Chekhov for playwright Simon Stephens

A Bright Room Called Day, Southwark Playhouse

Playing politics

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