A look at the festival highlights.
Features
17 May 2011
Features • Opinion
Mahler at the Opera
By Robert Barry
The late-Romantic composer’s lingering relationship.
17 May 2011
Features • Essays
Fire exits and other stage directions
By Natasha Tripney
Michael Pinchbeck on endings and exits.
14 May 2011
Features • Essays
The Wonderful World of…
By Natasha Tripney
Bent Architect on making theatre about mental illness.
7 May 2011
Features • Book Reviews
The Cult of Beauty: The Aesthetic Movement 1860-1900
By Natasha Tripney
Companion volume to the V&A’s current exhibition.
5 May 2011
Features
Brighton Festival: Speaking Out
By Tom Wicker
Protest and celebration are on the bill at this year’s Brighton Festival.
3 May 2011
Features • Festivals
Junction Sampled
By Natasha Tripney
A two-day festival of performance in Cambridge.
2 May 2011
Features • Q&A and Interviews
Sinéad Matthews
By Victoria Rudland
On Mike Leigh, Ecstasy and finding her voice.
1 May 2011
Features • Essays
A Gleek Speaks
By Tracey Sinclair
Why Glee is good for theatre.
18 April 2011
Features • Opinion
Opera as Cinema, Cinema as Opera
By Robert Barry
On the cinematic tendencies of opera and vice versa.
14 April 2011
Features • Essays
Intimacy and Performance
By Natasha Tripney
A poet’s apologetic journey into immersive theatre.
14 April 2011
Features • Q&A and Interviews
Nick Payne in Brief
By Victoria Rudland
On sex, climate, and feeling contemporary.
7 April 2011
Features • NYC Features
Will Keen: An aptly-named Macbeth
By Richard Patterson
In stripped-down Scottish Play, this Brit feels at home.
3 April 2011
Features • Festivals
One-on-One Festival
By Lois Jeary
Theatre for an audience of one.
28 March 2011
Features • Q&A and Interviews
Gene David Kirk
By Daniel B. Yates
On directing Tennessee Williams.