Tag: Bart Slegers

Posted in Europe Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Not-London Robert Icke Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2018

Review: Oedipus, Stadschouwberg Amsterdam

Robert Icke tackles Oedipus with the same verve as his celebrated Oresteia in a spectacular Toneelgroep Amsterdam…

Posted in Alan Ayckbourn Barbican Theatre Blanche McIntyre Chichester Festival Theatre Conor McPherson fosterIANs Hope Theatre Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Ivo van Hove LGBTQ+ Lin-Manuel Miranda Martin Sherman Mike Bartlett Musicals National Theatre New Diorama Old Vic Shakespeare Stiles + Drewe Theatre Tony Kushner Top moments

11 of my top moments in a theatre in 2017

As ever, the wait for the end-of-year lists of favourite plays and performances has to continue until…

Posted in Europe Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Not-London Theatre Theatre review

Review: Uit het leven van marionetten, Rotterdamse Schouwburg

  “In de stilte hoor je de waarheid” In the name of maximising my time in the…

Posted in BroadwayWorld UK Awards Katie Mitchell Musicals Not-London Patrick Marber Theatre Theatre awards UK West End

2017 BroadwayWorld UK Awards Shortlist

Best Actor in a New Production of a Musical Andrew Polec, Bat Out of Hell, London Coliseum…

Posted in Europe Henrik Ibsen Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Not-London Simon Stone Theatre Theatre review

Review: Ibsen Huis, Stadsschouwberg Amsterdam

“Hollanders bouwen altijd in baksteen” Simon Stone’s track-record with Ibsen is strong – his adaptation of The…

Posted in Blogged Europe Henrik Ibsen Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Not-London Simon Stone Theatre

Production shots for Ibsen Huis

“Moeten we hier als op de Wallen in lingerie gaan zitten?” Time pressures (and priorities) being what…

Posted in Barbican Theatre Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Ivo van Hove Shakespeare Theatre

Notes on a second viewing of Roman Tragedies

“I arm myself with patience and await the higher powers” Whilst sitting in the audience for Roman…

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Review: Roman Tragedies, Toneelgroep Amsterdam at the Barbican

“A people who can neither rule nor be ruled” 8 years ago, I’d barely started to blog,…

Posted in Europe Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Ivo van Hove Not-London Theatre

Review: De Dingen Die Voorbijgaan, Stadschouwburg Amsterdam

“Samenleven met jou… maakt me minder eenzaam. Het is de enige mogelijkheid te vergeten dat we langzaam afsterven”…