Bulgaria and Romania, March 2016

Arriving late in Sofia, the Hotel Anel is above a casino, or more accurately around one. I was stopped by Continue reading →

Amazon Beaming: Work in Progress – Schaubühne, Berlin

A work in progress by Complicite is brought to the Festival of International New Drama at the Schaubühne. Directed, written and performed Continue reading →

Tim Raue, Berlin

Off a busy street, a slightly hidden entrance to Tim Raue in the back courtyard through archway under the building Continue reading →

John Gabriel Borkman-Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg. ***

This Ibsen play on the self imposed imprisonment of Borkman, after his embezzlement of funds, and the tussle of his Continue reading →

Onkel Wanja – Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg. **

The production of Uncle Vanya by the director Karin Beier replaces a lot of text by choreographed physical elements. The slapstick works Continue reading →

Candida – The English Theatre of Hamburg. ***

A perfectly serviceable production of George Bernard Shaw’s Candida about the a young poet declaring his love for the reverend’s Continue reading →

Landhaus Scherrer – Elbchaussee, Hamburg

I had a choice of two flats to rent when I was looking for a flat in Hamburg and one Continue reading →

Die Schutzbefohlenen – Thalia Theater **

Not really a play, but a spoken word piece by the Austrian Nobel prize winner Elfriede Jelinek, derived as a response Continue reading →