Written for Exeunt In a world where the lives of artists are as interesting as the work they produce, 16 Possible Glimpses is a tantalising prospect. Marina Carr’s play takes a look at the life of Anton Chekhov, fracturing it down into 16 fictionalised sequences and leaving the Abbey Theatre’s Associate Director Wayne Jordan to sew them [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Anton Chekhov’
Review: 16 Possible Glimpses
Posted in Reviews, tagged Abbey Theatre, Anton Chekhov, Dublin Theatre Festival, Marina Carr on October 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Sovremennik Season at The Noel Coward Theatre
Posted in News, tagged Anton Chekhov, Into The Whirlwind, Noel Coward Theatre, Russian Theatre, Sovremennik, Stanislavski, The Cherry Orchard, Three Sisters on January 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Written for http://www.fourthwallmagazine.co.uk/ Into The Whirlwind Home to arguably the father of modern theatrical practice Constantin Stanislavski, expressionist master Vsevolod Meyerhold and of course Anton Chekhov, it’s fair to say Russia has a strong theatrical tradition. Tonight marks the opening of a new season which will allow British theatre goers a glimpse at the state Russian [...]
The Factory’s The Seagull: Improvisation is about doing things and Chekhov is essentially about people doing nothing – it’s a recipe for dire theatre
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Anton Chekhov, Chekhov, Hamlet, Hamlet Project, Katie Mitchell, Martin Crimp, Shakespeare, The Factory, The National, The Seagull on August 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Factory is a company that do what could literally be described as Flash-mob Theatre. A facebook update is released on Friday about shows which are played out that Sunday and the precious 50 tickets or so sell with lighting speed because this is a troupe with a fantastic reputation for mixing it up in [...]
