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Ashtar Theatre’s Richard II opened with a scene not found in Shakespeare’s original text, but one that is crucial to the action of the play…

Othello by Q Brothers, performed in Hip Hop (C) Simon Kane

Somewhere in the middle of the Q Brothers Othello it occurred to me that this may be the most truly ‘global’ offering in the Globe 2 Globe Festival. Because its language, easily digestible hip-hop, comes from the global zone of…

Richard II performed by Ashtar Theatre in Palestinian Arabic (C) Marc Brenner

What now is the global significance of Richard II? The play has been many things to many people…

Titus Andronicus performed in Cantonese by Tang Shu- wing Theatre Studio (C) Simon Kane

At variance with a worldwide craving for multimedia and theatrical spectacle, Hong Kong based Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio’s Titus Andronicus adopts the minimalist approach…

Murder. Rape. Mutilation. Cannibalism. Titus Andronicus is the most violent and arguably absurd play attributed to Shakespeare…

Cymbeline (C) Ellie Kurttz

Since seeing the South Sudan Theatre Company’s Cymbeline I’ve been thinking a lot about the expectations that gathered around this show…

The young directors reflect on the opening week of Globe to Globe…

Richard 3 by National Theatre of China in Mandarin (C) Marc Brenner

When the actors took the curtain call with a traditional Chinese bow – something they don’t usually do when performing in China – the audience could feel in the actors a release of tension as well as an overwhelming sense of pride and fulfillment….

The style attempted by Director Wang in the Chinese Richard III is both intercultural and intracultural…

Richard III, charming, suave and in Mandarin…