We’ve teamed up with Brazilian Restaurant Cabana to giveaway a meal for 2 this summer. A restaurant inspired by Brazil’s world renowned vivacity, Cabana helps to bring that ray of sunshine to the capital all year round!
We’ve teamed up with Brazilian Restaurant Cabana to giveaway a meal for 2 this summer. A restaurant inspired by Brazil’s world renowned vivacity, Cabana helps to bring that ray of sunshine to the capital all year round!
As two independent blogger collectives, both New Ottawa Critics and ourselves are both inspired by what theatrically is happening beyond our borders. Each month, we will correspond with all the latest happenings in our cultural cities. This is an opportunity to learn, be inspired, communicate and collaborate! This month, the New Ottawa Critics tell us more about the significance of the Ottawa Fringe Festival in Canadian theatre culture.
The NSU (National Socialist Underground) is a right-wing terrorist organization in Germany that is held accountable for ten murders by the German criminal justice system. Five individuals have been on trial at the Higher Regional Court in Munich since May 2013 – Beate Zschäpe, André Eminger, Holger Gerlach, Carsten Schultze and former NPD (National Democratic Party of Germany) official Ralf Wohlleben. Zschäpe must answer charges of being the principal perpetrator in ten murders and serious arson and of being a member of a terrorist organization. The trial is expected to continue until September 2017. But will the sentencing of the guilty parties lead to a cathartic purification of society? Director Ersan Mondtag sees the trial itself as “only a minor detail in this ever-growing complexity of guilt, for which no closure exists”.
Ink is a raw, twisted narrative by James Graham that investigates how ethics become conflicted once money starts rolling in. Who, what, when, where and why- the latter is the least important to answer, but the most crucial to ask. Graham’s narrative gives the right amount of exposition whilst also leaving a lot to be desired, and even makes the occasional political jab.
Celebrated writer Inua Ellams is renowned for his thought provoking works, creating narratives strongly influenced by his Nigerian roots. Barbershop Chronicles follows suit, highlighting the significance of Barbershop culture within African culture.
Mystery and spirituality lies behind the walls of the disused Asylum Chapel in Peckham for Brave New Worlds’ short movement piece Trinity in conjunction with Ovalhouse. The female led collective challenge us to question ‘aesthetics of gender’ and to reimagine the ‘sacredness in our visual culture’.
This new production by Swiss director and playwright Christoph Marthaler, known for his poetic musical theatre shows, has been eagerly awaited by Munich audiences. Marthaler, sorely missed in the Bavarian capital since his successful 2002 production of Nobel Prize Winner Elfriede Jelinek’s play In den Alpen, was invited by Artistic Director Matthias Lilienthal, with whom Marthaler had collaborated on various occasions, to present his new production at the Kammerspiele.
The National Theatre and Bristol Old Vic’s adaptation of Jane Eyre is absolutely flawless. From beginning to end I am in complete awe of the skill, perfection and creativity involved in bringing this piece of classical literature to life.
Recipient of this year’s Les Enfants Terrible Greenwich Partnership Award with their latest venture Goody, BoonDog Theatre is set to take the production, an exploration of the relationship between a performing ape and a human being to this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Ahead of BoonDog Theatre’s month long run, writer and actress Lucy Roslyn talks more about the production here.
Writer Milly Thomas showcases a multitude of themes from love, gender and domestic abuse in her latest show Brutal Cessation. Brutal Cessation will take residence at Assembly George Square at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Ahead of the month long run, Milly talks to Theatrefullstop about the show.