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Tag Archives: Almeida Theatre

Uncle Vanya, Chekhov, Almeida Theatre N1

Robert Icke’s new adaptation of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya is best summarised as an update – and an Anglicisation. Played in contemporary clothes, with sprinkled swearwords (so often touted as modern…

February 16, 2016 in Theatre.

Magic in its modernism: Rachel Cusk’s marvellous new Medea for the Almeida GREEKS season

“I can unmake you the same way I made you. I write the story, remember?” Rachel Cusk’s brilliant vision of Euripides’ Medea for the Almeida transforms the barbarian witch into…

October 1, 2015 in Greek Tragedy.

BAKKHAI, Almeida, N1

“Cleverness is not wisdom,” warn the Maenad chorus, as king Pentheus determinedly resists the rise of new god Dionysos’ cult in Thebes. Euripides’ Bacchae tells how the young god returns to…

August 1, 2015 in Greek Tragedy, Theatre.

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