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Review The Dentist, performed by Razia Israely by Pilar Perez – 9 May 2012

The Dentist is not an easy play to watch. Not an easy play to listen to, either. Or to feel. I would imagine it is also not an easy one to perform. But it is really worth the effort.    As a one woman show, the whole weight of the performance falls onto Razia’s shoulders. [...]

Review The Pride by Alexi Kaye Campbell 25 Januari 2012 Koninklijke Schouwburg – Het Paradijs – The Hague

Seen 25 January by Lora Mander The Pride–Has being gay ever become easier? We start in 1958 and Sylvia, an ex-actress-turned-illustrator introduces her husband Philip to her boss, Oliver, a children’s author.  Sparks fly in conversation between the two, but there is a sense of something left unsatisfied. Skip ahead to 2008, it’s the eve [...]

Review The Pride by Alexi Kaye Campbell 25 January Koninklijke Schouwburg – Het Paradijs The Hague

The Pride by Clare Tye Het Paradijs, Koningklijke Schouwberg,    25/01/12 The opening night of The Pride by English-Greek play write Alexi Kaye Campbell was stunning. Tickets for this excellent co-production by the Munich-based BeMe Theatre and STET, The English Theatre have sold so well that an extra performance is scheduled for Saturday 28/01/12. The audience remained [...]

Review The Pride 25 January 2012, Koninklijke Schouwburg – Het Paradijs – The Hague

The Pride by Alexi Kaye Campbell. Directed by Tom Daley. Presented by STET and BEME Theatre, seen Wednesday 25th January in Het Paradijs, the studio theatre in The Hague’s Koningklijke Schouwberg. by Claire Richards Philip                    Alex Pedrick Oliver                   Graham Dickson Sylvia                    Marene Miller The man              Tom McDonald ‘It will be alright, it will be alright, it [...]

Reviews for The Pride by Alexi Kaye Campbell 25 January 2012 Koninklijke Schouwburg – Het Paradijs

THE PRIDE, seen at the Koninklijke Schouwburg – Het Paradijs, 25 January 2012 by Mike Fitzgerald STET and the Munich-based BeMe Theatre have brought the award-winning play, The Pride, to Het Paradijs, the studio theatre in the Hague’s Koninklijke Schouwburg for five performances. This first play by Alex Kaye Campbell looks at changing perceptions of, [...]

Audience comments on Twelfth Night by British open-air TC Illyria…

Hereunder some of the comments from Britain, feel free to add your own!! David from Michaelchurch On 6th Jun 2010, 6.43pm I have been following Illyria for over 10 years and they never disappoint. Their inventiveness, wit and technical competence make Shakespeare the perfect summer treat. Moreover, it has not rained at any of their [...]

The Dentist – a virtuoso performance – review by Jessica Maxwell

‘De stilte des doods’ rises above the din in The Dentist The traditional Dodenherdenking commemoration in Dam Square of two minutes of “stilte”, or silence, expanded into new spaces and modes for reflection and remembrance this year via the Theatre Na de Dam festival. This Wednesday marked both the Dutch Memorial Day for World War [...]

Continental – vs Anglo saxon theatre traditions: what’s the difference?

Friday night 21 January I went to the Stadsschouwburg in Amsterdam to see Hotel Royal of Joseph Roth performed by the Munchner Kammerspiele and directed by Johan Simons, one of todays best known Dutch directors. It was a great performance, based on Roth’s book and situated in the interbellum (1924). It tells the story of [...]

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Thank you for all the support you gave us in 2010. In 2011 we will continue to provide you with great English language theatre from around the world. Our programme will be for young and old, with established and new talent, improv comedy and drama, indoors and in the open air: in short you will get what [...]

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Ellis (TUSK international Theatre Company) and I had a great day at the Expatica Fair I am not a tourist in Amsterdam. We were later joined by Nicole (Operadans) There was a definitely positive feeling about the high number of people that showed interest in our performances. It feels that we are nearing the point [...]

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