The final leg of this sabbatical finds me in France for the renowned Festival d’Avignon. Comprised of the official “In” festival and the “Off” fringe, Avignon boasts some 800 performances per day throughout the month of July. What a wonderful place to immerse myself in world theatre before returning home! I have some history at [...]
Why do theatre people love Prague? My travels have taken me from Berlin to Prague. And while I spent six weeks making an entire play in the former, no city elicits so much response from colleagues as the latter. What gives? Why do theatre people love Prague so much? Perhaps it’s Vaclav Havel, playwright and first [...]
Round House’s Producing Artistic Director, Blake Robison, has been abroad recently directing the Tennessee Williams classic Summer and Smoke at English Theatre Berlin. We’re pleased to share some photos of his modernized production below. Photos courtesy of English Theatre Berlin.
Tonight, we open Tennessee Williams’ Summer and Smoke at English Theatre Berlin. It’s been a rewarding and challenging process – working with an entirely new team of artists, creating an ensemble out of seven actors, and facing the unpredictable difficulties of communication with the German-speaking technical crew. We’ve persevered and pushed each other. The result is something [...]
I’m in the second week of rehearsals for Summer and Smoke at the English Theatre of Berlin. The task is specific: to re-examine this classic play with seven actors in a modern context. We’ve assembled an international cast (5 Americans, 1 Irishwoman, 1 German with excellent English), and the rehearsals have been dynamic. ETB is the city’s only [...]
My theatrical forays in London took me from the bright lights of the West End to an exciting suburban venue that I’ve appreciated for some time. Here’s a brief report on recent theatrical events: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg – directed and adapted by Emma Rice. The much-praised Cornish company Kneehigh storms the West End with [...]
Round House has given me a great gift – the opportunity to travel and work abroad for a brief period of time. Sabbaticals are commonplace in academia and the ministry. In the not-for-profit arts community, they are less common, but gaining ground. Time away lends perspective. For the artist, it brings new experiences, new contacts, [...]
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