Articles matching 'berliner ensemble'

The state opening of parliament is a sublime theatrical event let down by a poor script. We need Alan Bennett on the case The stage is set ... Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip walk...

In this article: Nicholas Hytner, Helen Mirren, Alan Bennett, Flummery, and Mole

You may not fully understand "Full Circle," but that should not stand in the way of a good time. Going with the flow is definitely in order with Woolly Mammoth's roaming, multimedia...

In this article: Woolly mammoth, Charles L. Mee, Socialism, Berliner Ensemble, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Heiner Muller, Warren Buffett, and Bertolt Brecht

A NATION united looks to the past, and the future, 20 years on. The elderly lady with her shopping bag stood and stared at the armed policeman politely but firmly preventing her from...

In this article: Berlin, Germany, West Berlin, Brandenburg Gate, Kurfurstendamm, East Berlin, and Europe

The large cast of "Full Circle" danced and sang "Everlasting Love" atop a long, high table in the lobby of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company during a rehearsal on Friday. The table then...

In this article: Edgar Allan Poe, Woolly mammoth, and Heiner Muller

Franz Muentefering (left), leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD), watches a televised debate between Chancellor Angela Merkel of the CDU and her challenger, German Foreign...

In this article: Angela Merkel, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Germany, Social Democratic Party, Berlin, Berliner Ensemble, and CDU

Please activate cookies in order to turn autoplay off As a writer, I'm used to handing over my plays to directors and seeing what they make of them. I don't envy those who take on both...

In this article: On the merits, JavaScript, Wim Wenders, and Kings of the Road

Tony Kushner: Mother Courage is not just an anti-war play It is the mother of all roles - and arguments still rage over its true meaning, but Mother Courage is Brecht's greatest work

In this article: Mother Courage, Tony Kushner, Mother Courage and Her Children, Pablo Picasso, Christianity, Capitalism, Thirty Years war, and Berliner Ensemble

AFP/File - German director Peter Zadek (R) poses with actress Eva Mattes prior to a rehearsal of William Shakespeare's … 50 mins ago BERLIN (AFP) - Legendary German theatre and film...

In this article: Peter Zadek, Hamburg, Agence France Presse, London, Berlin, All rights reserved, Mozart, Angela Winkler, and The Merchant of Venice

The Berliner Ensemble is a German theatre company established by playwright Bertolt Brecht and his wife, Helene Weigel in January 1949 in East Berlin. In the time after Brecht's exile,...

In this article: Berliner Ensemble, Heiner Muller, Helene Weigel, Hanns Eisler, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Alexander Frey, Wolfgang Langhoff, and Paul Dessau

Back to the F�hrer at the movies SS zombies? Hitler in drag? The Nazis are again being used as all-purpose villains by a slew of film-makers. Only this time, argues Geoffrey Macnab,...

In this article: Nazism, Nazis, Iron Sky, Inglourious Basterds, Second World War, Quentin Tarantino, Will Hay, Udo Kier, and Germany