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Tag Archives: Arcola Theatre
Paper lanterns and origami wings: a ghostly Madama Butterfly at Grimeborn
Puccini: Madama Butterfly **** Grimeborn Festival, Arcola Theatre, 26th August 2015 It’s dangerous when a production is touted as “revelatory”. We were promised a “haunting psychological rendering” of Madama Butterfly by director Julia Burbach, “radically reframed” and inspired by Japanese … Continue reading
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Tagged Arcola Theatre, Ayaka Tanimoto, Cecile Tremolieres, Christopher Diffey, Freddie Tong, Freddy Long, Gareth Brynmor John, Grace Carter, Grimeborn, Julia Burbach, Madama Butterfly, Naomi Dawson, Natasha Jouhl, Nicolas Dwyer, Paul Wingfield, Puccini, Tom Atkins
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Modified Turkish delight: Tchouhadjian’s Gariné unveiled at Grimeborn
Tchouhadjian: Gariné *** Grimeborn Festival, Arcola Theatre, 14th August 2015 Last night, Glyndebourne presented Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serailat the Proms, a tale of intrigue in a Turkish harem. At Grimeborn Festival, a grungy, hip East End alternative, we … Continue reading
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Tagged Arcola Theatre, Danae Eleni, Edward Saklatvala, Gariné, Gerald Papasian, Giles Davies, Grimeborn, Katie Grosset, Leon Berger, Tchouhadjian
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