Malta Theatre Reviews
Here, you will find Malta Theatre Reviews by Ramona Depares for Malta’s Culture Portal, mostly spanning local events, with the odd international review.
Before COVID-19 hit, Malta’s theatre scene was at an all-time high, with most of the theatre companies on the island having reached a standard that does us proud. While those who are 100% fulltime theatre professionals remain in the minority, the standard has improved across the board, with those who engage in theatre in addition to a day job creating some ground-breaking productions themselves.
This is also thanks to stalwart theatre companies like MADC, FM Theatre Productions, Teatru Malta, Masquerade and others. Funding schemes operated by the Arts Council Malta, and events commissioned by Festivals Malta, have also played their part.
For a lengthier write-up about the evolution of Malta’s theatre, particularly with respect to gender, check out the linked feature. What you will find on this section are two kinds of write-ups:
And, while things at the moment remain somewhat in stasis due to the pandemic, here is hoping that even the theatre scene will soon adjust to the new normal, and offer those of us who are hungry for productions a new, safe experience.
In the meantime, you can browse some of our Malta Theatre Reviews below:
What’s Their Names Theatre – Comedy of Errors
FM Productions’ – Sunrise, by Jesse Cave
Teatru Malta – L’Interrogazzjoni
Arthaus Productions – The Addams Family interview
MADC – The Importance of Being Earnest
Festivals Malta – Tableaux Vivants interview
Teatru Manoel Streaming Series showing the award-winning MADC production With the Maltese theatre scene slowly making a slow, live comeback, many of us are still appreciating the live streams that some local theatre companies and organisations are offering. Teatru Manoel… Read moreMADC’s The Great Big Radio Show streaming until Monday
The fresh take on Shakespeare that we’ve come to expect from this production company. Whats Their Names Comedy of Errors – the first theatre production after months of, well, misery indoors. Guys, don’t expect this to be a technical review…. Read moreTheatre Review: Whats Their Names Comedy of Errors
Hilarious and poignant, vaginal sores and all. As I cackled and guffawed all throughout actress Rebecca Camilleri’s interpretation of Sunrise by Jessie Cave (FM Productions, at the Splendid in Valletta), the thought kept running through my head: This woman is… Read moreTheatre Review: Sunrise by Jessie Cave
L-Interrogazzjoni blurs the lines of reality and superbly messes with our heads When I first read that Alfred Buttigieg’s L-Interrogazzjoni would be held in a private villa, instead of the usual theatre space, I had two reactions. I was intrigued,… Read moreTheatre Review: L-Interrogazzjoni
Sunrise FM Theatre – Jessie Cave’s one-woman show hits Malta Remember Jessie Cave, the actress who played Ron Weasley’s girlfriend and wound up werewolf fodder in the Harry Potter series? Guess what – she didn’t take too long to emerge… Read moreINTERVIEW: Sexual accidents, Harry Potter conventions and Instagram espionage
The Addams Family Malta is about to hit and Nadia Vella promises to make the ultimate Wednesday She loves all colours, as long as they’re black. Not ‘very smiley’, is a lover of all things dark and is not afraid… Read moreWATCH: ‘There’s no easy way to define normal, it’s so subjective’
Sometimes, you just want to go to theatre to be entertained with a fail-proof narrative with the tried and tested lines of a classic. Guilty as charged, and Malta’s theatre scene often provides. As long as the beloved classic is… Read moreTheatre Review: The Importance of Being Earnest
Teatru Malta’s L-Interrogazzjoni is scripted by a writer who is no stranger to controversy. Writer Alfred Buttigieg is no stranger to creating controversy, and Teatru Malta’s L-Interrogazzjoni promises to add more. I’m sure that by now he gets tired of… Read moreWATCH: A murder, a cover-up… sounds familiar?
Oscar Wilde, the ultimate wag, lands at Teatru Manoel with The Importance of Being Earnest, one of the playwrights most widely-lauded scripts. With the tagline ‘A Trivial Comedy for Serious People‘, you don’t need to be a committed Wildian to… Read moreA purely Victorian send-up, or totally relatable satire?
Teatru Malta 2020 proposes some exciting ideas. Will expectations be met? The Teatru Malta 2020 programme, launched Friday at Spazju Kreattiv, quotes a 75% audience attendance that, if accurate, points towards Malta’s national theatre company making considerable inroads into one… Read moreTeatru Malta 2020: Sunny With A Chance Of Awesome