Daqsxejn ta’ Requiem lil Leli started life as a poem by Immanuel Mifsud and, when it was first adapted to the stage by Teatru Anon back in 2018, I had missed it. It was brought back to life this last weekend as part of the theatre company’s 30 year anniversary celebrations, together with The Little Prince. I’ll get straight to the point: it was a real treat, the likes of … [Read more...] about Daqsxejn ta’ Requiem lil Leli: an exquisite fever dream
Malta arts
Is-Snin Li Tħoss: You Will Cry
A one-hander describing the physical and emotional pathos wrought forth by (almost) every decade of your life sounds boring, right? We are all going through enough of that crap without volunteering to listen to someone else talk about it for 70 minutes, thank you very much. And yet this is exactly what Is-Snin Li Tħoss, being staged at Spazju Kreattiv, does. And readers, … [Read more...] about Is-Snin Li Tħoss: You Will Cry
Yasmina Reza’s Arti at Teatru Manoel: 4 Stars
I first reviewed the Maltese translation of Yasmina Reza's Arti in 2023, and you'll find the original review at the very bottom of this post. That earlier production also featured translation and direction by Albert Marshall, with Mikhail Basmadjian, Sean Buhagiar and Ray Calleja in the role of the three friends who so hilariously "deconstruct" their friendship as if it were an … [Read more...] about Yasmina Reza’s Arti at Teatru Manoel: 4 Stars
L-Arrest ta’ Danny Weed
I approached L-Arrest ta' Danny Weed, playwright Alfred Buttigieg's latest work, with some trepidation. I'm a fan of Buttigieg's work, thoroughly enjoying his previous work L-Interrogazzjoni. What I'm not a fan of is the classic Maltese farce. I just don't get the humour and, while everyone around me is in fits, I'm usually the one looking like a sour lemon. But I had a job … [Read more...] about L-Arrest ta’ Danny Weed
Ma Kuraġġ u Wliedha: bold
Photo: Elisa von Brockdorff Ma Kuraġġ u Wliedha is not the kind of piece that many theatre companies are willing to put up nowadays. On paper, the Bertolt Brecht epic is far from an easy watch, a sprawling 2.5-hour account of the titular matriarch's experience of The Thirty Years War, which ravaged Europe in the 17th century. The narrative arc is a simple one. Ma Kuraġġ … [Read more...] about Ma Kuraġġ u Wliedha: bold
