MADC's King Lear at San Anton gardens. Photo: Facebook This summer MADC have opted for a pinnacle of classical tragedy for their annual Shakespearean offering - King Lear. Hardly the easiest of plays to market, in the current climate of short attention spans and instant gratification. And yet, as per tradition, the droves made their way to San Anton gardens for two and a … [Read more...] about MADC’s King Lear: a competent staging – 3.5 stars
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The Pity Party: reshaping ourselves through grief
Photos: Still from video installation by Samira Damato and Teodor Reljić. An upcoming video installation and publication by Samira Damato and Teodor Reljić, The Pity Party explores grief, death, tradition, and the strange intimacy of the online world. The work is born from real digital conversations between the artists as they each faced the loss of their fathers, blurring … [Read more...] about The Pity Party: reshaping ourselves through grief
Brad Birch’s Peer Gynt: Entrancing, despite cast disparities
Pia Zammit and Joseph Zammit in Brad Birch's Peer Gynt. Photo: Christine Muscat Azzopardi. More than a straight-up theatre production, Brad Birch's Peer Gynt is an ambitious, multi-disciplinary performance combining movement, theatre and music. This is immediately evident from the first few seconds of the production, as the action opens with a gorgeously-choreographed … [Read more...] about Brad Birch’s Peer Gynt: Entrancing, despite cast disparities
The Great Dictator: An ambitious adaption
The Great Dictator, adapted to Maltese theatre. Photo: Elisa von Brockdorff I’ll say it right out - 2024 is really shaping up to be Jamie Cardona’s year, and The Great Dictator has only served to confirm my conviction that this actor is going to do great things for Maltese theatre. If you’ll remember, I’ve literally just given Cardona a shiny, shiny review for Mid-Djarju … [Read more...] about The Great Dictator: An ambitious adaption
Mid-Djarju ta’ Student Fi Skola Tal-Knisja: Gold
Jamie Cardona in Mid-Djarju ta' Student Fi Skola Tal-Knisja. Photo on the right: Owen Michael Grech I approached Mid-Djarju ta' Student Fi Skola Tal-Knisja with some mixed feelings. On the one hand, the one time I had seen actor and writer Jamie Cardona in action (those words are about to get a very different meaning) was in Il-Giddieb Għomru Twil, where he made a simply … [Read more...] about Mid-Djarju ta’ Student Fi Skola Tal-Knisja: Gold
