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All We Ever Wanted Was Everything

Posted on August 25, 2018September 23, 2019 by annegret
middle child

1987. Thatcher has been in power for eight years and Rick Astley promises he’s never going to never give us up. 1997. Seemingly overnight, Tony Blair turns the UK into a meritocracy and the Spice Girls recommend that we spice up our lives. 2007. The…

Posted in Edinburgh Fringe, Reviews, TheatreTagged Reviews

People Show 130: The Last Straw

Posted on August 25, 2018September 23, 2019 by annegret
last straw1

Agreed-upon conventions make communication possible. In the 1950s J.L. Austin famously explained how language is actually “performative”, that is, by saying certain things we are not just shaping streams of air flowing through our lungs, throat and mouth into sounds, we are actually physically shaping…

Posted in Edinburgh Fringe, Reviews, TheatreTagged Reviews

Nocturne, Albany

Posted on July 3, 2018September 23, 2019 by annegret
nocturne

Becoming-fox, a quick manual: – Keep close to the walls – Practice your sweet, sweet love-making sounds only after dusk – Stare the fuckers down The full moon shines on Deptford town square. It smells of piss and one of the two guys in the…

Posted in Reviews, TheatreTagged Reviews

How did Berlin’s Volksbühne end up in a state of crisis?

Posted on June 4, 2018September 23, 2019 by annegret
Volksbühne

Brought in to shake up one of the German capital’s iconic theatres, Chris Dercon aimed to expand its remit and embrace a wider range of art forms. Following his abrupt resignation, Annegret Märten examines for The Stage why his agenda proved unpopular with artists and local residents….

Posted in Features, TheatertreffenTagged Features

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