Along with Sir David Hare and other theatre groupies, I've been to Berlin. It's a good place for theatre right now - Thomas Ostermeir's chillingly revelatory Hedda Gabler has toured internationally (his Ibsen explorations continue with what sounds like a mighty John Gabriel Borkman). But I was visiting what was for decades the archetypal German company - the Berliner Ensemble. On the river, its … [Read more...]
David Jays on theatre and dance
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