Karen Tennent
@ktennent.bsky.social
Theatre maker ,designer, artist and scribbler of endless notes
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First review of the year www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/j...
The Merchant of Venice review – poisonous prejudice erupts with shocking speed in a show with tech-bro touches
John Douglas Thompson is a commanding Shylock in a vision of an apparently benign city where tolerance buckles all too quickly
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
First review of the year www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/j...
Reposted by Karen Tennent
Go see Theatre for a New Audience's production of The Merchant of Venice at @lyceumedinburgh.bsky.social
The play's troubling, quite shocking, but very relevant to the world today. The staging and performances were 5⭐.
One of the best things I've seen in ages.
youtu.be/kSK4gr7Aizk?...
The play's troubling, quite shocking, but very relevant to the world today. The staging and performances were 5⭐.
One of the best things I've seen in ages.
youtu.be/kSK4gr7Aizk?...
The Merchant of Venice trailer
YouTube video by lyceumtheatre
youtu.be
January 19, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Go see Theatre for a New Audience's production of The Merchant of Venice at @lyceumedinburgh.bsky.social
The play's troubling, quite shocking, but very relevant to the world today. The staging and performances were 5⭐.
One of the best things I've seen in ages.
youtu.be/kSK4gr7Aizk?...
The play's troubling, quite shocking, but very relevant to the world today. The staging and performances were 5⭐.
One of the best things I've seen in ages.
youtu.be/kSK4gr7Aizk?...
Here I am on Bluesky .. feels like a good move .. thought I’d better write something instead of reposting , just in case you think I’m not me !
January 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Here I am on Bluesky .. feels like a good move .. thought I’d better write something instead of reposting , just in case you think I’m not me !
Reposted by Karen Tennent
Preview at Scotsman Arts of Johnny McKnight's acclaimed lecture on the panto dame tradition in Scotland, She's Behind You!, set for a one-performance-only revival at the Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow tomorrow afternoon! A special day for Scottish theatre.... www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...
Johnny McKnight on the past, present and future of the panto dame
Johnny McKnight talks to Joyce McMillan about the great Scottish panto tradition, and how he and other theatre-makers have been re-thinking it for the 21st century
www.scotsman.com
January 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Preview at Scotsman Arts of Johnny McKnight's acclaimed lecture on the panto dame tradition in Scotland, She's Behind You!, set for a one-performance-only revival at the Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow tomorrow afternoon! A special day for Scottish theatre.... www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...
Reposted by Karen Tennent
So happy to have Rosemary Waugh doing this occasional series for us, going in deep in a kind of career retrospective exploring a designer’s work, their aesthetic, their collaborators, their development…
In the first of a new series on designers, Rosemary Waugh looks at the work of Soutra Gilmour, frequent collaborator with directors like Jamie Lloyd and Yaël Farber, instrumental in constructing their striking aesthetics and the lasting impact of their productions. For paid subscribers - read now!
Design in focus: an appreciation of Soutra Gilmour
The first in a regular series by Rosemary Waugh, exploring the work of British stage designers
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January 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
So happy to have Rosemary Waugh doing this occasional series for us, going in deep in a kind of career retrospective exploring a designer’s work, their aesthetic, their collaborators, their development…