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David Bowie: stage oddity

As the V&A's groundbreaking Bowie exhibition transfers to Berlin – site of his creative transformation in the 70s – the singer's theatrical side has been pushed centre-stage, writes Mark Espiner

Mark Espiner

26, Jun, 2014 @12:06 PM

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The Artist and the power of sensory deprivation in film and theatre | Mark Espiner
Mark Espiner: Taking voices away from actors, or plunging audiences into darkness, can provide an immersive, more intimate experience

Mark Espiner

28, Feb, 2012 @3:30 PM

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Christopher Logue obituary
Poet whose War Music was a stark rendition of Homer's Iliad

Mark Espiner

03, Dec, 2011 @6:07 PM

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Do German audiences have a keener appetite for theatrical experiment?
Mark Espiner: Plays that defy pigeonholing can struggle for recognition in the UK, but two recent Berlin productions reflect a different mindset

Mark Espiner

17, Mar, 2011 @3:18 PM

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Judge to rule on Daniel Ubani's attempts to silence sons of dead patient
German doctor Daniel Ubani is attempting to restrict patient's sons' attempts to stop him working as a doctor in Germany

Mark Espiner and James Meikle

09, Aug, 2010 @6:06 PM

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Community theatre: how Oberammergau got it right | Mark Espiner
Mark Espiner: The Bavarian village's world-famous passion play, staged every 10 years, brings local residents together to thrilling effect. Why don't we have anything like it in Britain?

Mark Espiner

21, Jun, 2010 @10:53 AM

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Dinner for One serves up the lighter side of German theatre | Mark Espiner

Mark Espiner: The stage version of Germany's staple New Year comedy sketch is but a boo-hiss away from becoming the nation's first panto

Mark Espiner

05, Jan, 2010 @3:46 PM

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Mark Espiner reports on Royal de Luxe's theatrical spectacular in Berlin
Twenty years after the fall of the wall, the French theatre company created a fairytale out of a nightmare for the Spielzeit Europa season

Mark Espiner

08, Oct, 2009 @2:41 PM

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Ben Hur Live leaves little to the imagination | Mark Espiner

Mark Espiner: This theatrical spectacular promises horses, tonnes of sand and a huge cast and crew – but less is always more in the theatre

Mark Espiner

14, Sep, 2009 @11:54 AM

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How to play music that lasts 1,000 years

Mark Espiner: Jem Finer's Longplayer began at the millennium and will finish in 3000. But don't worry if you can't wait that long, he's about to perform a 1,000-minute 'snippet'

Mark Espiner

04, Sep, 2009 @10:53 AM

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What to say about ... Judi Dench in Madame de Sade
You're ready to shock your friends with salacious details from the Donmar's latest West End offering, but it turns out to be a bit of a damp squib

Mark Espiner

19, Mar, 2009 @3:20 PM

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What to say about ... Jane Fonda's return to Broadway in 33 Variations
Bluff your verdict on the star's turn in 33 Variations – without visiting the Great White Way

Mark Espiner

11, Mar, 2009 @2:43 PM

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