Thomas Ostermeier
Cate Blanchett joins stars urging Russia to drop 'flimsy' charges against director
Leading arts figures sign petition calling on Moscow’s public prosecutor to end investigation into Kirill Serebrennikov
Philip Oltermann in Berlin
29, Aug, 2017 @9:51 AM
David Mamet's move to punish theatres for debating his work is absurd
It’s true that plays often defy instant analysis but Mamet’s attempt to prevent post-show discussions perpetuates the notion of theatre as a sanctified temple
Michael Billington
10, Jul, 2017 @12:43 PM
Returning to Reims review – Nina Hoss is magnetic in poignant political drama
The Homeland star impresses in Thomas Ostermeier’s engrossing staging of a memoir about political change and the left’s disregard of the working class
Michael Billington
09, Jul, 2017 @1:57 PM
Nina Hoss: 'The left is in a state of absolute chaos – we have lost our way'
When she was a little girl, the German actor used to sit in on her father’s union meetings. Now she’s directing her political fervour into Returning to Reims, a new play by Thomas Ostermeier seeking to explain Trump, Brexit and Le Pen
Philip Oltermann in Berlin
03, Jul, 2017 @3:16 PM
You, the jury: plays are giving power to the people
A new show, Terror, restores drama to its classical function by asking us to make a moral decision. But it doesn’t go nearly far enough
Michael Billington
22, Jun, 2017 @10:00 PM
Summer 2017's essential theatre: from the rise of Murdoch's Sun to Dylan's dustbowl blues
The Kids Company inquiry becomes a musical, Olivia Colman and Olivia Williams star as sisters, Sienna Miller and Jack O’Connell hit the roof and rhinoceroses rampage through Edinburgh
Michael Billington
16, Jun, 2017 @5:00 AM
10 of the brightest stars of Manchester international festival 2017
Arcade Fire, Thomas Ostermeier, Yael Bartana and more make the trip to Manchester
Sophie Harris
13, Jun, 2017 @5:00 AM
Richard III review – a thoroughly modern game of thrones
Lars Eidinger is a visceral, manipulative monarch in Thomas Ostermeier’s explosive German-language production
Susannah Clapp
19, Feb, 2017 @7:50 AM
Why has Thomas Ostermeier stripped his Richard III of politics? | Michael Billington
Shedding his clothes and seducing the audience, Lars Eidinger’s Gloucester is the classic charming narcissist – but why soften the play’s political bite at such a crucial time?
Michael Billington
17, Feb, 2017 @5:45 PM
Simon McBurney: Beware of Pity is chillingly resonant in the Trump era
The director describes the gruesome appeal of staging Stefan Zweig’s novel about the faultlines running through a society on the brink of destruction
Simon McBurney
03, Feb, 2017 @2:48 PM
Why David Hare is wrong about the state of British theatre
The playwright’s concerns over European directors ‘infecting’ British theatre are misplaced – the two-way traffic between the UK and Europe has benefited us all
Lyn Gardner
30, Jan, 2017 @5:13 PM
We need to talk about Hedda: why the National's Ibsen shocker isn't sexist
Theatre has often depicted women subjected to degradation but context is key. The appalling final scene in the NT’s production made me see the play anew
Lyn Gardner
17, Jan, 2017 @9:30 AM
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