Title: The Powerbook
Adaptation: Jeanette Winterson, Deborah Warner, and Fiona Shaw adapted from Jeanette Winterson
Production: Royal National Theater and Théâtre National de Chaillot, 2003
Director: Deborah Warner
Set and video: Tom Pye
Lighting: Jean Kalman Costumes: Nicki Gillibrand
Music: Mel Mercier
Sound: Christopher Shutt.
Contemporary Theatre Around the World
Which artists are having the greatest impact on today’s theatre?
What nationalities are these playwrights?
Which plays have these directors chosen?
Which productions have these theatre companies staged?
What are their websites?
At which schools did the great contemporary actors study?
This section not only answers these questions, but suggests readings and links for more in-depth information. The great theatrical institutions are a must for all those interested in the dramatic arts; you can take a virtual tour in Germany, France, Italy, Peru, United States, Spain, Belgium or Great Britain. Enjoy your trip!
Playwrights
- Heiner Müller
- Thomas Bernhard
- Botho Strauss
- Lars Norén
- Howard Barker
- David Mamet
- Bernard-Marie Koltès
- Jon Fosse
- Sarah Kane
- Martin Crimp
Directors
- Peter Brook
- Peter Stein
- Klaus Michael Grüber
- Bob Wilson
- Anatoli Vassiliev
- Patrice Chéreau
- Frank Castorf
- Peter Sellars
- Deborah Warner
- Thomas Ostermeier
Theatre companies
- Théâtre du Soleil – Ariane Mnouchkine
- Le Odin Teatret – Eugenio Barba
- Le Wooster Group – Elizabeth LeCompte
- La Societas Raffaello Sanzio – Romeo Castelucci
- Les Ballets de Wuppertal – Pina Bausch
- Les Ballets C de la B – Alain Platel
- Cheek by Jowl – Declan Donnellan
- Teatro de los Andes – César Brie
- Le Carnicería Teatro – Rodrigo García
- Théâtre de Complicité – Simon McBurney
Contemporary actors
- Maggie Smith
- Ludmilla Mikaël
- Kenneth Branagh
- Philippe Caubère
- Martin Wüttke
- Valérie Dréville
- Alla Demidova
- Fiona Shaw
- Christopher Plummer
- Bruno Ganz
The great theatrical institutions
- La Comédie-Française (Paris, France)
- Moscow Art Theatre (Russia)
- Abbey Theatre (Dublin, Ireland)
- Piccolo Teatro (Milan, Italy)
- Le Festival d’Avignon (France)
- Stratford Festival (Canada)
- Royal Shakespeare Company (Stratford-upon-Avon, England)
- Royal National Theatre (London, England)
- Schaubühne (Berlin, Germany)
- Royal Dramaten (Stockholm, Sweden)
