Question of the week: Spring sees numerous festivals in London. This Spring, in particular, the World Shakespeare Festival will host international theatre companies performing works of Shakespeare in different languages. Which international production would you be curious to see? "I'm always a sucker for a good production of King Lear (by a long distance my favourite), and so I'm particularly looking forward to the staging that the Belarus Free Theatre are planning for the play. The BFT was founded in 2005 by Nicolai Khalezin and Natalia Kaliada, and back in their home country their performances have to be held secretly due to the risk of persecution and harassment by the government. Despite these constraints they have has won widespread critical acclaim for the quality of their productions and I'm sure that this summer's Lear will be no exception."- Jamie
* Photo by Tracy Lee, used under Creative Commons, with thanks.
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