irina brook Archives

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Arts + Culture

When Cabaret Confronts Collapse

Irina Brook's Brecht–Weill triptych at La Scala confronts our broken world through recycled glamour and bitter song

NATJA IGNEY15 May, 2025

Arts + Culture

Lear? King Lear!

Irina Brook did it again – sprinkling her magic over Shakespeare’s mythic tragedy in an unexpected and contemporary exploration through the prism of...

NATJA IGNEY3 June, 2024

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Theatre

Théâtre Anthea’s 10 Year Anniversary: A Risky Wager Won With Flying Colours

In just 10 years, anthéa in Antibes has become one of the leading theatres in France, thanks to a visionary director and a...

NATJA IGNEY14 April, 2023

Arts + Culture

Irina Brook: From the Ashes, The Seagull Rises

After leaving Nice in 2019, the former TNN director retreated from the public eye to reinvent herself, and has emerged more creative than...

NATJA IGNEY25 February, 2023

Arts + Culture

Théâtre National de Nice: The Final Curtain Has Gone Down – or Has It?

It’s official. The TNN is going to be torn down, says the City of Nice. But opponents of the project are still fighting...

NATJA IGNEY20 February, 2022

Arts + Culture

Irina Brook Works Her Magic at Milan’s La Scala Theatre This March

The former TNN director has been invited to mount a Brecht and Weill diptych at one of the world’s most prestigious opera houses

NATJA IGNEY9 March, 2021

News

Irina Brook: What a Difference a Year Makes

It has almost been one year that the former director of Nice’s Théâtre National tendered her resignation and left. Where is she now...

NATJA IGNEY21 May, 2020

Arts + Culture

Cie. Miranda’s Cyrano de Bergerac: A Silent Movie on a Stage

Think the most-performed play in French theatre history cannot possibly be reinterpreted? Théâtre de la Cité director Thierry Surace and his resident company...

NATJA IGNEY20 November, 2019