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Hildegard Bechtler

May 2020

  • Sophie Okonedo in Antony and Cleopatra in 2018.

    Lockdown culture
    To Egypt, with love: Antony and Cleopatra at the National Theatre

    As the NT streams the epic tragedy online, Hildegard Bechtler recalls bringing a monumental setting to the Olivier stage while creating an intimate atmosphere

October 2019

  • Hildegard Bechtler’s design for the Oresteia at the Almeida, London.

    Electra, Oresteia and an execution: the daring designs of Hildegard Bechtler – in pictures

    The theatre designer on creating a family dinner at Agamemnon’s, an election night Oedipus and the night Fiona Shaw got stuck

April 2017

  • Sally Matthews and Iestyn Davies, centre, in The Exterminating Angel at the Royal Opera House.

    The Exterminating Angel; Doctor Atomic review – incendiary Adès and Adams

    Two living composers, two powerful operas, two striking performances

March 2017

  • Angus Wright (Claudius), Andrew Scott (Hamlet) and Juliet Stevenson (Gertrude) in Hamlet

    Hamlet review – Andrew Scott is a truly sweet prince

  • 15. Andrew Scott as Hamlet credit Manuel Harlan Hamlet at Almeida Theatre

    Hamlet review – Andrew Scott is a charming prince in a chic yet dotty show

December 2016

  • Mary Stuart by Friedrich Schiller at the Almeida Theatre Lia Williams as Elizabeth I & Juliet Stevenson as Mary Stuart

    Mary Stuart review – Juliet Stevenson and Lia Williams are mirror-image monarchs

    Sharing the roles of Elizabeth and her Scottish cousin, Stevenson and Williams are a pleasure to watch but Robert Icke’s production lacks subtlety elsewhere

February 2016

  • Vanessa Kirby, Tobias Menzies and Richard Lumsden in Uncle Vanya.

    Uncle Vanya review – doom, desire and echoes of Dylan in a radical revision

    Its setting in rural England is problematic, but Robert Icke’s modernised version of Chekhov’s masterpiece is rich in psychological detail

September 2013

  • Theatre designer Hildegard Bechtler

    Portrait of the artist
    Hildegard Bechtler, designer – portrait of the artist

    Theatre designer Hildegard Bechtler talks about jettisoning film, putting live horses on stage, and why she isn't a fan of awards season

February 2013

  • Trelawny of the Wells - review

    While director Joe Wright makes a perfectly amiable evening, he can’t help pushing Pinero’s faithful re-creation of a past theatrical age to edge of caricature, writes Michael Billington

October 2012

  • Scenes from an Execution – review

    It's a measure of Howard Barker's subtlety that he shows how even the most transgressive art can be co-opted by the state, writes Michael Billington

August 2012

  • makropulos case opera north

    The Makropulos Case; Trio Zimmermann; BBC Prom 46 – review

    Time flies in Opera North's cracking production of The Makropulos Case, writes Fiona Maddocks

June 2009

  • Sam Cox as Jellaby in Arcadia at the Duke of York's theatre in London

    Arcadia

    Duke of York's, London
    This elegant staging of Tom Stoppard's dance of ideas and emotions pleases Michael Billington

October 2007

  • Making a drama out of Croesus

    Opera: Opera North unearths a composer perhaps best left buried, but Puccini's Butterfly still soars.

July 2007

  • The Hothouse

    This early Pinter confirms the playwright is a master of menace and spry comedy, says Michael Billington.

April 2005

  • My Name is Rachel Corrie

    Royal Court, London

August 2003

  • A majestic Ring for our times

    Classical: Tim Albery's peerless 16-hour production of the Ring cycle is a morality play and soap opera combined

June 2003

  • The Master Builder

    Albery, London

April 2003

  • Götterdämmerung

    Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

August 2002

  • Siegfried

    Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

August 2001

  • Die Walküre

    Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
    Rating ****

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