Theatre

Win tickets to "The Jazz Club" performed in Luxembourg

Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald fans are in for a treat at the latest original show by English-language musical theatre group the Pirates. Read on to find out how you can win tickets.

First female comic performs at Konrad Comedy

The Konrad café welcomes its first female comedian for its next comedy run on May 22 and 23.

English-language drama group presents inaugural production

Founded in 2012, Actors Repertory Theatre is a new professional English-language drama group in the Grand Duchy. Wort.lu/en spoke to founding members Erik Abbott and Timothy Lone about the company and its inaugural production of Edward Albee’s The Goat.

Grand Théâtre celebrates 50 years with West Side Story

Luxembourg City's Grand Théâtre is celebrating its 50th anniversary next year in style, with a nine-day run of iconic musical West Side Story.

Zaltimbanq circus comes to town

From May 4 to 11 Kirchberg comes alive with the ninth edition of "Semaine du cirque sous chapiteau'' or circus week under the big top!

Catch Macbeth with a twist performed by Trier English Drama

Bloody battles are expected to unfold in Trier over the next week when an English language amateur dramatics group performs William Shakespeare's Macbeth, with a twist.

American comic to perform in Luxembourg

An American comic is to headline in Luxembourg as part of the Konrad Comedy club.

Even brilliant scientists are only human - Oxygen review

Graham Cleverley reviews the NWTC's latest play, Oxygen, exploring the lives of the men who discovered Oxygen but still had to battle with their contemporaries, their wives and their own egos.

Review of NWTC's "Just Another School Shooting"

The play of course is the thing. Not just for trapping murderous kings, but for displaying the talents of the young actors and directors in the NWTC's Youth Group some two dozen of whom contributed to the group's performance at the Tramsschapp last weekend.

Play to breathe fresh air into Science Olympiad

Luxembourg's New World Theatre Club is to perform a play specially selected to mark the 2013 Science Olympiad hosted in Luxembourg.

Youth group play explores the aftermath of a school shooting

The New World Theatre Club youth group is getting ready to stage Just Another School Shooting, a play exploring the aftermath of a school shooting from the perspective of the students.

Stand-up gets political at Konrad Comedy

Fans of political comedy will not want to miss the next Konrad Comedy event on March 20 and 21, featuring talkSPORT presenter Matt Forde.

Humanity explored at the Kasemattentheater

Wort.lu/en reviewer Graham Cleverley finds strong performances in short play compilation Oh, the Humanity, but solid acting cannot make up for the fact that things are not always clear.

Blithe Spirit review: Haunted by two loves

Spirits were high both on and off-stage in Mersch during the Luxembourg-based Berlin Grund Theatre’s (BGT) production of Blithe Spirit. A successful novelist’s first wife’s ghost comes back, much due to the consternation of his second spouse.

Interview with Barbara Hall  ahead of BGT's Blithe Spirit production

Barbara Hall will be appearing as Madame Arcati in the upcoming BGT production of Noël Coward’s Blithe Spirit, and has taken some time off for an interview

Acclaimed US drama at the casemates theatre

The “Kasemattentheater” in Luxembourg City is set to stage a production of Will Eno's acclaimed series of short plays Oh, the Humanity.

Comedy from the front line - I ONLY SMOKE IN WAR ZONES

Don't  miss Jennifer Rawlings' moving and hilarious show I ONLY SMOKE IN WAR ZONES, performed in Luxembourg on March 9.

Turkish prince features at Konrad Comedy

Luxembourg rolls out the red carpet for a real life Turkish prince later this month when Naz Osmanoglu headlines at the next Konrad Comedy night.

How not to deal with infidelity

It may sound like a well-worn tale - a husband catches his wife in bed with her lover and metes out a suitable punishment. But Peter Brook's latest work, The Suit, performed at Luxembourg's Grand Théâtre, does not wear the theme out.

Students at ISL take a gamble on love

Illegal gamblers, moonshine distillers and gangs take hold of the International School of Luxembourg for two days when students perform Guys and Dolls on February 6 and 7.

Fancy performing on stage?

Wannabe performers have their chance to shine this weekend when an English-language musical theatre group holds auditions for their next show.

Ring in Spring with the "Printemps Danse 2013" festival

Luxembourg's Spring Dance Festival kicks off on February 7, with over a month of dance performances, workshops and an American-style ball hosted by the CAPe in Ettelbrück.

Learn more about Japanese theatre and Shakespeare

Japanese Ambassador to Luxembourg Wataru Nishigahiro will link traditional Japanese art with the English poet Shakespeare in a talk at the National Museum of History and Art (MNHA).

DIRTYPHONICS show cancelled due to illness

It has been announced that French electronic band DIRTYPHONICS are forced to cancel their gig in Luxembourg due to illness.

Win 4x2 tickets for The Suit at the Grand Théâtre

South African play The Suit centres around the adultery of one woman and her husband's retribution, with one pair of tickets up for grabs for each night of performances from February 6 to 9.

Greater Region theatres join forces with Luxembourg

Actors from across the Greater Region will soon be able to perform as part of an inter-theatre ensemble thanks to a new cross-border cultural project.

Top Bolshoi ballerina 'flees Russia' after threats

One of the Bolshoi ballet's best known ballerinas has fled Russia for Canada after receiving threats over a business dispute involving her husband, a Russian newspaper reported Tuesday

Brave New World gets musical treatment

Wort.lu/en theatre reviewer Graham Cleverley took in TNT Theatre Britain's production of Brave New World at the Abbaye Neumünster, and was surprised by some unexpected tunes.

Humanity through theatre – Our Country's Good

A group of students will demonstrate the power of performance to bring light to the darkest of places when they perform Timberlake Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good in Luxembourg.

Comedian Paul McCaffrey kicks off Konrad Comedy season

Konrad Café & Bar has secured another top name for its next British stand-up comedy events on January 16 and 17.

High spirited comic performance marks playwright's anniversary

A group of English-speaking actors is to bring a well-known Noël Coward play to life for Luxembourg audiences next month, 40 years after the playwright's death.

Kick-start the new year with laughter

Award-winning performer Peta Lily is expected to bring smiles to Luxembourg when she performs her one-woman show, Chastity Belt, on January 16 and 17.

Australian Dance Theatre hits Grand Théâtre

The Australian Dance Theatre will take to the stage at Luxembourg's Grand Théâtre on January 8 and 9, marking the start of the 2013 programme.

Actors sought for 'Amour Fou' feature film

Casting directors of the film AMOUR FOU is holding an open casting this Saturday the 8th of December 2012 at the Cinematheque,

Atelier adds We Will Rock You shows

With two performances already sold out and tickets going fast, the Atelier has added two performances to the run of We Will Rock You at the Rockhal in April.

As good as it gets - Mind the Gap's Birthday Party

With "chillingly perfect" performances, reviewer Graham Cleverley finds it "difficult to find any criticism" of must-see show The Birthday Party at the Théâtre National du Luxembourg.

Final Konrad Comedy gig of the year with mince pies and mulled wine

The final Konrad Comedy gig of the year is coming up on December 12 and 13, with comedian Chris Martin offering his unique insights on everyday life, from reverse parking to online banking.

Discover British playwriting at its best with Harold Pinter production

Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party is one of the British playwright’s most famous works and Luxembourg audiences can enjoy a fresh rendition of it when English-language theatre group Mind the Gap bring the play to the TNL in December.

Theatre review - 'Tis Pity She's a Whore'

If, the next time a Pirandello production comes along, it has ten characters seeking an author instead of six, it's entirely possible the other four are the ones cut out of John Ford's 'Tis Pity She's a Whore in the Cheek By Jowl production at the Grand Théatre directed by Declan Donellan.

Play creates suspense but fails to deliver climax

Suspense is not, Hitchcock ruled, not knowing what is going to happen. Suspense is knowing what is going to happen and wishing that it wouldn't. On that count Dea Loher's Olga's Room, directed by Samuel Miller for Speaking In Tongues at Neumünster Abbey currently, is a play with a fair shot at being suspenseful.

A stroke of comic genius comes to Luxembourg

Life begins at 40, then you have a stroke, at least that's the outlook of comedian Markus Birdman, whose hilarious first-hand medical experiences are laid bare in his next show in Luxembourg.

'Tis Pity She's a Whore brings a dangerous liaison to the Grand Théâtre

Desensitised by our exposure to human cruelty and violence through television and computer games, some might say it is getting harder for artists to shock their audiences. Not so Declan Donnellan, director of Cheek By Jowl's latest offering 'Tis Pity She's A Whore, to be seen at the Grand Théâtre from November 15 to 17.

A procrastinator's ride through life – Late: A Cowboy Song

Theatre critic Graham Cleverly rides the highs and lows of Late: A Cowboy Song performed at the TNL.

Freedom Fighter's life revealed in English language performance

A Luxembourg acting troupe is to breathe life into a 1930s female freedom fighter when it performs its first full play in English.

Not your typical cowboy story - English theatre at TNL

The Théâtre de Luxembourg (TNL) serves up an English-language treat for theatre fans in Luxembourg with its latest performance of Late: A Cowboy Song.

Comedy at the convent - Nunsense

Graham Cleverley pours praise on the Pirates' latest singing, dancing and laughter-filled extravaganza- Nunsense.

New English-language Actors Repertory Theatre launches in Luxembourg

A group of actors and directors is to launch Luxembourg's first English-language repertory theatre, presenting The Goat, or Who is Sylvia as its debut production.

Darkly comic humour from Stuart Goldsmith

Stand-up comic Stuart Goldsmith jets into the Grand Duchy this month for two nights of laughs at the Konrad Café.