Saul Dibb’s adaptation of the acclaimed play sees the source material through a modern lens and makes use of the intimacy unique to the cinematic form. …
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Stage vs. Screen
Here you'll find pieces that look at how films have been influenced by the conventions of theatre and vice versa. We also look at adapting plays for the screen and films for the stage, including what is lost and gained from the change in medium.
Sally Potter’s The Party is a dynamic, witty ensemble film
The premise of The Party — seven characters trapped in a house, for 71 minutes, as secrets are revealed and lives potentially irreparably changed — sounds like …
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Dominic Cooke talks On Chesil Beach and directing for stage vs screen
For our special TIFF17 coverage of On Chesil Beach, we talked to Dominic Cooke about the value of rehearsing actors for film and minimizing cuts. Read the rest …
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Theatre Review: Simon McBurney’s The Encounter has to be experienced live
Simon McBurney’s one-man show The Encounter is a journey into the Amazon and the nature of consciousness, using theatre itself as a metaphor for memory. …
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Davies’ adaptation of The Deep Blue Sea is a memory film with an unreliable narrator
In Terence Davies’ screen adaptation of Rattigan’s The Deep Blue Sea, Davies plunges us into Hester’s memories, nudging us to accept her …
Review: Marjorie Prime is a failed stage-to-screen adaptation
Michael Almereyda’s screen adaptation of the Pulitzer-Prize nominated play Marjorie Prime never sheds its theatrical origins and fails to find new …
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From stage to screen: Director Rosemary Myers on her new film Girl Asleep
Gillie Collins talked to director Rosemary Myers about adapting her Windmill theatre play Girl Asleep for the film. Collins also explores the many exaggerated, …
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Una is a psychologically complex screen adaptation of Blackbird
Renowned theatre director Benedict Andrews makes a remarkable feature debut with Una, a screen adaptation of David Harrower’s …
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Benedict Andrews talks Una and directing for theatre vs film: part 2
This is the second part of our two-part interview with Benedict Andrews on his feature debut Una and the differences between directing for film and theatre. …
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Benedict Andrews talks Una and directing for the stage vs. screen part 1
Australian theatre director Benedict Andrews, who directed Blackbird in Berlin back in 2005, discusses the challenges of adapting the play for the screen in …
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