Avant-gardists have always been drawn to Woyzeck, and it’s easy to see why. For one thing, it was unfinished when its German author, Georg Büchner, died young of typhus in 1837. Some scenes look like ...
Jaden Key and the cast of Woyzeck at Rec Room Arts Credit: Photo by Tasha Gorel “I almost feel bad even calling it Woyzeck”, said Director Matt Hune just a short while before the show’s opening at Rec ...
Alban Berg’s Wozzeck is arguably the most important opera composed in the first half of the 20th century. It is certainly one of the most powerful, and its emotional impact remains as strong today as ...
Written when Büchner was only 23, and left unfinished when the playwright died of typhus in 1837, Woyzeck has had an extraordinary influence on dramatists from Brecht to Sarah Kane. It also inspired ...