script: William Shakespearedirector: John Blondell
cast: Stanley Hoffman, Peter john Duda, Victoria Finlayson, Kate Louise Paulsen
original music: James Connolly
scenography: Milon Kalis
costumes and masks: Lesley Finlayson
lighting design: Jonathan Hicks
Shakespeare's magical tale of enchantment and romance.
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It is unfair of me to review this show as I didn't actually get to see a performance, but instead was invited to attend a rehearsal, and even at that, it was more of a spacing rehearsal for the company's first time in the theatre, rather than a run-through rehearsal.
However, what I saw, I enjoyed immensely. It was much more attainable than the company's production of King Richard the Second, which I saw a few nights earlier. I think, in part, that the smaller container of space that they inhabit in the theatre, as opposed to the great openess of a cathedral style church, works in their favor. This company needs containment to remind them of their purpose. More space and they lose control.
The setting, stalks of bamboo hung from the grid above, work perfectly to convey the sense of remote island, and their movement flow nicely with the actors working in and around them.
I really liked what I managed to see, and only wish that I could have stayed long enough to attend an actual performance.
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