Romeo and Juliet
From: Wednesday, 6th February 2013
To: Saturday, 2 March 2013
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Synopsis
The story of frustrated young (illegally young in modern terms) love and death and the vendetta between two families in a tight-knit Italian community. One of Shakespeare's most popular and enduring dramas it has also been re-done as film, ballet, musical (most notably "West Side Story") and ice spectacular!
Our Review:
11 February 2013
Bringing Shakespeare into the 21st century is always a challenge. Although we know that his themes, relationships and plot lines are just as relevant today as they were to Elizabethan audiences, it’s sometimes hard to communicate this through the fast-paced, tongue-twisting dialogue and array of puns that have lost their cultural references.
On the surface, director Zoe Ford’s notion of setting Romeo and Juliet in the mods and rockers rivalry of 1960s Brighton is inspired: each revolves around a pointless feud between two sets of people who have simply decided to be different. Unfortunately, other than the fact that the Capulets wear leather and tight jeans and the Montagues dress in suits, there is virtually nothing which links these two ideas together. The set is initially promising, a section of pier with enormous balcony potential, but it goes completely unused other than making entrances and exits slightly awkward as the actors avoid the diagonal bracing. I...
Creative
Shakespeare (Author)
Hiraeth Artistic Productions (Company)
Zoe Ford (Director)
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