Romeo and Juliet
From: Tuesday, 11th September 2012
To: Saturday, 15 September 2012
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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:
Anne Morley-Priestman - 14 September 2012
Updating the action is never as easy an option as it may at first appear. Rob Salmon’s production for the RSC Open Stages initiative using a cast drawn from community and youth theatre groups connected to the New Wolsey Theatre is a bold attempt which – in parts – works extremely well. The predominantly youthful and large cast go to it with immense commitment and evident verve.
What falls by the wayside, perhaps inevitably, is the verse and with it the actual sense of the many words spoken. Salmon, his assistant director Laura Norman and designer Foxton lead us through the story using different spaces of the Ipswich Town Hall. As some of these are cavernous, with all the echoes and sound distortion caused by marble floors and ceilings, there is a sense of everyone shouting most of the time.
The settings themselves are impressive. The louche Capulet party is held in a night-club; Friar Laurence’s cell and Juliet’s tomb have pew seating...
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Shakespeare (Author)
New Wolsey (Producer)
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