The Arabian Nights
From: Friday, 30th November 2012
To: Saturday, 12 January 2013
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Our Review:
8 December 2012
Condensing the book of The Thousand Nights and One Nights, (or Arabian Nights as it’s more widely known) into a two hour production is always going to be a tall order. Thankfully, Mary Zimmerman’s adaptation whips along nicely, offering a light, cheery prelude to the festive season.
Zimmerman doesn’t stray too far from the architecture of the original stories. On discovering his wife’s infidelity, King Shahryar, becomes embittered and vengeful. Intent on punishing all of womankind, he marries a new girl every night, before murdering her the next day. When he marries the daughter of his servant, Scheherezade, his routine comes to a halt. She manages to defer her death by telling a tale which ends on a cliff-hanger. Scheherezade continues this process, delivering stories in quick succession night after night; keeping her husband intrigued and vested enough to prolong her life.
Under Lu Kemp’s direction, the production offers a q...
Cast
Jonathan Bonnick (Madman/Ensemble)
Denton Chikura (Harun Al Rashid/Ensemble)
Tunji Falana (Prince of Fools/Ensemble)
Sandy Grierson (Sharyar/Aziz)
Eva Magyar (Azizah/Ensemble)
Itxaso Moreno (Jester's Wife/Ensemble)
Adura Onashile (Perfect Love/Ensemble)
Tahirah Sharif (Dunyazade/Ensemble)
Harmage Singh Kalirai (The Wazir)
Ony Uhiara (Scheherezade/Sympathy)
Hemi Yeroham (Jester/Ensemble)
Creative
The Tricycle (Producer)
Mary Zimmerman (Adaptation)
Lu Kemp (Director)
Ben Stones (Design)
Richard Howell (Lighting)
Elena Pena (Sound)
Andrzej Goulding (projection) (Design)
Ann Yee (Choreographer)
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