Lynn Belvedere

TROILUS AND CRESSIDA @ THE DEPOT THEATRE Marrickville

 

 

TROILUS AND CRESSIDA is one of Shakespeare’s problem plays, director Sean O’Riordan and his impressive huge cast of nineteen have brilliantly modified the play to repair the problems, to make this fast-paced version of TROILUS AND CRESSIDA the most entertaining night of Shakespeare that you will see this year. Following the plot-line of the Iliad, be prepared to absorb the ancient-history, legendary love story that is the Trojan War, with the all-consuming violent chaos that is love and war. Troilus and Cressida are deeply in love, but their love is torn apart.              

Set in the seventh stalemated year of the Trojan war, the Greeks are still besieging Troy to rescue their beloved Helen. The Trojans are debating, trying to decide if it is now time to return Helen to the Greeks, meanwhile the Greeks are quarrelling amongst themselves. This rarely performed Shakespeare tragedy is delightfully easy to understand, and as all scenes share the same clever minimalist set, the costumes clearly define who are Greeks and who are Trojans.

The perfect music choices, and the accompaning sounds of trumpets and fury, plus the immaculate lighting design cue by cue, seamlessly compliments the many moods required for each scene. Impressed by the ultimate professionalism of the entire cast, actors at the ultimate pinnacle of their art and just perfectly blocked because everyone hits their marks, especially difficult because this set has no visible marks on the stage floor. Highly recommended.

Starring Jane Angharad, Paul Armstrong, Matthew Bartlett, Alison Benstead, Alana Birtles, Leo Domingan, Alec Ebert, Margarita Gershkovich, Francisco Lopez, Jonathon Nicholas, Grace Noaum, James Smithers, Romney Stanton, Emilia Stubbs Grigoriou, Shan-Ree Tan, Charles Upton, Emma Wright and Danen Young. Set and Costume Design by Maya Keys. Lighting Design by Mehran Mortezaei.

SECRET HOUSE presents TROILUS AND CRESSIDA by William Shakespeare, from 9th May until 19th May 2018.

Performance times – 8pm Cheap Wednesdays, 8pm Thursdays, 8pm Fridays, and 2pm 8pm Saturdays.

Duration of 135 minutes, including one interval.

The Depot Theatre, 142 Addison Road, Marrickville, with on-site free car parking.

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Published by Lynn Belvedere

Once we were old enough, my parents took the whole family to the Sydney CBD cinemas every week. Thus began a lifetime interest, in going to the cinema every week, and became a passionate cinephile by watching all those very heavily edited ''Australian Film Censorship Board'' true cinéaste versions of brand new release ''Cinematograph Films''. Greater Union always gave my father (who worked in Cinema Distribution Exhibition) guest double movie passes, to every first-night ''red carpet Opening Night'' at The State Theatre Cinema at 49 Market Street. Up until his death, my dad always received ''two house seats'' for every Opening Night performance events at the Theatre Royal SYDNEY and at Her Majesty's Theatre SYDNEY. As a child, when mum choose not to go, I often went with him, to those live performance events. As a young child, I remember being taken for each new show, at both The New Theatre at 60 Sussex Street, and the Phillip Street Theatre when located at 150 Elizabeth Street, and for classical music concerts at Sydney Town Hall. = = = ★★★★★ = = = Being happy is a choice, and I have always viewed my life, as material ready be made into a series of amazing tentpole movies. My New Years Resolution is kept every year: ''Get to see/review five new live theatre shows each week, and get to see/review six new cinema movies each week'', plus is one of the Australian Cinema Pioneers, and apparently have seen far too much already, but always wanting to experience more and more each year. I am also able to do almost everything that I enjoy doing. Yes, I do have a great daytime job in I.T. as ''Software Design Project Manager'', PLUS each evening until quite late - - - Australian Cinematograph Films historical censorship consultant - product-placement consultant - mystery-shopper consultant - playwright, writer, author, director, producer, photographer, cinematographer, color-grader, subtitles proofreader - arts/ drama/ music/ film critic and judge, journalist, member FIPRESCI & FCCA & AFCA, member AACTA accredited film reviewer-critic-writer, accredited IMDB.COM critic-reviewer-author, projectionist, plus an innovative iconoclast - - - ★★★★★ LYNN BELVEDERE ★★★★★ - - - [usr 5] - - -