Experience: 8/10
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Richard Twyman
Company: Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory and The Tobacco Factory
Venue: The Tobacco Factory
Date: Monday 27th February 2017
Another fantastic production from STF, with the emphasis clearly on the text and the characters. The two young actors playing Othello and Desdemona did good work, but for me it was the brilliance of Mark Lockyer’s Iago supported by Katy Stephen’s perfectly pitched Emilia that made this performance so powerful. There were one or two aspects which didn’t work quite so well, but this is a production I would recommend highly to anyone: it’s a shame the public haven’t responded by making it a sell out for the whole of its run.
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