Experience: 8/10
By Andrew Hilton and Dominic Power, after Molière
Company: Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory
Directed by Andrew Hilton
Venue: Tobacco Factory
Date: Tuesday 11th April 2017
I was aware that this was an adapted version of Tartuffe, but I wasn’t sure what to expect. As it turned out, this was one of the best versions we’ve seen of this play, second only to the RSC’s 1983 production with Nigel Hawthorne, Alison Steadman, Anthony Sher and David Bradley, amongst others. In this adaptation, the story has been updated to the present day, allowing for topical references, and it all worked brilliantly within a political setting. The characters were also wonderfully updated, and although the comedy took a while to get going – the audience were a bit slow to warm up tonight – there was plenty to laugh at in the later acts.
