Comedy of Errors, The

Ephesus hates Syracuse! They hate them so much that any Syracusian found on Ephesus soil will be condemned to death. In to this highly charged atmosphere come Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant, Dromio, searching for their long lost twins. Read more …

Unbeknownst to them, they’ve come to just the right place and so the stage is set for a hilarious tale of mistaken identity, assumed personas and wild mishaps as a family scattered by fortune search for reconciliation and a happy ending.

Set in a country that might just feel familiar to some of our local audiences, Bard in the Botanics is delighted to launch the “What We May Be” season with a sparkling new production of this most riotous of comedies.

The critical consensus

In the end, though, all this production’s assets simply disappear into a frenzy of over-acting, with almost everyone on stage mugging, gurning, twitching, writhing and yelling as if everything mattered, except the meaning and rhythm of the words.

(*) (*) Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman, 30/06/2014