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Titus Andronicus returns to Rome from fighting the war – limping, exhausted, but victorious (for now). His soldiers swap their army uniforms for those of the kitchen, and the work begins to re-open for business.
Titus runs the restaurant with regimental precision. Rome is famous for it. But the politics back home haven’t gone away, and into the mix Titus has brought back a trophy of war – Tamora, the enemy leader.
The tables are set...
TITUS ANDRONICUS is infamous as Shakespeare’s bloodiest tragedy – and is directed and designed for the Rep by Stewart Laing, one of Scotland’s most exciting theatre artists.
Provocative and challenging.
A breathtaking 21st-century take on one of the most difficult plays in the Shakespeare canon, and a reflection on violence that finally –through the very food we eat – implicates us all.
Sharp to the taste and tough to digest.
In the title role, George Anton thunders with wounded pride as a largely young cast rage with fury as the body-count rises in a brilliantly brutal display.
Immersive and entertaining, the Rep’s Titus Andronicus is loud, brash, and sometimes quite literally in your face, and is all the better for it.
Though the inexperience of some of the cast shows at times, on the whole the ensemble does a fine job of navigating the mix of black humour and Grand Guignol horror.
Philip Howard--Titus Andronicus
Dundee Rep Theatre, Dundee from Wednesday April 8, 2015, until Friday April 24, 2015. More info: www.dundeereptheatre.co.uk