Shakespeare’s Othello returns
The production offers an invaluable learning aid for high school pupils studying Shakespeare’s stage tragedy as a set work.
THINK Theatre’s acclaimed production of Shakespeare’s Othello returns to the Playhouse Drama stage in Durban from 17 February to 20 March.
Presented in association with the Playhouse Company, the production is directed, as in previous seasons, by Clare Mortimer whose skills as an award-winning performing arts practitioner are strongly enhanced by her experience as a writer and a respected English teacher.
The production offers an invaluable learning aid for high school pupils studying Shakespeare’s stage tragedy as a set work.
Durban Theatre Award winner, Nhlakanipho Manqele, takes the title role for the first time, playing opposite fellow new-comer, Cara Roberts, who makes her role debut as Desdemona.
The rest of the cast, headed by Clinton Small with his award-winning portrayal of the villainous Iago and Mortimer as his wife Emilia, again features Michael Gritten, Daisy Spencer, Marc Kay, Bryan Hiles, Rowan Bartlett and Darren King.
With its central themes of love, envy and betrayal as relevant today as ever before, Othello continues to draw packed houses, and early advance sales for Think Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy have already started to climb dramatically.
Schools performances are at 9am and 12pm daily, Mondays to Fridays, with a public performance on Tuesday 25 February at 7pm.
Tickets cost R55 (R80 for adults attending the public performance). Booking is through Doreen Stanley on 033 343 4884 or 084 556 0668, (fax) 086 402 9592 or 033 343 4884, or e-mail: doreen@think theatre.co.za
