The Watermark/Othello/241019

Wesley Charles
It’s stormy outside. In here, tensions are simmering. As a touring swing band gather for their next performance, malevolent trickster Iago begins to sow the seeds of mistrust. The critically-acclaimed Pantaloons relocate Shakespeare’s classic tragedy of jealousy and deception to a jazz-age setting, with live music, intense drama, and more than a hint of their own inimitable brand of theatrical mischief.

Cast and credits

Playwrite/Author/Book
William Shakespeare, The Pantaloons
Cast
Wesley Charles

Performances

Thursday, 24 October
Performances:
7:30pm
Adult £
12.00
Concession £
10.00
Student/Child £
10.00
Erme Court, Leonards Road, Ivybridge, PL21 0SZ
Box Office
01752 892220
English touring theatre company formed in 2004 specialising in comedy and open-air productions of the plays of William Shakespeare. We draw from a wide variety of popular theatre traditions, from commedia dell’arte and pantomime to stand-up comedy and silent movies, to bring what we consider to be a vital sense of “play” back to classical performance. We aim to recapture an aspect of Shakespeare’s drama which the modern naturalistic theatre has lost: the riotous energy of the clown. Hamlet tells us that the clowns in Shakespeare’s day spoke “more than is set down for them”, and we have found that tapping into this rich vein of anarchic humour can have a strangely moving and uplifting effect.
The Pantaloons
Wesley Charles
It’s stormy outside. In here, tensions are simmering. As a touring swing band gather for their next performance, malevolent trickster Iago begins to sow the seeds of mistrust. The critically-acclaimed Pantaloons relocate Shakespeare’s classic tragedy of jealousy and deception to a jazz-age setting, with live music, intense drama, and more than a hint of their own inimitable brand of theatrical mischief.
Cast and credits
Playwrite/Author/Book
William Shakespeare, The Pantaloons
Cast
Wesley Charles
Performances
Thursday, 24 October
Performances:
7:30pm
Adult £
12.00
Concession £
10.00
Student/Child £
10.00