“Katy Stephen's tortured titular ‘Titus’ is a stoic presence, playing it pretty straight in a show that is chock full of bells and whistles.”
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"The show will not be to everyone’s taste ... but there is no doubting its invention and thoughtfulness."
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“Katy Stephens’ Titus Andronicus is mournful and tender while Georgia-Mae Myers’ Lavinia is anguished and distressingly true to form: she is tragic to the bone. It is through these contrasts that Jude Christian’s Titus Andronicus triumphs”
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“The director Christian’s clever solution is to allow the gallows humour in the text its due – there are laughs here, believe it or not – while alighting upon a streamlined visual aesthetic that floods the candlelit stage with a baleful power all its own.”
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"This is a production that feels celebratory of the fact that humans like telling themselves really really horrible stories. To quote the opening number: ‘after this show you’ll feel better about your terrible lives’. And I did!"
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“One comes away with a strong impression of a director with no overarching vision for this flawed play, chucking ideas at it in the hope that some will stick.”
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“Jude Christian never quite finds the consistency of tone that the three-hour long evening requires – we get the discomfort intended, but it’s distracting not disturbing.”
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“ ‘Titus Andronicus’ is a play that, at the very least, ought never to leave an audience bored. But I'm afraid at times I was.”
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