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Shit-faced Shakespeare (Magnificent Bastard Productions)

By | Published on Tuesday 6 August 2013

Shit-faced Shakespeare’s premise speaks for itself, really: The Bard’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ performed by a rotation of six talented actors: five sober and one utterly inebriated (in my case an Essex-accented ‘Beertrice’). But this doesn’t prepare you for the tempest of spanking, licking and impromptu chugging contests that are likely to pepper the performance, nor its propensity for audience participation. A troupe to be commended on their ingenuity in the face of wanton chaos, The Magnificent Bastards have concocted a wickedly charismatic cocktail of debauchery, improv and wild entertainment nearer a Molotov than an Old-fashioned. Explosively funny, this is remedy for anyone who ever thought Shakespeare was dull, though it should be consumed with caution.

C, until 26 Aug, 11.20pm.
tw rating 4/5 | [Andrew Pollard]



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