Iago


Bristol Shakespeare Festival Company
The Zoo

Martin Aukland is a masterful performer in this one man performance of Shakespeare's Othello.

Quite simply it is Iago's soliloquies and conversations from the play, with Aukland playing the other roles from Iago's perspective.

Aukland is perfectly suited to the part, dark and intense, making the piece more sinster than Shakespeare's tragedy.

The interaction with the sheet on stage works very well, as if Iago is on some giant hankerchief.

While the performance is strong the whole concept seems a little gratuitous, in retelling Othello it doesn't really add anything.

Iago undiluted, but still no explanation of his motives.

Reviewer: Seth Ewin

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