Celebrated by many, Othello has risen through the ranks of the Met police. But can his hard won reputation, his marriage to Desdemona, and his own subconscious survive the toxic systems that surround him?
Sixteenth-century Venice becomes modern-day London’s Docklands, as Othello grapples with many of the same issues that successful Black people have faced for centuries.
This is an Othello for our times.
Experience Shakespeare’s confronting look at the destructive impact of institutional racism, toxic masculinity, and a justice system locked in a vicious cycle of self-fulfilling prophecy.
Director Ola Ince debuted in the intimate, candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse with this ‘inspired’ (The Guardian), and ‘profound’ (Evening Standard) and ‘masterfully redefined’ (West End Best Friend) take on Shakespeare’s blistering tragedy.
“Shakespeare’s tragedy interrogated in New Scotland Yard. Ola Ince’s production is set within a hostile modern police force and has DCI Othello’s unconscious portrayed by a second actor”
Guardian
“We’re thrown immediately into the now with a taser arrest, selfies at Othello’s wedding, and a rock drum solo thanks to Renell Shaw’s deft composing”
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