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“Wyn Davies, McIntosh, Carlson and McCamus also provide excellent value throughout, but you can’t help thinking the whole thing should be more impressive with such worthy parts contributing to it.”
Read Full Review” Griffin shows admirable skill here in creating a succession of memorable set-piece scenes. Unfortunately, they stand out individually, rather than as part of a larger dramatic fabric.”
Read Full Review“A genuine star has emerged from what is an excellent top-to-bottom company – Yanna McIntosh as a scintillating, seductive yet strangely heroic figure Cleopatra…Ben Carlson is a delightful egomaniacal Octavius Caesar. Tom McCamus delivers yet again”
Read Full ReviewThe two leads, Wyn Davies and McIntosh are excellent as always…Ben Carlson is excellent as Octavius Caesar-bringing layers to what might otherwise appear simply as a cold-hearted conquer….Randy Hughson’s Lepidus is also more drawn out and layered than what audiences have come to expect of this character…Other strong performances come from the incomparable Tom McCamus as Antony’s loyal-until-he-isn’t friend Enobarbus, Daniel Briere’s all-too-loyal Eros, and Sophia Walker who plays Cleopatra’s confidante Charmian.
Read Full Review“Griffin relies on his excellent cast led by Wyn Davies, McIntosh, Carlson and Tom McCamus as Enobarbus, a skeptic and military associate of Antony’s, to carry Shakespeare’s compelling story of conflicted loyalties and ill-fated romance through to its sobering conclusion.”
Read Full ReviewCritic J. Kelly Nestruck covers Christina, The Girl King and Antony and Cleopatra in one review, with both shows scoring 2.5 stars. My favourite line in Nestruck’s review refers to Enobarbus’ (played by Tom McCamus) use of euphemistic “adjectives once assigned to women, supposedly ruled by emotion rather than reason. Men are Apollonian; women are Dionysian. Men are from Rome; women are from Egypt.”
Read Full ReviewCritic Robert Reid covers two shows in one review. Although Reid has praise for the Anotony and Cleopatra’s two leads, Geraint Wyn Davies and Yanna McIntosh, his review falls short of high praise. Reid truly enjoyed Christina, the Girl King noting “The production brims with strong ensemble work. Performances shine like jewels.”
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