EVENING NEWS Iago / Michael Ridings
“…the superb action, which makes this reworking of the tragedy stimulating, cathartic and compelling…”
THE TIMES
“…a splash at the Edinburgh Festival…”
THE OBSERVER. Mark Fisher takes a dip in an AQUATIC IAGO, and finds it deeper than expected / Mark Fisher
“…the most exciting piece of theatre on the Fringe…”
THE GUARDIAN The Bard in trunks / Claire Armitstead
“ …Water, in this radical reworking, represents powerlessness and sexuality… Strap-on breastplates, moulded in exaggerated sexual contours, become emblems of the erotic fixation released by the scattering of scarlet flowers…”
INDEPENDENT For Better of for Worse / Clare Bayley
“…Theatre-on-Podol’s Iago is a more sophisticated enterprise, from a mature company which has been performing Shakespeare for more than a decade…”
THE SCOTSMAN. Iago / Collin Donald
“…It would take a genius of a director and huge resources to possess this space entirely. The Ukrainians sometimes seem to be struggling to incorporate the setting into the reading of the play…”
SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY Post-Soviet anarchy brings passion to the poolside / Joyce McMillan
“…the most exciting piece of theatre I’ve seen on the Fringe all week is a blazing Ukrainian assault on the text of Shakespeare’s Othello, which arrives at Infirmary Street Baths absolutely unencumbered with western reservations about machismo and its implications… brilliant…explosive…fierce…adult dream…”
FINANCIAL TIMES
“… The further it departs from Shakespeare the more enthralling it becomes…”
LA NACION
“…white magic…”
RICHMOND & TWICKENHAM TIMES Hampton Court Theatre / John Thaxter Standing ovations
“…Standing ovations and arm-aching applause were the only possible responses to a world of theatrical magic created by a brilliant young company… if you missed it you missed a real treat…marvellous box of technical tricks…”