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Iago

     To stage a version of Shakespeare’s Othello in Russian in a swimming pool, might seem a festival aberration of the most esoteric kind. And if the venue was mere gimmick, this would be the case. But it isn’t. This innovative company from Kiev uses the unusual setting to explore the play’s major theme of jealousy by focusing especially on Iago. The action takes place on the edge. Lighting, music, and especially the elemental water, create a variety of moods – lyrical, playful, murderous, and suicidal. But above all, it is the superb action, which makes this reworking of the tragedy stimulating, cathartic and compelling.

Source: EVENING NEWS