Showing posts with label Macbeth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Macbeth. Show all posts

Sunday, 3 November 2024

Lady MacBreast review

It's hard to believe that Po Po Mo Co (Post Post Modern Comedy) is almost ten years old. This queer collective of theatre makers has been making work as a group, and as individuals, that frames the world via a lens that is wild, absurd and stupid. Its new production of Lady MacBreast - no guesses as to what this is about - indicates there's no signs of them slowing down, and is a perfect reminder of the intelligence and creativity they possess.

Performed and devised by Kimberley Twiner, Lily Fish, Hallie Goodman and Phoebe Mason, Lady MacBreast does not shy away from going too far. While the narrative keeps true to that of Macbeth, the way scenes and characters are presented bring constant laughter and gasps of shock and surprise from the audience. The opening scene of the three witches meeting, with their ridiculously unkempt hair and not much else in terms of clothing, begins our queer and subversive journey of what John Waters' work would look like if he'd been around in Shakespeare's time.