4 - 22 November 2008

This is a world of broken glass and beatings in the car park. There's tension around the pool table, cues in hand. And it's all about to kick off...

Frantic Assembly return to the Lyric with this electrifying take on Shakespeare’s gripping tragedy of paranoia, sex and murder. Fusing a taut adaptation of this classic play with its trademark hard-hitting choreography Frantic Assembly takes a scalpel to 21st century Britain, exposing prejudice, danger and fear. Here, violence is a way of life and reputation is everything.
 
Running time: 1hr 50 mins (no interval)

'Frantic Assembly take a broken bottle to Shakespeare's text and give it an expert gutting. Violently watchable.' **** The Guardian

'A sexy, untamed new take on the Bard's revered 400-year-tragedy.' The Times

'Jimmy Akingbola (Othello), Charles Aitken (Iago) and Claire-Louise Cordwell (Desdemona) give the kind of inspired, irresistibly vigorous performances that make you want to see them in the uncut version: they clearly know where the engine of this great play is.'
**** Sunday Times