Perth Theatre Trust Announces JULIUS CAESAR, 8/17-20

PERTH THEATRE TRUST AND STATE THEATRE CENTRE
PRESENT BELL SHAKESPEARE'S
JULIUS CAESAR
BY William Shakespeare
DIRECTED BY Peter Evans
WITH ALEX MENGLET AND KATE MULVANY
Wednesday 17 August to Saturday 20 August, 2011
DIRECTED BY Peter Evans, DESIGNER Anna Cordingley, LIGHTING DESIGNER Paul Jackson
COMPOSER/SOUND DESIGNER Kelly Ryall, MOVEMENT/FIGHT DIRECTOR Nigel Poulton
VOCAL COACH Natasha McNamara, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Imara Savage
WITH Keith Agius, Rebecca Bower, Daniel Frederiksen, Benedict Hardie, Katie-Jean Harding, Alex Menglet
Colin Moody, Kate Mulvany, Gareth Reeves, James Wardlaw

To see the future one must only look to the past. Like many who came before him and after him, Julius Caesar had the support of the people but the loathing of The Players. They conspired. They persuaded. They whispered it was for the good of the country. All they needed to succeed was Brutus. Poor patriotic Brutus. He was like a son to Caesar and a poster boy for the republic. But not even a front-man of such unimpeachable integrity could avert the total and utter disaster their daggers set in motion.

Peter Evans, Bell Shakespeare's new Associate Artistic Director, takes this momentous piece of Roman history and transports it to the corridors of backroom politics. This time, when Caesar gets the axe, it's the media who roar like an angry mob.

This sharp political drama puts friendship to the test and reveals a stark contrast between our intentions and our actions. With Alex Menglet as Caesar and Kate Mulvany as the conniving Cassius, we go behind the scenes as yet another leader is forced from office.