Kicking off with the death of the current beloved monarch is only the beginning of Bartlett’s risks. You have to do a surprising amount of imagining around this Studio 180 Theatre production, presented in the off-Mirvish season. Stronger design choices, including a more imaginative use of projection, could have helped the audience with the play’s quick transitions. Bartlett takes the fact that these people are already so familiar and puts that at the heart of the play’s intrigue. The fact that Bartlett’s play both exploits this and reflects critically on it, through its focus on media and representation, is part of what makes it such a rewarding and thought-provoking evening.

Source: thestar February 16, 2018 19:20 UTC