“Most of what I was getting back then was, there weren’t characters I could play. The experience of directing at Stratford helped M’Carthy prepare to take on “Fairview.”“It got messy before it got unmessy with ‘Death and the King’s Horseman,’” he said. While telling Black stories is a central goal, M’Carthy also doesn’t want this to contain his career. So he has aspirations to Canadian theatre leadership? A recording of “Death and the King’s Horseman” is available on the Stratfest@Home digital platform.

Source: The Star March 11, 2023 03:31 UTC