Stratford's The Tempest

For NT Live fans, this Saturday The Tempest is coming from the Stratford Festival. Here is what they have to say on their blog:

 Synopsis “Magic is in the air” (Broadway World) in the Stratford Festival’s latest production of Shakespeare’s final masterpiece, The Tempest, “an elaborate production with eye-popping costumes” (The New York Times) directed by Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino. “ 

The real magic and grandeur come from Martha Henry as Prospero” (The New York Times). She is “one of the true greats” (Chicago Tribune), giving a performance full of “passion and power” (The Globe and Mail). “She’s riveting from her first moments on stage” (Postmedia). “The poetry emerging from her lips is something to behold” (Now Magazine). This “elegant production” (amNewYork) is “embarrassed with fine performances” (Toronto Star). 

Sébastien Heins as Ferdinand and Mamie Zwettler as Miranda
in The Tempest.
Photography by David Hou.

Befitting the play’s origins as the original sci-fi story, the production features “spectacular stagecraft” (Postmedia) and is filled with “giant monsters and sparkling special effects” (The Globe and Mail). “Seeing it is a joy” (Toronto Star). 

Cast Martha Henry, Graham Abbey, Michael Blake, Sébastien Heins, Tom McCamus, André Morin, Stephen Ouimette, Lucy Peacock, André Sills, Mamie Zwettler

The Globe and Mail offers a review of the show.

This is a play that is unfamiliar to me, so I will do a brush up on the plot from Wikipedia.

Arta