Corey McMahon has not only selected a superb cast, but he has dug deeply into the script to create a tense and disturbing production. Make sure that you see it.
Kate Roxby and Brad Williams are well-paired as the agoraphobic duo. Their performance is an intricate verbal dance, weaving around one another, each trying to lead, the power swinging to and fro in stages as they negotiate the complex, multi-layered script.
Director, Cassandra Backler, made a brave decision to attempt to cast this production of William Shakespeare's fantasy comedy with current university students for her debut as a director for the Guild.
“It’s not often (alas) you can see a theatre production set and acted in a bar where you get served by the actors on arrival!” Terri-Louise Kelly (Independent Weekly).
The play was originally inspired by the rise of the fascist Iron Guard in Ionesco’s native Romania in the 1930s.