Julius Caesar from The Donmar Warehouse at St. Ann’s – Location, Tickets, Reviews
Update: October 13th, 2013
A rapturously inventive interpretation – set in a women’s prison and featuring an all-female cast of Britain’s brightest – this Caesar stylishly captures the brutality and desperation of Shakespeare’s great political thriller without a drop of testosterone in sight.
Recommended if:
- You can’t wait for the next season “Orange is the New Black”;
- You love thinking-outside-the-box Shakespeare productions;
- You like – or have always wanted to see – Shakespeare that genuinely thrills; OR
- You want to see a dozen of the fiercest actresses alive show the boys how it’s done; and
- You don’t mind a little loud, thrash metal music to emphasize a point or two.
Tip: There are three sections of seats, a large middle section and two smaller sections on each side of the stage. The seats in the middle section have a significantly better view of the performers and there is less risk of being blinded by two roving spotlights, manually operated at the front of the stage.
Original Post: July 26th, 2013
The Donmar Warehouse, a celebrated British theater, presents its bold, new, all-female version of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, set in a women’s prison. It had a successful debut in London last year (one critic calling it “one of the most important theatrical events of the year“), and US critics shared the enthusiasm: the New York Times and the New York Post both used “gripping” to describe this production, and the Huffington Post declared it should be missed.
The show is accompanied by a live thrash metal band and spans more than two hours with no intermission. It is not recommended for children under 14. This Julius Caesar is unlike any Shakespeare we’ve ever seen.
LOCATION
St. Ann’s Warehouse
29 Jay Street, Brooklyn
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RUNNING TIME
2 hours and 5 minutes, no intermission
TICKETS
$50, $45 for members (click here for tickets)
DATES
Extended through November 9, 2013
NEWS & REVIEWS
Reviews
New York Times
Friends, Romans, Countrywomen
New York Post
All hail lady Julius Caesar
Huffington Post
Beware the Ides of March and beware missing “Julius Caesar!”
Theatermania
Phyllida Lloyd sets Shakespeare’s political thriller in a women’s prison, garnering new insights and keeping audiences on edge
Mildly Bitter
Veni, Vidi, Bitteri
News
New York Times
Once More Into the Breeches, Gender-Bending ‘Julius Caesar’ Has All-Female Cast
Reviews from the original production in London, December 2012
The Observer
One of the most important theatrical events of the year
The Evening Standard
Even if it’s not a Julius Caesar for purists, this is visceral and exciting theatre
The Independent
In truth, though, for all the media excitement that Lloyd’s concept has sparked, her production is not nearly as brilliant as Gregory Doran’s recent Julius Caesar
The Telegraph
Gimmicky, humorless, and strained, it would assuredly have had its writer feeling every bit as betrayed as Brutus, or Brunhilda, as we should perhaps think of him now
CAST & CREW
(partial list)
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Phyllida Lloyd
Featuring Jade Anouka, Frances Barber, Alice Bell, Susan Brown, Helen Crips, Meline Denielewicz, Clare Dunne, Jennifer Joseph, Jenny Jules, Cush Jumbo, Irene Ketikidi, Carrie Rock, Harriet Walter, Denielle Ward, Susan Wokoma