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FringeReview UK 2024
Frozen is far more than a thriller: it’s an interrogation into the limits of what evil-doing is, what redemption and some capacity to forgive might be, and its consequences: and above all it ends in a thaw cracking like a Russian spring.
This smouldering production – fast-talking or timeless - fully engages with the play. It makes almost perfect sense: and two families’ DNA ring true as rarely before.
Stephen Unwin directs his own play as a sweep of storytelling, laughter and devastation.
This triumphant revival by Ustinov Studios and the Old Vic might finally encourage exploration. You must see this.
With institutional racism and trauma compounded in a feedback loop, this Othello’s a timely, and timeless broadside on everything toxic we inhale and expel as venom.
There’s so much to admire here that it’s a happy duty to urge you to see it, if you can, any way you can.
Mike Poulton’s text gleams and snaps. Lucy Bailey’s production of it thrills and occasionally overwhelms, dazzling in its maze of missteps. A must-see.
