The Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre is gearing up for an explosive night of thrills, chills, intrigue, and Shakespeare.
Julius Caesars cast and crew will reach the venue for one performance on Thursday, August 16.
Director James Evans has transitioned from creating Bell Shakespeare productions for school audiences to leading the 2018 national tour.
In the directors chair for Julius Caesar, his latest tells a classic Shakespeare tale with enough changes to please a modern audience.
Following Brutus and Cassius during Caesars ascension to power, the story depicts the leaders shocking rise and fall.
The group saw fit to challenge the norm, setting its version in a strange dystopian future.
Described as a masterpiece of intrigue and treachery, the material helped to attract an acclaimed cast including Kenneth Ransom (Gods of Egypt), Jemwel Danao, Ivan Donato, Maryanne Fonceca, Ghenoa Gela, Neveen Hanna, Emily Havea, Nick Simpson-Deeks, Russell Smith and Sara Zwangobani.
Having grown up in Albany, Smith who plays Decius Cinna/Lucilius in the production is looking forward to coming home.
I left there 18 years ago to study in New South Wales and havent had a chance to come back and perform in my home town since, he said.
I think a wonderful thing about a live performance is that it can change every night.
If people are laughing or enjoying it, its a really wonderful thing and it feels like the audience is on your side and with you.
Its like your all sharing this wonderful moment together.
Smith proclaimed the production tells a phenomenal story in a completely inventive way.
A lot of people know the story and are familiar with it, so it comes down to what you, as a company, are going to do and how you are going to tell the story, he said.
This one included a very different rehearsal process based around the fact that there were a lot of elements of movement brought into it.
It goes back to the idea that over and over again throughout history whenever there is a violent takeover of a political power, it never really works.
If the leaders are overthrown, then it always creates a power vacuum in which people are fighting for power within it.
Interested in seeing the show? head to bunburyentertainment.com or call 1300 661 272 to book today.
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