The Blue Room and Idea ex Machina present Cry Havoc

"It is for the good of the country. A sacrifice has to be made.”

When the President of the United States begins to make up new platforms and policy initiatives on the spot, it throws his administration into chaos.

Elected as a right-wing Republican with a strong stance on national defence, President James Freeman has suddenly swung inexplicably to the left.

With the nation’s safety at stake and the presidency running wildly out of control, White House Chief of Staff Marc Douglas is faced with an impossible choice – until he is handed an unthinkable one.

William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century in this bold contemporary thriller by writer/director Grant Watson (Degree Absolute, Serpentine).

Welcome to the fall of the world's final empire.

 

Produced by Graeme Watson
Lighting design by Calum Watson

Featuring: Peter Clark; Kingsley Judd; Michael Lamont; Sonia Marcon; Mia Martin; Peter Nettleton; Clinton Ward Horner; and Amy Welsh.

 

Meet the Artists Wednesday 28 October.

Box office and bar open 1 hour prior to show start time.