Mercury theatre, ColchesterWendy Kweh plays Creon as a politically minded queen in Merlynn Tong's adaptation steeped in grief and decay The chorus has been banished, the cast of five has no room for Eurydice and, most strikingly, Creon is a queen in Merlynn Tong's streamlined take on Sophocles. This British premiere, directed by Dawn Walton at the smartly renovated Mercury, has a shrewd design and is well performed e…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42PM on October 8, 2021