Royal & Derngate, NorthamptonThe physical comedy ensemble revives the ancient Greek play in an audacious staging with a tragicomic present-day backstory The keynotes of the time are chaos, greed and corruption; drama is dying. Cultural commentators lamenting the state of theatre over past weeks? Yes, but also the setting for The Frogs, first produced in 405BC. Aristophanes's play has the quality of an oxymoron: i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32AM on January 28, 2024