CORIOLANUS

A violent, political tragedy written in the last few years of Shakespeare’s life, Coriolanus explores the tension between military force and popular rule. It follows the downfall of the decorated soldier, Coriolanus, who is banished from Rome due to his disdain of the common people. Enraged, he does the unthinkable and returns to wage war against the very people he had sworn to protect.

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"It was vital that I create as immersive an experience as I could. I decided on staging the show in the round, and further utilizing what has classically been seen as the “audience space”. As the audience, what role do we play in the consumption of the violence and oppression that we see on stage? What is our role, therefore, as spectators in the war, the bloodshed, the cruelty, the oppression and the subjugation that take place in the real world? And most importantly, how do we go about changing things?"

— Tanya Mathivanan, Director