KING LEAR
Schedule
Wed, 15 Oct, 2025 at 07:30 pm
UTC+01:00Location
AMATA Arts Centre | Penryn, EN
'Oddbodies’ one man King Lear is something of a miniature masterpiece... a brilliantly entertaining, and frequently astonishing evening. A tour de force of physical theatre...' Christopher James, PoetAdapted & performed by Paul Morel, directed by John Mowat with all of Oddbodies’ trademark physical ingenuity and visual flair, this is an inventive, irreverent and highly accessible take on one of Shakespeare’s most brilliant plays.
Armed with only a drum, a guitar, a knife and a chair, the tragic trajectory of Lear’s demise is presented to you from the point of view of his long suffering and ever-loyal fool.
The bastard Edmund, haughty Goneril, poor deluded Gloucester, oily Oswald, sweet Cordelia, mad Tom – all the characters from this sad and sorry tale brought to glorious life before your very eyes.
Blindness, betrayal, delusion, deceit, love, loyalty, lust and greed –it’s all here in this fast paced, funny, poignant and ultimately heartbreaking production.
Oddbodies is the Company behind such highly acclaimed shows as the two handed RICHARD III (‘The best evening of Shakespeare I can remember’ Jersey Evening Post), a feast of Dickens’ grotesques in SYKES & NANCY (‘More damn good theatre than I’ve seen in many an hour & a half’ - Critic’s Choice Time Out)
and Hogarth’s paintings vividly brought to life in THE RAKE’S PROGRESS
(‘Startling…saucy, eccentric, spicily amusing and Intelligently experimental’ – London Evening Standard)
Reviews for LEAR
‘About as far away from ‘trad and bad’ as you can get, brilliant...You do not want to miss it' *****BroadwayBaby
'Paul Morel is no question, a fierce talent… . A hilarious and fantastic evening.' *****BingeFringe
'It's hard to think of a more engaging introduction to Shakepeare's narrative...' ****FringeGuru
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