Tribe Youth Theatre has served up a cauldon brimming with Shakespearean plots, witty one-liners and a popular fantasy world for its new production.
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Based on English writer Terry Pratchett’s Discowrld novels, the Wyrd Sisters follows the efforts of a trio of witches determined to protect their country after a king is murdered.
Set in Pratchett’s fantasy land of Discowrld, Shakespearean tales of MacBeth, Hamlet and King Lear influence the plot that swings between tragedy and laugh-out-loud comedy.
Directed by Kerrie Turpie, Wyrd Sisters is Tribe’s first drama production.
The company was established last year and its debut production, musical Barnum, received a number of Musical Theatre Guild of Victoria award nominations.
With a focus on visual comedy and strong characters, Wyrd Sisters is a play that will appeal to teenagers and adults alike.
Cedar-Rose Russell plays the wise and quick-witted Granny Weatherwax, Bronte Bailey plays the cheeky and jovial Nanny Ogg and Emily Brown is the young, good-hearted Magrat Garlick.
Individually, all three women have developed strong, well-drawn characters.
As a group they are even more impressive. Russell’s Weatherwax is almost nonchalant with a sharp tongue and a clever mind that goes well with Bailey’s Ogg who is full of happy-go-lucky, gossipy charm and Brown’s eager and determined young Margat.
On the other side of good is the scheming Duke and Duchess played by Kody Austin and Ella Fletcher.
Austin and Fletcher have also built impressive individual characters that when couple together are a great source of entertainment and villainy.
Fletcher’s cold, cunning presence is inspired by Lady MacBeth and an excellent foil for Austin’s portrayal of a whiny, easily suggestible Duke who is determined to be more well-liked than the witches.
Wyrd Sisters also features excellent performances from Max Harris as the bumbling-yet-wise Fool and Bailey Matheson who has strong presence as King Verence.
Additionally, the ensemble includes more than 20 other performers who take on multiple characters with great energy.
Behind the scenes, Wyrd Sisters’s production team has worked hard with cast on mastering a wide variety of English accents including West Midlands, southern English and Scottish accents.
The costumes have been impeccably created while good lighting and effects help actors tell their tales.
Triube Youth Theatre’s Wyrd Sisters is on from April 5 to 8 at BTC’s Arts Shed in Allingham Street, Golden Square.
For more details or to book tickets head to http://www.thecapital.com.au/Whats_On/Wyrd_Sisters