Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare Directed by Penny Tuerk
		May 13th - 22nd, 2010	The Tower Theatre performing at St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch

Julius Caesar Michael Mayne	Brutus Ed Malcomson	Cassius Laurence Ward	Mark Antony Gately Freeman
Chorus, playing all the other roles
Metellus Cimber; Octavius Caesar Matthew Addison	Casca Barry Clarke	Portia Simona Hughes	Marullus; Trebonius John Morton
Soothsayer; Lepidus Peter Novis	Lucius; Popilius Lena Pamela O'Brien	Lucilius Ed O'Shaughnessy	Flavius; Artemidorus Richard Pedersen
Calpurnia; Pindarus Harriet Watson	Decius Brutus; Messala Jonathan Wober	Cinna; Titinius Aqil Zahid

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Photography by Alexander Knapp

Production Team
Director : Penny Tuerk
Movement : Lindsey Royan
Costume Design : Sheila Burbidge and Celia Reynolds
Lighting and Sound Design : Laurence Tuerk

 
Stage Manager : Alison Liney
Assistant Stage Managers : Margaret Ley, Moira McSperrin
Wardrobe : Jill Batty, Denyse Macpherson, Nigel Martin
Sound Operator : Michelle Roebuck
Percussion : Peta Barker
Refreshments : Pat Grosse, Bernice Molloy

Honour is the subject of my story         If you have tears prepare to shed them now

It is the feast of Lupercal                Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war

Beware the ides of March    Men at some times are masters of  their fates

Mischief thou art afoot   It must be by his death           

Words before blows       Who so firm that cannot be seduced?                   We will be revenged

Julius Caesar at St Leonard's Church

Review in the Camden New Journal by Amah-Rose Abrams

The Tower Theatre Company has long had a reputation for putting on entertaining and accomplished productions in and around Islington and Camden. Their latest is a timely production of Julius Caesar at St Leonard's Church in Shoreditch. Just as the powerplay in central government took an historic turn, the actors took to the stage to act out Shakespeare's classic tale of power and corruption.

In the setting of this historical building, legendary Elizabethan actor James Burbidge was laid to rest. Now, in keeping with the church's theatrical traditions, the Tower Theatre Company take on this great play – and more than do it justice.

The chorus, a key part of this production, lead the drama, building the tension around the plot to overthrow the emperor of Rome in an attempt to bring democracy to the empire. But power corrupts, and we see how guilt and desperation for power can erase any ideals held by those caught up in it. The key speech of the play, Mark Anthony’s "Friends, Romans, Countrymen ... " is indeed the highlight of the production and brought to mind the sometimes frenzied nature of the relationship between the British media and the public.