Battlesong of Boudica

the school of night · Ages 15+ · United States of America

world premiere
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Review by TJ O'BRIEN

June 26, 2022 certified reviewer
tagged as: engrossing · Engaging · period piece · music · combat · ensemble

What I liked

What’s not to recommend? A genuinely engaging and engrossing piece with a large, talented, and game ensemble that features everything from spirited performances to skilled combat galore to live musical accompaniment to an unsettling puppetesque creation! Definitely worth checking out.

What I didn't like

This is such a minor quibble and not actually about the performance itself, but being that it’s a large cast frequently playing multiple characters who aren’t always named in the dialogue, it would have been extremely helpful if the program had also included Shakespearian-type character descriptions such as “X, daughter of Y” or “G, a general in the H army” and so on.

My overall impression

Engaging, engrossing ensemble piece!

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