“It’s Shakespeare, Jim, but not as we know it”
A man in a dressing gown shuffles in, carrying a box. From the box he pulls the objects, people, quarrels, wrongs, jokes, mistakes, laughter and regrets that add up to a life.
Over the next seventy minutes he re-treads the path that brought him here, to This Great Stage of Fools: the loss of his daughters, the loss of his knights, the loss of his fool, the loss of his wits… oh, and the storm. Don’t forget the storm. When The Rain Came.
Using only Shakespeare’s words (reordered, repurposed, and often repeated) Lear’s Shadow is a mischievous, engaging reflection on Shakespeare’s great domestic tragedy.
Content Warning: this piece contains vivid depictions of Very Poor Parenting.
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/"Hurley's performance is a tour de force - he engaged with the audience brilliantly! Well worth watching"North West End
/"A superb one-man performance! Throughout the 70 minute performance, Hurley captivates"Theatre & Arts Review
/"It was great fun"Reviewsgate
/Hurley delivers a surprising, irresistibly human and comic Lear"British Theatre Guide
/“Utterly brilliant. Funny (very funny), cheeky, moving and stirring. A perfect cocktail.”Audience Comment
/“Funny, thoughtful, inspired, imaginative… thoroughly enjoyed every one of the 70 minutes”Audience Comment
/“It is superb. If you like Shakespeare, or if you hate it, do yourselves a massive one and go and see this. It is illuminating, heartfelt and brilliant”Audience Comment
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Colin Hurley