Fights, betrayal, backstabbing, bloodshed, love, sex, madness – King Lear is a complex family drama set in an nondescript time period.
Vermont composer and percussionist, Brian Johnson provides powerful original music which adds to the dark mood of the show. A one-man band, Johnson masterfully manipulates a combination of odd instruments from behind the stage, including his own voice with a healthy dose of reverb.
As always, Shakespeare adeptly displays the most human side of us all, even when showing us at our worst. King Lear plays at the FlynnSpace April 23 – May 4th.
Music: Brian Johnson
Location: Flynn Space, Burlington Vermont
Click here to watch this video on YouTube.
Also new this week, Nick Garza is Missing: A Volunteer Search.
This article appears in Apr 30 – May 6, 2008.
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