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Juliet & Romeo

2.3 stars (1 Review)

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Company	U of W Theatre Department
Genre	Drama
Venue	(12) Canwest Centre for Theatre and Film (U of W) (View Map)
Fringe Page	Show Times & Information

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From WinnipegFringe.com:

The UWinnipeg Theatre Department returns with another innovative production unlike any other you will see at this year's Fringe. Tom Stroud, who brought the smash interpretation of A Doll's House to Fringe '09, creates another lyrical and expressionistic adaptation of a timeless classic. You can't miss this new look at Shakespeare's most famous story of love and tragedy!

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Reviewed by Booba
July 16, 2010

Overall rating:		2.3
Acting & Performance:		2.0
Script:		2.0
Venue:		3.0
Value for Your Buck:		2.0

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While some actors stood out in the University of Winnipeg theatre students' production of Romeo & Juliet, renamed here Juliet & Romeo, most of the show fell flat on its indecision of whether to modernize this classic or not. It all starts with the show's new name, changed here for no reason I could discern, and continues all the way to bizarre wardrobe, casting and script choices. Some innovative stabs in the dark are certainly made here - Romeo and Juliet are both played by women, with Tattoo and Katty Perry providing the soundtrack, and there is a weird switch of actors halfway through... But mostly, the audience is just left wondering what just happened there, and where it was all going.

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