Theatre upcoming in 2016 - 3 shows in Melbourne

By Kate Herbert

Now, there are a few plays that I look forward to in 2016 and these include:

1. Disgraced, the 2013 Pulitzer Prize winner by Ayad Akhtar, focuses on a volatile dinner party that breaks the cardinal rule that religion, politics and race are not safe dinner conversation. Nadia Tass directs it for Melbourne Theatre Company.

2. Peter Evans will direct the Bard’s Othello for Bell Shakespeare, in which Ray Chong Nee will play the Moor of Venice as he vents his jealousy and violent love.

3. The marvellous Jenny Kemp is directing Abi Morgan’s Splendour with a cast that includes the equally compelling Belinda McClory at Red Stitch. 

by Kate Herbert