To see the future one must only look to the past. This new production of Julius Caesar brings us behind the scenes as yet another leader is forced from office.

Peter Evans, Bell Shakespeare’s new Associate Artistic Director, takes this momentous piece of Roman history and transports it to the corridors of backroom politics.

Like many before him and after him, Julius Caesar (Alex Menglet pictured) had the support of the people but the loathing of the players. While the ruler goes in search of ways to further expand his power, the conniving Cassius (Kate Mulvany) persuades poor patriotic Brutus to join a conspiracy bent on bringing the leader down.

But not even a front-man of Brutus’ unimpeachable integrity could avert the total and utter disaster their daggers set in motion.

And after all the back-stabbing and power-grabbing, with the politicians claiming that their actions are ‘for the good of the country’, what we learn in the end is that violence will only beget violence.

Director, Peter Evans says:

“I find this story constantly relevant. We witness the original pre-emptive strike and the irony of the ‘honourable assassination’ with all the carnage that a power vacuum creates.

“Julius Caesar is a play that is never out of date, in fact feels today relentlessly modern.”

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