20:00, Thu 4th – Sat 6th July 2019 at Leper Chapel
Summer Vacation
Democracy under threat. Conspiracy. Assassination. Riots. Death Squads. Civil War. The walls of the ancient and atmospheric Leper Chapel echo with cries , whispers and curses.
Caesar’s angry ghost wants blood.
A compelling walkaround production from in situ: – the experts in environmental theatre.
Not simply a performance of Shakespeare’s powerful political drama, but a complex creative response to it. Using Shakespeare’s original text in unusual and thought-provoking ways, splicing in other texts from Plutarch and others, using in situ:’s trademark approaches of extended voice and complex choreographies, Julius Caesar Project circulates around the violent death of a charismatic leader and its catastrophic consequences.