Frantic Assembly takes Shakespeare’s muscular and beautiful text, combines its own bruising physicality, and presents an Othello firmly rooted in a volatile 21st century. This is a world of broken glass and broken promises, of poisonous manipulation and explosive violence.

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Cast

Jimmy Akingbola

Othello

Charles Aitken

Iago

Claire-Louise Cordwell

Desdemona

Leila Crerar

Emilia

Jami Reid-Quarrell

Cassio

Richard James-Neale

Roderigo