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Measure
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Aaron Mclean is the 22-year-old director from Feilding leading the production and he said he chose this play because it is a ‘‘bit of an anomaly amongst Shakespeare’s works’’.
‘‘It’s more obscure because it doesn’t quite fit into comedy or tragedy like the others. It doesn’t get done very often and I quite like that.’’
Mclean’s fascination with Shakespeare led him to put on his first production, Titus Andronicus, last year.
Measure for Measure tells the tale of a young teenager condemned to death for having pre-marital sex and how the community around him responds.
Mclean said he found it amazing ‘‘that something so distant and so foreign to a modern-day audience can understand us so well’’.
‘‘The things Measure for Measure has to say hit home now more than ever. It’s probably Shakespeare’s darkest play that isn’t a full-on tragedy, but it’s also in many respects his most honest, especially in the world we live in now.’’
Mclean has set the play in a ‘‘mystical, purgatory-like Vienna, with a holy, celestial Government and an industrial, riotous punkstyled public’’.
With modern choreography from Alessia Morel and original music performed by Taryn Field, Mclean said the play feels new and relevant.
Actor Cam Dickons, who plays the comic character of Lucio, said he has enjoyed working with a group of independent actors.
‘‘It’s just us against the world. It’s been quite an experience having the freedom as young people to do it our way.’’
Mclean said he was lucky to secure Creative Communities scheme funding.
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