Richard II
Hot off a country-wide tour of last year’s controversial, sold out Melbourne Fringe show Unsex Me, creator/performer Mark Wilson attacks Shakespeare’s Richard II – the second dick, a God-king who realises he’s human – and comes out with a treasonous consanguinity of celebrity, corruption and religious self-love. Whoever your political Gods are – Richard is the acknowledgement that they are human, corruptible and compromised.
Featuring lavish costuming, a pop sound track and a devastating performance combination of Mark Wilson (Unsex Me, MKA) and Olivia Monticciolo (Phaedre, Bell Shakespeare). MKA’s Richard II is a work of grotesque comedy, knife-in-the-back sharp satire and a passionate play about leadership, worship and ‘mateship’.