You know the story, at least I hope you do. A kingdom based on glory and chivalry brought down by passion and betrayal, whether you know it or not, either is an excellent reason to see Idle Muse Theater's production of The Last Queen of Camelot adapted and directed by Evan Jackson. Retelling the Arthurian legend largely from a female perspective, the play unfolds through the eyes of Queen Guinivere, (Caty Gordon-Hall) torn between desire and duty, and King Arthur's scheming sister, Morgan, (Elizabeth MacDougald) a complex but deadly villain. Jack Sharkey, Laura Jones Macknin and Brendan Hutt all deliver standout supporting performances as the similarly conflicted Sir Lancelot, the calculating Merlin and the jovial Sir Dagonet respectively. Jackson has an excellent ear for elevated high fantasy dialogue and a great eye for visual spectacle along with costumer Amanda Freja Johanson, scenic designer Stina Taylor and the rest of his crew. This telling of the tale synth...

Hello readers, To reintroduce this blog, I was once a freelance theatre reviewer back in the storied late Oughts/early Tens. Then the online media infrastructure of the time collapsed (I think it's been reborn and re-collapsed I'm going to say seven or eight times since then, but I don't keep very close track) But in my deep desire to tell the truth to the people, but honestly mostly my desire to score free theatre tickets, I relaunched my reviewing career in 2019 so that worked out...for a while. Did we win the war? On Covid? Drugs? The Japanese? The British? I don't know, but it's 2023 and I'm back on the beat, and I will probably be reviewing like one show a month for the benefit of the twos and threes of people who might read them!