Set in a modern-day America ruled by an ultra-conservative religious regime, this powerful adaptation transforms Shakespeare’s problem play into a mirror for our times — exploring how state control, moral hypocrisy and personal freedom clash in a society obsessed with sexual morality.
Director Esther Pozo Vera describes the production as “a parable about power — political, spiritual, and sexual. It’s Shakespeare’s most unsettling moral drama, and in a world of purity laws and public shaming, it feels eerily current.”
Abandoning a city drowning in sin, Duke Vincentio entrusts his power to Angelo, a man seemingly devoted to purity and order. Disguised as a friar, he watches from the shadows as Angelo’s moral crusade collapses into corruption — sentencing to death Claudio for love while attempting to possess his sister Isabella, under the guise of righteousness.
05 November, 8pm
06 November, 8pm
07 November, 8pm - SOLD OUT
08 November, 2pm - SOLD OUT
08 November, 8pm
09 November, 2pm
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