CORIOLAN/US
About the show
August 2012 / Vale of Glamorgan
CORIOLAN/US
From the team that created our startling version of Aeschylus’s The Persians on the military training ranges of mid-Wales, the story of Caius Martius – Coriolanus – was re-imagined in the era of 24-hour news, of celebrity culture, and of a new global politics.
In association with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Commissioned for the World Shakespeare Festival, which was produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company for London 2012 Festival.
The production took place in Hangar 858, a disused World War II aircraft hangar, at RAF St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan. Audience members heard the speech and sounds through headphones using silent disco technology, and were free to move around the space. Two large screens in the centre of the space also showed action filmed from within the crowds and from above.
Creative Team
Mike Pearson
Director/Dramaturg
Mike Brookes
Director/Designer
Simon Banham
Designer
John Hardy
Composer
Mike Beer
Sound Designer
Jon Street
Audio-Visual Designer
Ruth Stringer
Assistant Designer
Lowri Jenkins
Emerging Director
Cast
BRENDAN CHARLESON
JONNY GLYNN
NIA GWYNNE
RICHARD HARRINGTON
CHRIS JARED
RICHARD LYNCH
RHIAN MORAN
JOHN ROWLEY
MATTHEW THOMAS
GERALD TYLER
BETHAN WITCOMB
