Tristan & Yseult
Presented by Company B, at York Theatre of Seymour Centre
King Mark defeats a neighbouring bully King, and decides to take his victim's sister's hand in marriage, as a final insult. He sends his best knight Tristan to retrieve Yseult from across the ocean, but is unprepared when they return desperately in love with each other. As happens, everyone is tortured, and the second half is mostly predictable in how it unfolds. Apparently an old Cornish tale, this was an exciting and vivacious production that had much to recommend it. An expertly constructed and thought out set (where everything was utilised in multiple ways), a lively and cheeky cast, complementary music and a universal story made for an enjoyable evening. The members of the 'Club of the Unloved', the anorak wearing 'Lovespotters' were a great touch, and improved dramatically what could have otherwise been considered a corny and overly melodramatic story.
Well worthwhile for my first foray to the theatre for quite some time.