{"id":16303,"date":"2017-01-18T16:50:17","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T21:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=16303"},"modified":"2017-01-18T16:50:17","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T21:50:17","slug":"much-ado-about-theatre-auroras-latest-play-a-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/much-ado-about-theatre-auroras-latest-play-a-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Much Ado About Theatre Aurora\u2019s latest play: A review"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Scott Johnston<\/strong><\/p>\n

The themes of love and treachery involving those returning from war have no doubt played out countless times through the ages.
\nWhether set in Sicily in the 1500s, or updated slightly to 1920s Canada, the stories work just as well.
\nThat\u2019s what we see with Theatre Aurora\u2019s take on William Shakespeare\u2019s Much Ado About Nothing.
\nAlthough faithful to the story, characters and wording of the original play, director Shawn Rocheleau has given it few minor twists in both geography and costume to set the play in Aurora following World War 1.
\nThe plot revolves around the interactions of some men recently returned from war and the family they are staying with temporarily.
\nYoung soldier Claudio and family daughter Hero quickly fall in love, but have a few obstacles to overcome.
\nBenedick and Beatrice are already in love, but don\u2019t realize it yet, as they are too busy verbally sparring with each other.
\nThrow in some other players with their own agendas, a bit of treachery and revenge, some mistaken identity, and despite these challenges, as with all good comedies, true love will win the day.
\nWith 18 cast members, and a story with a few twists and turns spoken in Elizabethan dialogue it may sound like it\u2019s hard to follow, especially if one isn\u2019t familiar with the play. However, it\u2019s easy to keep up once things get going.
\nAll of the performers do excellent jobs with their characters, and use their expressions, reactions and mannerisms to good effect to help supplement the more challenging dialog.
\nThe set itself is simple and effective, and there is a wide variety of costume changes, which also helps establish the different scenes.
\nIt\u2019s been a while since Theatre Aurora has tackled Shakespeare, and the local setting is a nice twist on one of the world\u2019s best known comedies. It makes for an enjoyable night out.
\nEvening performances of \u201cMuch Ado About Nothing\u201d continue at Theatre Aurora, 150 Henderson Drive, January 19, 20, 21, 26, 27 and 28, with a matinee on January 22. Tickets are available through the box office at 905-727-3669.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The themes of love and treachery involving those returning from war have no doubt played out countless times through the ages.
\nWhether set in Sicily in the 1500s, or updated slightly to 1920s Canada, the stories work just as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general_news","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-4eX","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-10 11:15:54","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16303\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}