Carleton’s Sock’n Buskin Theatre Company pull off delightfully funny “Much Ado About Nothing”
The latest play from Carleton University’s Sock ‘n’ Buskin Theatre Company is the Shakespeare comedy Much Ado About Nothing, set not in Renaissance Italy but in 1970s Ontario cottage country in a bid to explore Shakespeare’s more eternal themes and the balance of seriousness with plenty of frivolity and dance parties.
The play captures the 1970s feel in the colourful set, costuming, and music. Updating Shakespeare’s setting was a fine move on the part of director Olivia Botelho, and the choice of decade heightened the goofy comedy while taking little away from the plot (there were a few occasions when the upbeat disco soundtrack didn’t quite match the darker events of the play). …