Tristan & Yseult
Director
Emma Rice
Company
Emma Rice Company
Role
Frocin
Type
Theatre
about the show.
"A POEM TO LOVE AND ITS MADNESS"
Emma’s iconic production of Tristan & Yseult returns later this year – nearly a decade since it was last seen in the UK.
It's been over 20 years since Tristan & Yseult first burst onto the stage, and nearly 10 since its last unforgettable run. Now, by overwhelming demand, the show that redefined theatrical romance is back as part of our ground-breaking Director's Cutseason at Theatre Royal Bath.
Here's what Lyn Gardner said in her ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review when the show first opened at the NT in April 2005.
"The production is thrillingly playful in every respect. It is childlike but never childish, full of music from a terrific band and it echoes with hoots of laughter and the whispered memory of despair. It embraces you so warmly that you feel as if you have been physically hugged. I loved it with a passion."
Reviews
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"The best piece of theatre I have ever seen."
The Times
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"A five-star show that goes right to the heart."
Broadway World
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"Burrows deep into your core."
The Stage
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"Tristan & Yseult remains essential viewing.
Every theatre lover should see it at least once."
Whats on Stage
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"Soars with giddy glory."
The Guardian
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"There is wonderful humour from King Mark's spurned right hand man, Frocin (Matthew Churcher)."
The Guardian
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"Frocin (Matthew Churcher) a friend of the king who's bitter at being displaced by Tristan, also supplies several amusing moments, including clumsily trying to take Polaroid pictures of Tristan and Yseult caught in flagrante while lowered jerkily on wires. Despite Frocin's bad behaviour, we feel his pain at wanting to be liked and regain his place at court."
Broadway World
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"Matthew Churcher is equally impressive as the malevolent courtier Frocin, consumed Iago-like by thwarted ambition and willing to go to comically perilous extremes to bring King Mark evidence of Tristan and Yseult’s love affair."
Stage Talk Magazine
"This restaging brings together a multi-talented cast who couldn’t give more in energy and commitment as they burst into frantic dance routines, play instruments, and swing and dangle perilously from the central ship’s mast… As a secondary Zanni, Matthew Churcher impresses as the treacherous Frocin."
Plays International
