Press page – Tamburlaine

Newspaper page from The Gazette (What’s On Theatre section, 23 March 2017), featuring a feature article by Bridget Galton and a review by Caroline David of Tamburlaine at the Arcola Theatre.

The production was adapted and directed by Ng Choon Ping after Christopher Marlowe, and performed by a British East Asian cast.

Yellow Earth presents Christopher Marlowe’s thrilling, controversial and compelling masterpiece, Tamburlaine. The story of a lowly shepherd who rises to power and conquers half the world through sheer brutality and self-belief.

Presented by a British East Asian cast in a startling new adaptation, this production calls into question the very nature of power, masculinity and violence. What makes a king? What makes a father? What makes a man?

In an age where Trump can become leader of the free world, conflict rages across the Middle East, Europe is increasingly divided and a new power from the East asserts its growing dominance, Marlowe’s classic takes on a new urgency and relevance for our time.

Funded by Arts Council England, Cockayne Trust and The Foyle Foundation.