Triumvirate – Review: Metro

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Written by Alan Massie and directed by David MacLennan, Triumvirate is the latest in the A play A pie and a pint lunchtime theatre. Set at a key point in the history of the Roman Empire, the action follows Caesar’s son, Octavian (Matthew McVarish), as he joins forces with two older men, Lepidus (Findley Welsh) and Mark Antony (Michael MacKenzie), to plot ways to revenge the Republic and do down their common enemies.

The production is intentionally spartan, and despite deliberately anarchistic costumes, modern terms such as ‘swings both ways’ sometimes sit awkwardly alongside the clipped militaristic language. Triumvirate is a well researched, slightly dry but strongly performed historical drama, and makes some relevant points about the subtly pernicious nature of power broking.

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