Simply Shakespeare Shakeup

My friend and neighbor, Matthew, is a very gifted actor. He just closed a show with the Little Fish Theater company in San Pedro and I was lucky enough to see it. Simply Shakespeare weaves a "tantalizing tapestry of favorite Shakespearean scenes and monologues". Imagine your favorite characters and scenes of favorite plays chronicled in the life of man as he trod through each stage - from infant and back again to frail aged sage. Matt played Hamlet, MacBeth, Lysander, Antony and Richard III all in the span of 2 hours. Shakespeare wrote in a language that I do not understand without a lot of line by line dissection, but these virulent actors made me feel fluent. Bang on timing, body language & downright skill made this production a joy to watch. If you're left wanton, despair not you can catch many of the company players this summer at Shakespeare by the Sea, again in San Pedro.