Scott Bellis directs gender-bending production

Studio 58, the nationally renowned professional theatre training program at Langara College, proudly presents Shakespeare’s enthralling political thriller JULIUS CAESAR. “Beware the Ides of March,” warns the Soothsayer as Caesar returns from battle, and so begins the life-and-death struggle for control of Rome.

Director, Scott Bellis, discusses this non-traditional approach, “I am very excited about this version of JULIUS CAESAR. Our cast, which is mostly female, is engaged in an exploration of what is required to take on some of these traditionally male roles and bring them to life in this story of “honourable men“. In this alternate telling, we are discovering what it means for a male Mark Antony to avenge a female Caesar; what a same-sex marriage looks like in the house of Brutus;  and how being a “man“ can say more about your social status than your gender in this very different vision of Rome.”

Cheyenne Mabberley.
Photo by David Cooper