Anatomy Titus - Fall Of Rome

Award-winning director Michael Gow directs John Bell in the lead role of Titus.

Set in Rome in the aftermath of a war between the Romans and the Goths, celebrated military lead Titus returns victorious with the Goth queen in chains. But he returns to a battlefield of another kind – the ruthless, decadent and corrupt Roman court that threatens the future of the city he fought to protect.

A tale of grim, grinding brutality with vengeance at its heart, this is a sharply political work that speaks as much of our world today as it does of Ancient Rome. As Titus moves from triumph to tragedy through the shattering consequences of revenge, the message of the futility of war is resounding.

Director Michael Gow says: “Heiner Müller uses another writer’s world to comment on his own. He takes Shakespeare’s early, blood-soaked tragedy and comments on it with his own poetry to reflect on the violence of imperial power.

“His searingly provocative examination of the nature of violence in our modern world will resonate profoundly with a 21st Century audience.”

Performance Times

Wednesday, 8 October 2008, at 7:30 PM

Thursday, 9 October 2008, at 7:30 PM

Friday, 10 October 2008, at 7:30 PM

Saturday, 11 October 2008, at 7:30 PM

Monday, 13 October 2008, at 6:30 PM

Tuesday, 14 October 2008, at 7:30 PM

Wednesday, 15 October 2008, at 7:30 PM

Thursday, 16 October 2008, at 7:30 PM

Friday, 17 October 2008, at 7:30 PM

Saturday, 18 October 2008, at 1:30 PM, 7:30 PM -- www.canberratheatre.org.au