Much Ado About Nothing at the Houston Shakespeare Festival is a delight.
is a tale of two couples contending with eavesdropping, double crossing, trickery and, of course, themselves. It begins with the arrival of Don Pedro’s party at the home of Leonato, a governor who lives with his daughter, Hero, and niece, Beatrice. Don Pedro’s group includes his illegitimate brother, Don John; committed bachelor, and Beatrice’s one-time love interest, Benedick; and a young soldier, Claudio.
Together, Fischer and the cast navigate the comedic peaks and the dramatic valleys as best they can, not shying away from the tonal shifts of the second act while maintaining the show’s overall buoyant mood. It’s not easy, though; Hero’s wedding day humiliation is a tough one to get through. Patrick Fretwell is lovestruck and bright-faced as Claudio, while Dinah Ndu’s Hero slips easily from giggly crush to besmirched honor. Alan Brincks, who had the audience laughing before uttering a single line, his Don Pedro dandyish and benevolent. Dain Geist is appropriately discontented and growly as the weaselly villain Don John and Christopher Nicanor is an unapologetically impish Borachio. Avery Kenyatta’s Leonato is affable until he’s the horrified, disgusted father of the second act.
Scenic Designer Jon Young’s bright blue set is evocative of the play’s seaside setting, and proves to be adaptable with the fluid use of just a few moving set pieces, like a building’s façade or a couple of trees with intricately gnarled branches. Complimenting the set are Jodie Daniels Tannahill’s confectionary costumes, frilly and full and quite easy on the eyes, and Clint Allen’s lighting choices.
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