MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
THEATRE REFLECTION
Name: Dunmomi Osunkunle
Student Number: T00690452
Course: ENGL 1210
Lecturer: Dr. Tara Chambers
Much Ado about Nothing: Theatre Reflection
I really enjoyed watching this live performance of Much Ado about Nothing. Everything
regarding this performance is amazing, from the actors to the costume and the lighting. These
specific features are some of the things that make me like the play even more. The fact that this
performance brings this play into a more modern era makes it more interesting and relatable to
the audience puts the play in a light that people would not have seen before. One of the
reasons the audience can tell its from a modern era is that the use of a cars, clothing like jeans
were worn and the costumes at the party were of characters in this modern time, for example,
there was a character that was dressed as miss piggy. Another reason the play is really good is
the type of dialogue that they have in the play. It is a bit fast paced which is part of what helps
bring out the fluidity of the play and the comedic aspects of each actor’s performance.
I believe the only thing that is difficult for me to understand is the language, reason being that
although it is in English, it combines old English and modern English together which I believe is
to give it a bit of that Shakespeare effect. Besides that, the play is good and it made me laugh a
lot as well. I also like the fact that during the play there were parts were the audience knew
what was going on but the characters in the play like when benedick was hiding and
eavesdropping on the conversation about him and Beatrice. The whole audience could see
Benedick was trying to hide and the way he made a mess of himself but nobody on stage knew,
also when he spit out his drink and they did not know where it came from. The audience knows
about all that but the people on stage do not know. This is just an interesting watch, and I
would recommend it to other people.