Reviews

"There’s fantastic work, throughout, from Troughton, grizzled, grey-faced, buttoned-up and stiff-limbed – a loyal old warrior surviving battles abroad only to be betrayed at home, driven to clarifying madness by his blind adherence to a heartless state. He catches Titus’s rasping, ramrod arrogance, his crumpling up with agony, and the particular macabre pathos too of his wildly empathetic raving in defence of a slain fly: “How if that fly had a father and a mother?...”" (The Daily Telegraph ★★★★★)

"A terrific cast give a masterclass in power and paranoia in this tremendous modern-day revival of Shakespeare’s tale of revenge." (The Guardian ★★★★)

"The violation of Titus’ daughter, Lavinia, is like an open wound in the middle of the play, a wet and fleshy puckering. McIntyre does not shy away from the play’s horrors, if anything she magnifies them. Lavinia’s protracted plea to vengeful Goth queen Tamora to spare or slay her, rather than hand her over to her sons, is painful to watch. Her uncle’s discovery of her mangled, traumatised and silenced body, soaked in blood, with her underwear around her ankles, borders on the unbearable." (The Stage ★★★★)

"The title role could not currently be better cast. David Troughton is a fine deadpan comic yet one who always ensures there’s a shadow lowering across the joke, and is also first-rate at the serious, even sombre material." (The Financial Times)