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Maidment Theatre CAST students
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"Michael Hurst . . . he's a wonder. His speaking of Shakespeare is so fresh, so true, he just digs in and finds those famous speeches as if he's never heard them before, and he makes us sit up and think that we've never heard them before. Spine-tingling. So new and exciting". Paul Holmes, Newstalk ZB " . . . Hurst shows . . . his unparalleled ability to speak the poetry. Words, snatches of phrase, sometimes whole passages, explode into life as if never heard before. . . . It's unquestionably not to be missed". Peter Calder, NZ Herald, 31 May 2004 "Macbeth is magnificent. I have to say unequivocally, it's magnificent." " . . . it's a wonderful performance. He takes the audience on Macbeth's journey from opportunist to nihilistic brute, and you get every emotional turning point." " . . . it was a 10 out of 10." Frances Edmond, National Radio, 31 May 2004 " . . . likely to be one of the finest productions to grace the stage this year." Gilbert Wong, Sunday Star-Times " . . . the set is as bare as it would have been in Shakespeare's time, forcing the words to create the scenes". Paul Little, New Zealand Listener, 12 June 2004 edition "I was totally impressed by the ensemble, the artistry and the elegant wickedness of this production. . . . truly entertaining and a good night out--in the bloodiest, darkest and most sinful way possible". Ginger O'Neill, Xpress, June 2003   photo: Patrick Reynolds  photo: Patrick Reynolds
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