The Tempest

The Tempest
Thought to be one of William Shakespeare's last plays, The Tempest takes place on an exotic island where Prospero has been exiled with his only daughter, Miranda. When Prospero's enemies' ship come near to the island, he uses his magical art to bring them ashore and plan his revenge.

It was directed by Steven Hirst and Dominic Padfield, and performed on Wednesday 28th March and Thursday 29th March in 2012 in the Dylan Thomas Theatre.

Cast
John Welch was originally cast as Sebastian.

Harry Thurston was originally cast as Master of the Ship.

Publicity


The Tempest was featured in a special promotional feature of the Swansea University's Waterfront newsletter (Issue 212, Feb 27th 2012) called Society Spotlight.

Additionally, the South Wales Evening Post ran two promotional features in the lead up to the performance, one the day before the first performance, and the other ran on the day of the final performance.

Program
The Tempest program was designed by Pearl Nunn. It was printed in black and white with a colour cover and back.

Photographs were taken by Safelight Images

Awards
At the 2011/2012 Oscars, The Tempest won the following awards;

Best Actress in a Main Play (Hannah-Lee Docherty as Ariel)

Reception
The Tempest was positively reviewed by the South Wales Evening Post who praised the "dramatic opening scene [which] used clever lighting, sound and stage direction to capture the violent storm."

Swansea University's media, the online blog The Siren also gave it very positive reviews.