Review: Haysam Kadri's visceral Othello production is a must-see at the Stratford Festival
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Aisling Murphy
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A review of Haysam Kadri's production of Othello at the Stratford Festival, described as a visceral, brutal, and brilliant staging that balances intense violence with dark humor. The production features standout performances and is named a Critic's Pick, making it an unmissable focal point of the 2026 season.
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· 3 pulledOthello has always been brutal.
In director Haysam Kadri's production at the Stratford Festival, equal parts brilliant and bleak, the play is newly visceral – a pressure cooker building to an unavoidable pop.
But Kadri also manages to tap into the unlikely humour in William Shakespeare's script – the wickedness so over-the-top that, in places, it's chillingly funny.
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