Washington Post - Highly Recommended
"...Iago's perfidy is so vast in Synetic Theater's breathtaking new "Othello" that no single actor can contain it. On this occasion he's three, three, three rogues in one. A trio of star company performers -- Philip Fletcher, Alex Mills and Irina Tsikurishvili -- portray Shakespeare's consummate villain, sharing the responsibility for stirring up a cyclone of passions and driving Othello to jealous homicide."
Washington Examiner - Highly Recommended
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In the hands of a lesser theater group, all this might come across as unnecessary or tasteless. But director Paata Tsikurishvili doesn't let the technology trivialize or subvert the story. He uses it to deepen the narrative we already know."
Examiner - Highly Recommended
"...In Synetic's "Othello", which opened on June 5, the original, extremely original, music ranges among haunting, romantic, disturbing, whimsical, passionate... It's created by Synetic’s resident composer Konstantine Lortkipanidze, with sound design by him and Irakli Kavsadze."
WeLoveDC - Highly Recommended
"...Now through July 3 you can witness how effectively Synetic Theater tackles this issue with their take on Othello. It’s their sixth wordless Shakespeare production – I thought they had reached the pinnacle with their last outing, Antony and Cleopatra, but clearly there’s no end to the brilliance of this company when it applies its physical theater style to the Bard. Hyperbole? Head to the Kennedy Center’s Family Theater and judge for yourself."
Washington City Paper - Recommended
"...Early in Synetic Theater’s ingeniously re-imagined—and, in the company’s usual style for Shakespeare, entirely wordless—tale of jealousy run amok, a wild-eyed Iago plunges headlong into a mirror and finds that he, along with the mirror, has splintered into shards—one menacing and creepy (Philip Fletcher), one sexy and seductive (Alex Mills), and one feminine and Lady Macbeth–ish (Irina Tsikurishvili)."
Arlington Connection - Highly Recommended
Synetic Theater’s hyperkinetic new production of Shakespeare’s Othello is like no Othello you’ve ever seen before. While it takes some liberties with one of the Bard’s most compelling tragedies, the company’s entirely wordless Othello remains weirdly in tune with the essence of the original play that inspired it.
DCTheatreScene - Highly Recommended
Synetic Theater’s hyperkinetic new production of Shakespeare’s Othello is like no Othello you’ve ever seen before. While it takes some liberties with one of the Bard’s most compelling tragedies, the company’s entirely wordless Othello remains weirdly in tune with the essence of the original play that inspired it.
