Touted by one patron as “one of the funniest College shows I’ve seen,” The Frogs: A Modern Adaptation entertained even the most sceptical of theatre-goers.
Born out of the chaos of marrying up Greek ensemble theatre with Elizabethan conventions and a cast of 30 incredibly eager junior students, this year’s production delivered a laugh a minute with exceptional success. While preserving Aristophanes’ classic satire, The Frogs: A Modern Adaptation forced audiences to question whether reality TV shows like Love Island and Keeping Up with the Kardashians have ruined our definition of entertainment. Have we grown lazy in our expectations for amusement, happy to watch people degrade themselves for their 15 minutes of fame? Why does no one go to the theatre anymore? In case you missed it, the show opens with the God of Wine and Theatre, Dionysus (Oscar Gosling), demeaning his long-suffering slave Xanthias (Ciaran Huntley).
Dismayed by the low-brow offerings of the modern entertainment industry, Dionysus decides it is time to bring culture back to the masses and embarks on a quest to retrieve legendary playwright William Shakespeare (William Olsson) from the Underworld. Things go seriously awry, however, when they are
accosted by some reality TV-loving demon frogs. The frogs appear croaking from the mists of the Underworld, threatening to destroy our heroic duo unless they create more reality TV shows for their enjoyment. Each frog tells its own heart-wrenching
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