Pity the Fool

From a fool and a pack of puppets, two offbeat takes on Lear. My review is on KQED Arts.

Geoff Hoyle’s new solo show, Lear’s Shadow, tells the story of King Lear from the Fool’s point of view. Photo by David Ford.

Conrad Bishop as Lear in Independent Eye’s King Lear. Photo by S.N. Jacobson.

PERFORMANCE: REVIEW: From a Fool and a Pack of Puppets, Two Offbeat Productions of ‘Lear’

King Lear
Through April 26
Independent Eye
80 Fresno Street
Emerald Tablet Gallery
San Francisco, CA
www.independenteye.org

Lear’s Shadow
Through June 27
The Marsh
1062 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA
www.themarsh.org

King Lear: Show #29 of 2015, attended April 10.

Lear’s Shadow: Show #30 of 2015, attended April 11.