
Chemistry and Kitsch: Know Theatre’s World Premiere of “Shock!” is a Delight
“…the show is packed full of surprise and delight moments, from campy/ kitschy horror gags, to life lessons around compromise and following your dreams”

“…the show is packed full of surprise and delight moments, from campy/ kitschy horror gags, to life lessons around compromise and following your dreams”

Cincy Shakes is known for creative reinventions of Shakespeare’s works and this is certainly a creative gamble. I am happy to say that it pays off.

Director Matthew Lewis Johnson transports Shakespeare’s story about 400 years from the 1590’s to the neon-soaked pulse of the 1980’s.

In “trying times” theatre reminds us that endurance is not passive, it is creative. Through every story, we find our way forward, together.