The Tempest was the first Pembroke Players tour to grace the Yokohama Theatre stage.

Shakespeare’s magical and strange last play – his poignant farewell to the stage – has love, tragedy, and comedy combined in equal measure, as the usurped Prospero draws his enemies to an enchanted island to exact his revenge.

Drawing intense focus from the theatrical nature of the play, the Pembroke Players' version of The Tempest was an intrusive production, bringing the audience right into the heart of the magical isle. What followed was explosive, irreverent, and deeply heartfelt; a production which released the lightness and dark of Shakespeare’s text, revealing a story which was at once playful and hilarious, but also broodingly disturbing.