A Spirit, a King and a Monster enact a dark naked ritual on an enchanted isle in this stripped-down sequel to 'The Tempest'.
At the end of Shakespeare's final play, moon-calf and monster Caliban is left on the beach unclad, unhinged and alone.
Five years later in Milan, his old master - magician, magus and manipulator Prospero - reaches the end of his days. His passing triggers a new storm, a fresh cosmic disturbance that brings two of Caliban's old sparring partners back to the spellbound domain to play out an elemental triangular rite of ambition, dream and desire.
This Jarman-esque fever-dreamed version of events half a decade on from the Bard's late romance is a rich and strange concoction of candid sights and sounds and sweet airs combining to deliver a sensual feast.
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