Set outdoors at the beautiful Abercrombie House, with thanks to Christopher Morgan, Xanthe Morgan and many very helpful bodies for the setup and scene in which we include the constant presence of the fabulous peacocks.

The creative production along with insightful and timely artistic direction from Zoe Newman seems to smoothly envelope the entire play and brings to it a comprehensive cohesiveness that is almost melodic.

The cast begin the show weaving in and out among the assembled audience and casually invite them to place themselves in the time in which the play is set before Mr Shakespeare begins to weave his magic.

This is a very interesting concept with the possible side effect of performers getting any “stage fight” under control and even allowing the naughtier cast members to inveigle unsuspecting and innocent audience members into participating in the ongoing action.

The scenery is as complicated as it needs to be and the cast are, to my mind, very luckily attired in a beautiful and clever costumes gathered together under the auspices of Stella Sciberras and Hannah McCarthy.

So colourful and so beautiful they shone like jewels in the evening lights.

Couple this with the ethereal music (and the ever present peacocks) it was really something very special.

It began the performance with a touch of magic. 

The cast exude youthful enthusiasm as they have as much fun with this as the audience and I constantly felt that I was not viewing this but was actually an integral part of the events occurring around me.

The fluidity of the play shows that each and every player, whatever size of the role is encouraged to partake of the feast of words before them.

The ships at sea, the storms and the ships wrecked on shore were truly inspirational - again identifying a production prepared to search for smart ideas to put ideas across.

My favourite scene and a hit with the women seated around me, was the fabulous birthing scene – I will speak of it for years to come – very, very clever and very, very funny. 

The matched quality of the cast was evident throughout – there was not one who played it false.

Each and every performer brought their precious gift courtesy of Mr Shakespeare, all polished and shining and placed at our feet. 

It is never wise to underestimate the amount of back staging that occurs in events like this and it is obvious that a great deal has occurred in this production.

The way in which cast members inhabit their roles is a revelation and it is possible to catch sight of the various backstories which imbrue the performances.

Again the production and directing team are to be credited as their combined talents have allowed the wonderfulness of the script to unfurl and become laid bare before us.

For the enjoyment of this production at the beautiful Abercrombie House, spoil yourself and organise tickets through Sticky Tickets for performances until November 26 and enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!