It’s not surprising that Synetic Theater Artistic Director Paata Tsikurishvili wanted to use water in his stunning new wordless production of “The Tempest.” Shakespeare’s play, after all, takes place on an island.

What is surprising are the multiple ways in which Tsikurishvili manages to use that water. He begins retelling Shakespeare’s tale with the exiled Prospero (Philip Fletcher), once Duke of Milan, taking control of the island along with his infant daughter, Miranda (Irinka Kavsadze).