Details

Canterbury Tales is a bawdy classic written 700 years ago, it centres on a group of pilgrims who entertain one another with stories as they ride to Canterbury Cathedral. But despite the apparently holy purpose of their journey these travellers reveal themselves as sinners rather than saints. The pilgrims contrasting and colourful backgrounds offer many different stories, from the serious and moral to the farcical and bawdy, proving that like Shakespeare after him, Chaucer was 'not for an age but for all time' .

Cast/Performers

Ishia Bennison (Wife of Bath), Emily Butterfield (Nun), Matt Connor (Squire), Phil Corbitt (Host), Laura Cox (Prioress), Andy Cryer (Chaucer), Michael Hugo (Cook), Rosie Jenkins (Nun), Guy Lewis (Clerk of Oxenford), Alan McMahon (Monk), David Newman (Tavern Boy), Rob Pickavance (Reeve), Matthew Rixon (Miller), Neil Salvage (Knight), Richard Standing (Yeoman), Andrew Whitehead (Pardoner)

Creatives/Company

Author: Chaucer
Adapted by: Mike Poulton
Company: Northern Broadsides (in partnership with the New Vic Theatre)
Director: Conrad Nelson
Design: Lis Evans
Lighting: Richard G Jones
Sound: James Earls-Davis
Musical Director: Bex Hughes