Details

Based on Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew. Two gangsters are despatched to extract a debt from the leading man of a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. They arrive on its First Night, in the middle of a blazing row between the show's stars and end up on stage singing Brush Up Your Shakespeare. Sung in English. New Production

Cast/Performers

Quirijn de Lang (Fred Graham), Jeni Bern (Lilli Vanessi), Tiffany Graves (Lois Lane), Ashley Day (Bill Calhoun), Callum Train (Hortensio), Emmanuel Kojo (Gremio), Katie Kerr (Hattie), Wayne Robinson (Paul), John Savournin (Gunman), Joseph Shovelton (Gunman), James Hayes (Harry Trevor), Peter Harding (Harrison Howell), Jacade Simpson (Nathaniel), Joshua Da Costa (Gregory), Emile Ruddock (Phillip)

Creatives/Company

Music: Cole Porter
Lyrics: Cole Porter
Book by(s): Sam Spewack, Bella Spewack
Producer(s): Opera North, Welsh National Opera
Conductor(s): David Charles Abell, Oliver Rundell (assistant conductor)
Director: Jo Davies
Choreographer: Will Tuckett
Design: Colin Richmond
Costume: Colin Richmond
Lighting: Natasha Chivers