Details

Two wealthy sisters in Padua must be married off. The modest, demure Bianca has no shortage of suitors, but who on earth will take the wild, ungovernable, ?shrewish' Katherina? Perhaps the gold-digging Petruchio, as maddeningly strong willed and perverse as Katherina herself, will be equal to the task of bullying her to the altar. Shakespeare's outrageous comedy introduces one of the theatre's great screwball double-acts, a couple hellbent on confusing and outwitting each other right up to its controversial conclusion.

Cast/Performers

Kathy Rose O'Brien (Katherine), Edward MacLiam (Petruchio), Amy Conroy, Louis Dempsey, Imogen Doel, Sean Fox, Colm Gormley, Aaron Heffernan, Genevieve Hulme-Beaman, Raymond Keane, Gary Lilburn, Molly Logan, Helen Norton, Ayoola Smart

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Producer: Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
Director(s): Caroline Byrne, Joe Dieffenbacher (physical comedy director)
Design: Chiara Stephenson
Music: Olly Fox
Dramaturg: Morna Regan
Sound: George Dennis
Lighting: Natasha Chivers
Other: Dan Hillier (artworks)