Details

The story of frustrated young (illegally young in modern terms) love and death and the vendetta between two families in a tight-knit Italian community. One of Shakespeare's most popular and enduring dramas it has also been re-done as film, ballet, musical (most notably "West Side Story") and ice spectacular!

Cast/Performers

Karen Fishwick (Juliet), Bally Gill (Romeo), Afolabi Alli (Paris), Donna Banya (Gregory), Stevie Basaula (Sampson), Ishia Bennison (Nurse), Katy Brittain (Friar John / Apothecary), Raif Clarke (Peter), Beth Cordingly (Escalus), Paul Dodds (Montague), Josh Finan (Benvolio), Andrew French (Friar Laurence), Mariam Haque (Lady Capulet), Michael Hodgson (Capulet), Charlotte Josephine (Mercutio), John Macaulay (Cousin Capulet), Tom Padley (Ballthasar), Sakuntala Ramanee (Montague), Raphael Sowole (Tybalt), Nima Taleghani (Abraham)

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Company: Royal Shakespeare Company
Director(s): Erica Whyman, Ayse Tashkiran (movement director)
Design: Tom Piper
Lighting: Charles Balfour
Music: Sophie Cotton