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.

Cast/Performers

Matthew McKenna (Fred Graham), Caroline Sheen (Lilli Vanessi), Justin Thomas (Bill Calhoun), Monique Young (Lois Lane), Cory English (Gangster 1), Carl Sanderson (Gangster 2), Gary Davis (General Harrison Howell), Andrew Gordon-Watkins, Piers Bate, Davide Fienauri, Tarinn Callender, Craig Turner, Adam Philpott, Paul Hutton, Thomas Audibert, Emily Squibb, Holly Willock, Katia Sartini, Helen Turner, Molly May Gardiner, Tash Holway, Jessica Pardoe, Laura Ellis

Creatives/Company

Music: Cole Porter
Lyrics: Cole Porter
Book by(s): Sam Spewack, Bella Spewack
Producer: Celia Mackay
Director: Matthew White