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

Cast/Performers

Quirijn de Lang (Fred Graham / Petruchio), Jeni Bern (Lilli Vanessi / Katherine), Alan Burkitt (Bill Calhoun / Lucentio), Morgan Deare (Harry Trevor / Baptista), Amelia Adams-Pearce (Lois Lane / Bianca), Landi Oshinowo (Hattie), David Peart (Harrison Howell), Joseph Shovelton (1st Gunman), John Savournin (2nd Gunman), Matthew Barrow (Hortensio), Jon Tsouras (Gremio), Joseph Poulton (Gregory), Louis Quaye (Phillip), Adam Tench (Nathaniel), Max Parker (Paul), Rosie Hay (Ralph the Stage Manager), Martin Lloyd (Stage Doorman), Julian Boyce (Cab Driver).

Creatives/Company

Music: Cole Porter
Lyrics: Cole Porter
Book by(s): Sam Spewack, Bella Spewack
Company: Welsh National Opera
Producer: Opera North (co-production)
Conductor: James Holmes
Director: Jo Davies
Design: Colin Richmond
Costume: Colin Richmond
Lighting: Ben Cracknell
Choreographer: Will Tuckett