Details

In a dark and sinful city, where fear prevails, no one is safe - not even those who have given their lives to God. Isabella is a novice nun, committed to her vows of chastity. Claudio her brother enjoys the company of prostitutes and pleasures of the flesh. In a city where vice is rife, Duke Vincentio has lost control and disappears from public life leaving his cousin Angelo to rule in his place. Angelo begins by reinstating old laws long forgotten...laws that condemn those to death for having sex outside of marriage. It is not long before Claudio is caught. When Claudio summons Isabella to his aid however, Angelo himself is tempted to fall and presents Isabella with an impossible choice; perpetual damnation or her brother's life? Part of the Travelex £10 Season

Cast/Performers

Naomi Frederick (Isabella), Paul Rhys (Angelo), Toby Jones (Lucio), David Troughton (The Duke), Angus Wright (Provost), Jamie R Bradley (Boy), Steven Crossley (Friar Peter), Cait Davis (Francisca), Johannes Flaschberger (Barnadine), Mike Grady (Escalus), Tamzin Griffin (Mistress Overdone), Rhydian Jones (Servant to Angelo), Richard Katz (Pompey), Meredith MacNeill (Mariana), Clive Mendus (Froth), Ben Meyjes (Claudio), Kostas Philippoglou (Elbow), Vinette Robinson (Juliet)

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Producer(s): National Theatre, Complicite
Director: Simon McBurney
Costume: Christina Cunningham
Lighting: Paul Anderson
Sound: Christopher Shutt