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

Edward Baker-Duly (Fred), Rebecca Lock (Lilli), Dex Lee (Bill), Amy Ellen Richardson (Lois), Delroy Atkinson (Gangster 1), Cindy Belliot (Hattie), John Conroy (Baptista), Dafydd Emyr (Harrison Howell), Ross McLaren (Gremio), Joel Montague (Gangster 2), Adam Rhys-Charles (Hortensio), Matthew Whennell-Clark (Ralph), Layton Williams (Paul), Jessica Buckby, Ronan Burns, Louis Gaunt, Ruby Greenwood, Tash Holway (also assistant choreographer and dance captain), Jennifer Louise Jones, Bobbie Little, Emmanuele N'Zuzi, Simon Oskarsson, Clancy Ryan

Creatives/Company

Music: Cole Porter
Lyrics: Cole Porter
Book by(s): Sam Spewack, Bella Spewack
Producer: Sheffield Theatres
Director(s): Paul Foster, Will Bujrton (casting director), Kate Waters (fight director)
Design: Janet Bird
Choreographer: Matt Flint
Musical Director: James McKean
Lighting: Howard Hudson
Sound: Mike Walker