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), Stephanie Corley (Lilli Vanessi / Katharine), Zoe Rainey (Lois Lane / Bianca), Alan Burkitt (Bill Calhoun / Lucentio), Jack Wilcox (Hortensio), Aiesha Pease (Hattie), Stephane Anelli (Paul), Joseph Shovelton (Gunman), John Savournin (Gunman), James Hayes (Harry Trevor / Baptista), Malcolm Ridley (Harrison Howell), Claire Pascoe (Ralph - Stage Manager), Michelle Andrews (dancer), Rachael Crocker (dancer), Freya Field (dancer), Kate Ivory Jordan (dancer), Harrison Clark (dancer), Jordan Livesey (dancer), Ben Oliver (dancer), Ross Russell (dancer)

Creatives/Company

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