Details

Tells an allegorical story, loosely based on the play The Romancers (Les Romanesques) by Edmond Rostand, concerning two neighbouring fathers who put up a wall between their houses to ensure that their children fall in love, because they know children always do what their parents forbid. After the children do fall in love, they discover their fathers' plot and each goes off and experience the world. Finally they return to each other and the love they had, having learned from the world to recognize their true feelings.

Cast/Performers

Lorna Want, Luke Brady, David Burt, Clive Rowe, Edward Petherbridge, Paul Hunter, Hadley Fraser, Carl Au

Creatives/Company

Book by: Tom Jones
Lyrics: Tom Jones
Music: Harvey Schmidt
Corporate Sponsor: Japan Airlines
Producer(s): Kumiko Yoshii (for Gorgeous Entertainment), John Gore, Thomas B. McGrath (in association with Nica Burns and Max Weitzenhoffer for Nimax Theatres)
Director: Amon Miyamoto
Design: Rumi Matsui
Lighting: Rick Fisher
Choreographer: Amon Miyamoto
Costume: Nicky Shaw
Sound: Mike Walker