Details

After civil war Messina seems to have returned to peace with few casualties and a courtship holds the promise of reconciling the battle of the sexes in a well matched wedding. But the reconciliation's have been too hurried and soldiers can't return to the civilian world overnight.

Cast/Performers

Byron Mondahl (Messenger), Lucy Black (Beatrice), Siobhan McMillan (Hero), Philip Buck (Don Pedro), Paul Currier (Don John), Oliver le Sueur (Claudio), Jay Villiers (Benedick), Paul Nicholson (Antonio), Nicholas Gadd (Conrade), Russell Bright (Borachio), Morgan Philpott (Balthasar), Elinor Lawless (Margaret), Renu Brindle (Ursula), Bill Wallis (Dogberry), Morgan Philpott (George Seacoal), Byron Mondhal (Henry Oatcake), Peter Townsend (Friar Francis), Christopher Hogben (Sexton)

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Producer: Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory
Director(s): Andrew Hilton, Dominic Power (associate director), Nadia Giscir (assistant director)
Design: Chris Gylee
Lighting: Paul Towson
Sound: Elizabeth Purnell
Choreographer: Jonathan Howell
Costume: Tomasin Cuthbert (costume supervisor)