Details

The play on which Mozart's opera was set (and which was banned in Austria at the time as being subversive!). A riotous comedy where the virtuous unmask the immoral and the quick-witted servants undo their scheming masters. The Count's servant, Figaro, is arranging the final plans for his wedding to his beloved Suzanne, when he stumbles upon his master's plot to evoke the ancient right of droit de seigneur. Can Figaro stop the Count or will the virtuous Suzanne stay a step head of everyone?

Cast/Performers

Kulvinder Ghir (Figaro), Nina Sosanya (Suzanna), Simon Robson, Emma Cunningham, Samuel Barnett, Carol Ann Crawford, Robert Austin, Glyn Pritchard, John Southward, Lydia Baksh, John Cording, Chris Hannon, Andrew Hannon, Andrew Grose, Jo Pridding

Creatives/Company

Author: Beaumarchais
Producer: Royal Exchange Theatre
Translation: Braham Murray
Adapted by: Robert Cogo-Fawcett
Director(s): Helena Kaut Howson, Renny Krupinski (fights)
Design: Johanna Bryant
Lighting: Vince Herbert
Music: Richard Blackford
Sound: Steve Brown