Details

Two wealthy sisters in Padua must be married off. The modest, demure Bianca has no shortage of suitors, but who on earth will take the wild, ungovernable, ?shrewish' Katherina? Perhaps the gold-digging Petruchio, as maddeningly strong willed and perverse as Katherina herself, will be equal to the task of bullying her to the altar. Shakespeare's outrageous comedy introduces one of the theatre's great screwball double-acts, a couple hellbent on confusing and outwitting each other right up to its controversial conclusion.

Cast/Performers

Gerard Carey (Grumio), Thomas Aldridge (Nathaniel), James Bisp (Servant), David Burrows (Tailor), Selina Chilton (Servant), Leo Conville (Curtis), Matthew Dempsey (Servant), Hayley Flaherty (Servant), John Hodgkinson (Petruchio), Timothy Kightley (Baptista), Dominic Marsh (Lucentio), Michael Medwin (Vincentrio), Andrew Melville (Gremio), Stuart Nurse (Pedant of Mantua), Helen Owen (Servant), David Partridge (Tranio), Michael Rouse (Biondello), Sirine Saba (Katherina), Sheridan Smith (Bianca), James Wallace (Hortensio), Billie-Claire Wright (Widow)

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Producer: New Shakespeare Company
Director(s): Rachel Kavanaugh, Terry King (fight), Robert Cameron (assistant)
Design: Kit Surrey
Lighting: Jason Taylor
Music: Terry Davies
Sound: Colin Pink