The Taming of the Shrew

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. Gender Swapped.

Cast/Performers

Joseph Arkley (Katherine), Charlotte Arrowsmith (Curtis), Hannah Azuonye (Pedant), Melody Brown (Vincentia), Richard Clews (Grumio), James Cooney (Bianco), Amelia Donkor (Hortensia), Laura Elsworthy (Trania), Amanda Harris (Baptista), Emily Johnstone (Lucentia), Alex Jones (Haberdasher), Alexander Mushore (Servant), Michael Patrick (Tailor), Claire Price (Petruchia), Sophie Stanton (Gremia), Aaron Thiara (Servant of Petruchia), Amy Trigg (Biondella), Leo Wan (Widower)

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Company: Royal Shakespeare Company
Director(s): Justin Audibert, Lucy Cullingford (movement), Rachel Bown-Williams (fight director), Ruth Cooper-Brown (fight director)
Design: Stephen Brimson Lewis
Costume: Hannah Clark
Lighting: Matt Peel
Music: Ruth Chan
Sound: Claire Windsor