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1936 - T0689653201London, 1936 the threat of fascism grows day by day. Shylock a widow, single mother and survivor of attacks on Jewish people in Russia, runs a small business from her home in Cable Street. Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists plan a march through the Jewish East End and a fragile peace is shattered. Into Shylock's world enters antisemitic Antonio in need of a loan, a dangerous deal is made. Will Shylock take her revenge? A powerful reminder of a key moment in British history.Producer Trafalgar Theatre Productions. Producer Eilene Davidson Productions (in association with Royal Shakespeare Company). Company Watford Palace Theatre. Company Home Manchester. Director Brigid Larmour. Costume Liz Cooke. Design Liz Cooke. Lighting Rory Beaton. Sound Sarah Weltman. Music Erran Baron Cohen. Performer Tracy-Ann Oberman (Shylock). | |
| 18 Mar 25 to 22 Mar 25 | New Theatre, Cardiff :: V823 listing details L1649072741 |
| 25 Feb 25 to 1 Mar 25 | The Lowry, Salford :: V0655996499 listing details L02068234938 |
| 18 Feb 25 to 22 Feb 25 | Leeds Playhouse (formerly West Yorkshire Playhouse), Leeds :: V977 listing details L01942206153 |
| 10 Feb 25 to 15 Feb 25 | Theatre Royal, Bath :: V854 listing details L1696317014 |
| 4 Feb 25 to 8 Feb 25 | Everyman & Playhouse, Liverpool :: V535 listing details L553415014 |
Secret Seats - T01495107857Shakespeare's perennially contested play about corrosive bigotry and blinding vengeance is poised at the radioactive intersection of race, class and religion in Arin Arbus's production. The show's uniquely diverse company evoke the deeply stratified Venice of Shakespeare's play. Its connections to our own grievously fractured world are vivid, stark and startling.Director Arin Arbus. Design Riccardo Hernandez. Lighting Marcus Doshi. Costume Emily Rebholz. Music Justin Ellington. Sound Justin Ellington. Design Tommy Kurzman (hair / wigs / makeup). Director Andrew Wade (voice). Director J Allen Suddeth (fight). Other David Lee Huynh (fight captain). DramaturgJonathan Kalb. Performer John Douglas Thompson (Shylock). Performer Isabel Arraiza (Portia). Performer Varin Aala (The Prince of Arragon). Performer Shirine Babb (Nerissa). Performer Jeff Biehl (Balthazar). Performer Danaya Esperanza (Jessica). Performer Yonatan Gebeyehu (Solanio). Performer David Lee Huynh (Lorenzo). Performer Maurice Jones (The Prince of Morocco / The Duke / Tubal). Performer Alfredo Narciso (Antonio). Performer Dave Quay (Salerio). Performer Matthew Saldivar (Lancelet Gobbo). Performer Ariel Shafir (Bassanio). Performer Haynes Thigpen (Gratiano). | |
| 28 Jan 25 to 15 Feb 25 | Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh :: V604 listing details L1920165222 |
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Shylock is a proud and defiant man. But when he demands a severe debt to be repaid he becomes a victim of his own intransigence and most seriously, the prejudice of others.