Performance

Venue	Barbican Centre
	Also: Barbican Theatre,Barbican Hall. Guildhall School of Music and Drama Theatre, Cinema1,Cinema2,Gallery, Silk Street Theatre
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	4th June 2024
To	14th September 2024
When	19:30. Sat, Thu Mats 14:30
Barbican Centre (V371)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

Production Changes

Previous details associated with this item and date of change.

Date of change: 17 Jan 24 - T1385710361

Kiss Me, Kate

Work:: Kiss Me, Kate (S1575)

Based on Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew. Two gangsters are despatched to extract a debt from the leading man of a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. They arrive on its First Night, in the middle of a blazing row between the show's stars and end up on stage singing Brush Up Your Shakespeare.

Music	Cole Porter
Lyrics	Cole Porter
Book by	Sam Spewack
Book by	Bella Spewack

Production:: (T1385710361)

Director	Bartlett Sher
Choreographer	Anthony Van Laast
Design	Michael Yeargan
Costume	Catherine Zuber
Lighting	Donald Holder
Sound	Adam Fisher
Music	Stephen Ridley (music supervisor)
Performer	Adrian Dunbar (Fred Graham / Petruchio)
Performer	Stephanie J Block (Lilli Vanessi / Katherine)
Performer	Charlie Stemp (Bill Calhoun / Lucentio)
Performer	Georgina Onuorah (Lois Lane / Bianca)
Performer	Nigel Lindsay (Gangster)
Performer	Hammed Animashaun (Gangster)
Performer	Peter Davison (General Harrison Howell)
Performer	Josie Benson (Hattie)
Performer	Jack Butterworth (Paul)
Performer	Jude Owusu (Harry Trevor / Baptista)
Performer	Carl Au (Ensemble / Hortensio)
Performer	Jorsan Crouch (Ensemble / Gremio)
Performer	Gary Milner (Ensemble / Ralph)
Performer	James Hume (Ensemble / Pops)
Performer	Alisha Capon (Ensemble)
Performer	Shani Cantor (Ensemble)
Performer	Maya de Faria (Ensemble)
Performer	Amelia Kinu-Muus (Ensemble)
Performer	Jacqui Jameson (Ensemble)
Performer	Lucas Koch (Ensemble)
Performer	Alex Lodge (Ensemble)
Performer	Nell Martin (Ensemble)
Performer	Anna McGarahan (Ensemble)
Performer	John Stacey (Ensemble)
Performer	Harrison Wilde (Ensemble)
Performer	Robin Kent (Swing)
Performer	Barry Drummond (Swing)
Performer	Emily Goodenough (Swing)
Performer	Maddie Harper (Swing)

Listing:: L155620984

Reviews

Kiss Me, Kate review
03Jul24: Seen at the Barbican Theatre

Special Performances

17 Jul 24 Touch Tour
17 Jul 24 Audio Described
24 Jul 24 Captioned
31 Jul 24 Sign Interpreted
10 Aug 24 Touch Tour
10 Aug 24 Audio Described
17 Aug 24 Captioned
24 Aug 24 Sign Interpreted

CORONAVIRUS: All venues in the UK were shut down on March 16, 2020, and the restrictions were finally lifted on July 19, 2021. It is important to mention that the UK Theatre Web archive listings (iUKTDb) from March 2020 to July 2021 might not be accurate due to the lack of information regarding rescheduled and cancelled shows.