Performance

Venue	Oxford Playhouse
Town	Oxford
County	Oxfordshire
From	13th November 2018
To	17th November 2018
Oxford Playhouse (V803)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

Wise Children

Work:: Wise Children (S1803407592)

It's 23 April, Shakespeare's birthday. In Brixton, Nora and Dora Chance - twin chorus girls born and bred south of the river - are celebrating their 70th birthday. Over the river in Chelsea, their father and greatest actor of his generation Melchior Hazard turns 100 on the same day. As does his twin brother Peregrine. If, in fact, he's still alive. And if, in truth, Melchior is their real father after all... A big, bawdy tangle of theatrical joy and heartbreak, Wise Children is a celebration of show business, family, forgiveness and hope. Expect show girls and Shakespeare, sex and scandal, music, mischief and mistaken identity - and butterflies by the thousand.

Author

Emma Rice (from the novel by Angela Carter)

Production:: (T01597101879)

World Premiere (West End). An Old Vic and Wise Children production

Producer	Belgrade Theatre Coventry
Producer	Oxford Playhouse
Producer	York Theatre Royal
Adapted by	Emma Rice
Director	Emma Rice
Design	Vicki Mortimer
Other	Lyndie Wright (puppetry)
Lighting	Malcolm Rippeth
Sound	Simon Baker
Design	Simon Baker (video)
Music	Ian Ross
Musical Director	Ian Ross
Choreographer	Etta Murfitt
Performer	Sam Archer (Young Peregrine)
Performer	Ankur Bahl (Young Melchior)
Performer	Stu Barker (The Band)
Performer	Omari Douglas (Showgirl Nora)
Performer	Mirabelle Gremaud (Young Nora)
Performer	Alex Heane (The Band)
Performer	Paul Hunter (Melchior)
Performer	Melissa James (Showgirl Dora)
Performer	Bettrys Jones (Young Dora)
Performer	Patrycja Kujawska (Lady Atalanta / Wheelchair)
Performer	Etta Murfitt (Nora not Mar 26-Apr 6)
Performer	Emma Rice (Nora Mar 26-Apr 6)
Performer	Katy Owen (Grandma Chance)
Performer	Ian Ross (Band Leader)
Performer	Gareth Snook (Dora)
Performer	Mike Shepherd (Peregrine)

Listing:: L0570040966

Production details

World Premiere (West End). An Old Vic and Wise Children production

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