Details

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.

Cast/Performers

Adrian Dunbar (Fred Graham / Petruchio), Stephanie J Block (Lilli Vanessi / Katherine), Charlie Stemp (Bill Calhoun / Lucentio), Georgina Onuorah (Lois Lane / Bianca), Nigel Lindsay (Gangster), Hammed Animashaun (Gangster), Peter Davison (General Harrison Howell), Josie Benson (Hattie), Jack Butterworth (Paul), Jude Owusu (Harry Trevor / Baptista), Carl Au (Ensemble / Hortensio), Jorsan Crouch (Ensemble / Gremio), Gary Milner (Ensemble / Ralph), James Hume (Ensemble / Pops), Alisha Capon (Ensemble), Shani Cantor (Ensemble), Maya de Faria (Ensemble), Amelia Kinu-Muus (Ensemble), Jacqui Jameson (Ensemble), Lucas Koch (Ensemble), Alex Lodge (Ensemble), Nell Martin (Ensemble), Anna McGarahan (Ensemble), John Stacey (Ensemble), Harrison Wilde (Ensemble), Robin Kent (Swing), Barry Drummond (Swing), Emily Goodenough (Swing), Maddie Harper (Swing)

Creatives/Company

Music(s): Cole Porter, Stephen Ridley (music supervisor)
Lyrics: Cole Porter
Book by(s): Sam Spewack, Bella Spewack
Director: Bartlett Sher
Choreographer: Anthony Van Laast
Design: Michael Yeargan
Costume: Catherine Zuber
Lighting: Donald Holder
Sound: Adam Fisher