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

Rebecca Trehearn (Lilli), David Ricardo-Pearce (Fred), Jack Benjamin (Ralph), Dan De Cruz (Doorman / Suitor), Kimmy Edwards (Lois), Andre Fabian Francis (Paul), Sheldon Greenland (Gangster 1), Robert Jackson (Gangster 2), Jay Perry (Bill), Tom Sowinski (Harrison Howell), Thomas Sutcliffe (Harry Trevor), Chioma Uma (Hattie)

Creatives/Company

Music(s): Cole Porter, Tom Attwood (musical supervision / orchestration)
Lyrics: Cole Porter
Book by(s): Sam Spewack, Bella Spewack
Producer: Watermill Theatre
Director: Paul Hart
Design: Frankie Bradshaw
Choreographer(s): Oti Mabuse, James Bennett (associate choreography)
Sound: Tom Marshall
Lighting: Rory Beaton