Details

In a dark and sinful city, where fear prevails, no one is safe - not even those who have given their lives to God. Isabella is a novice nun, committed to her vows of chastity. Claudio her brother enjoys the company of prostitutes and pleasures of the flesh. In a city where vice is rife, Duke Vincentio has lost control and disappears from public life leaving his cousin Angelo to rule in his place. Angelo begins by reinstating old laws long forgotten...laws that condemn those to death for having sex outside of marriage. It is not long before Claudio is caught. When Claudio summons Isabella to his aid however, Angelo himself is tempted to fall and presents Isabella with an impossible choice; perpetual damnation or her brother's life? Running time 3 hours.

Cast/Performers

Tom Anderson, Ishia Bennison, Toby Dantzic, Esther Ruth Elliot, Daniel Evans, Emma Fielding, John Lloyd Fillingham, Christopher Harvey, James Hayes, Paul Higgins, Shereen Ibrahim, John Lightbody, Andrew Macbean, Bill Nash, Fergus O'Donnell, Keith Osborn, David Peart, Javone Prince, Nathan Rimell, Lisa Stevenson, Simon Trinder, Beth Vyse, Rob Wynn

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Producer: Royal Shakepeare Company
Director: Sean Holmes
Design: Anthony Lamble
Lighting: Tim Mitchell
Music: Adrian Lee
Sound: Andrea Cox
Choreographer: Michael Ashcroft