Details

Married five times. Mother. Lover. Aunt. Friend. She plays many roles round here. And never Scared to tell the whole of her truth, whether Or not anyone wants to hear it. Wife Of Willesden: pissed enough to tell her life Story to whoever has ears and eyes... Based on Chaucer's The Wife of Bath, this irreverent, bawdy and beautiful comedy celebrates the life and times of one of literature's most beloved characters.

Cast/Performers

Clare Perkins (Alvita - The Wife of Willesden), Marcus Adolphy (Winston / Mandela / Black Jesus), George Eggay (Pastor / Eldridge), Andrew Frame (Ian / Socrates / Bartosz), Troy Glasgow (Darren / Young Maroon), Claudia Grant (Polly / Sophie), Nikita Johal (Asma / Kelly), Scott Miller (Ryan / Colin), Jessica Murrain (Author / Zaire / Queen Nanny), Ellen Thomas (Aunty P / Old Wife)

Creatives/Company

Author: Zadie Smith (from Chaucer's The Wife of Bath)
Producer: Kiln Theatre
Director(s): Indhu Rubasingham, Hannah Hauer-King (associate director), Julia Horan (CDG - casting director), Imogen Knight (movement), Kev McCurdy (fight)
Design: Robert Jones
Lighting: Guy Hoare
Sound(s): Ben Ringham, Max Ringham
Costume: Kinneta Isidore (associate costume design)
Other: Hazel Holder (voice and dialect coach)