Fantastic performance. Given that we were too cheap to pay the extortionate price for a program, I have no idea who was in the cast or even who directed. But what a marvellous production - fast, focused, coulourful, energetic and totally rivetting. A sold out house on a Monday evening, in the Olivier Theatre, which seems to hold about 3000 people.
Definitely want to see more revenge tragedies and Shakespeare contemporaries.
Wow! It knocked you back in your seat from the opening crash of music (by Adrian Sutton and Different Gear - who made a major contribution to the impact of the performance).
ReplyDeleteDirected by Melly Still (who was also one of the credits for the design, which was great).
Cast:
Duchess : Adjoa Andoh
Ambitioso : Tom Andrews
Duke : Ken Bones
Ensemble : Donatella Cabras
Spurio : Billy Carter
Lussurioso : Elliot Cowan
Ensemble : Conor Doyle
Gratiana : Barbara Flynn
Supervacuo : John Heffernan
Piero : Peter Hinton
Ensemble : Derek Howard
Vindice : Rory Kinnear
Ensemble : Pieter Lawman
Ensemble : Jane Leaney
Younger Son : Tommy Luther
Castiza : Katherine Manners
Ensemble : Rob McNeill
Ensemble : Pamela Merrick
Antonio : Simon Nagra
Ensemble : Rick Nodine
Hippolito : Jamie Parker
Ensemble : Richard Shanks
Ensemble : Ross Waiton
Ensemble : Lizzie Winkler
Look out for any of them, particularly Rory Kinnear.