SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE

Name: SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Start: 2019-07-15T00:00:00
End: 2019-08-17T23:59:00
Location: Arts Centre Melbourne

MelbourneTheatreCompany

Run Dates

2019.07.15 ~ 2019.08.17

Arts Centre Melbourne

About the show

Young Will Shakespeare has a bad case of writer’s block and desperately needs a muse. His new comedy, Romeo and Ethel the Pirate’s Daughter, is less than inspired and he’s running out of time to deliver his next masterpiece. That is, until he meets Viola, and a real-life Romeo and Juliet story starts to take hold. But Viola has a secret, and this damned Romeo play is turning out to be nothing like the comedy the Queen demanded. Shakespeare in Love won seven Oscars in 1998 when Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes stole our hearts on screen. Now, Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman’s Academy Award-winning script has been transformed by Lee Hall (Billy Elliot) into a side-splitting stage comedy with a stirring love story at its heart. In a coup for MTC, this Australian Premiere production from acclaimed director Simon Phillips has been specially licensed by Disney Theatrical Productions. Don’t miss this unique theatrical event, which guarantees a rollicking night of romance and backstage fun, with lavish musical accompaniment. Originally produced on the West End by Disney Theatrical Productions & Sonia Friedman Productions, directed by Declan Donnellan, and designed by Nick Ormerod.

Details

based on the screenplay by MARC NORMAN & TOM STOPPARD adapted for the stage by LEE HALL Cast Will Shakespeare | Michael Wahr Viola de Lesseps | Claire van der Boom John Webster / Mistress Quickly | Aljin Abella Kit Marlowe | Luke Arnold Sam | Laurence Boxhall Wabash / Lambert | Tyler Coppin Lord Wessex / Nol | Daniel Frederiksen Lord Tilney / Sir Robert de Lesseps | Francis Greenslade Ralph | Peter Houghton Musician | Andrew Kroenert Henslowe | John Leary Hugh Fennyman | Adam Murphy Queen Elizabeth I / Nurse | Deidre Rubenstein Ned Alleyn / Frees | Chris Ryan Richard Burbage / Boatman | Aaron Tsindos Spot | Daisy Creative Team Director Simon Phillips Set & Costume Designer Gabriela Tylesova Lighting Designer Matt Scott Musical Director Andrew Kroenert Sound Designer Kerry Saxby Choreographer Andrew Hallsworth Fight Director Nigel Poulton Voice & Dialect Coach Leith McPherson Associate Set Designer Jacob Battista Associate Costume Designer Dann Barber Associate Costume Designer Janet Hine Associate Lighting Designer Clare Springett Assistant Director Jess Burns Assistant Choreographer Liam McIlwain Fight Captain Michael Wahr Animal Handler Rebecca Faulkner – We Do Animals Stage Manager Christine Bennett production photo ©Jeff Busby

Where it's been performed

Arts Centre Melbourne

Melbourne

Australia

Melbourne

Australia

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