BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Remounted in May 2025
PHOTOGRAPHY BY SHAY ROWAN
A drunken patron (Sly) falls victim to our gang of Unseemly Women. As Sly wakes from his wild night of Cabaret, he is told a story, supporting a wider prank that Sly is not a drunken patron, but a Lord of great status and wealth. Our Unseemly Women spin him a tale about a wealthy merchant of Padua, and two daughters: Katerina and Bianca. Because of Katerina’s “shrewish” disposition, her father has declared that no one shall wed Bianca until such a time as Katerina has been married. But our girls have a secret…
VENUE
NORTH WEST tour
Category
Shakespeare, Comedy, Drama
Run lenght
13th June- 17th July 2024
COMPANY
HER Production
THE STAGE
The plot is just given a more female-centric spin, which starts off as a grotesque parody before darkening into an unsettling psychological drama…The production has a bruisingly knockabout, almost chaotic feel… enhanced by Hannah Bracegirdle’s pulsing sound, in a staging that powerfully repossesses the play.
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Does it work? Oh, my Lord, yes it does!
I ❤ MANCHESTER
The strong sound design (by Hannah Bracegirdle) works perfectly to highlight this and builds the tense atmosphere whenever Petruchio speaks… Unseemly Women’s production of The Taming of The “Shrew” brings heart, laughs and realism to the original tale in this modern retelling.
“This process was an electric experience. It was wonderful to get to see Shakespeare be reinvented by a talent group of creatives
My thoughts 💭
CAST AND CREATIVES
Megan Holland
The Madam
Shady Murphy
Katerina
Jakki Moore
Baptista
Emily Spowage
Petruchio
Leah Eddlestone
Tranio
Sarah Legg
Gremio
Mia Gibson
Lucentio
Hope Yolanda
Bianca
Nicole Keri
Hortensio
Naomi Albans
Grumio
Ocean Cage
Vincent
Ciara Tansy
Sly
Directed by
Amy Gavin & Hannah Ellis Ryan
Lighting designed by
Tom Sutcliffe
Costume design by
Zoey Barnes
Musical direction by
Eliza Waters
Choreography by
Yandass Ndlovu
Stage management by
Sabine Sulmeistere
Hannah Bracegirdle 