Kiss Me, Kate - Old Vic
Pro reviewers average
2013-05-25
Award-winning director, Trevor Nunn returns to The Old Vic to direct the dazzling, Tony award-winning, Broadway classic, Kiss Me, Kate. Featuring music and lyrics byCole Porter, including Too Darn Hot, Brush up your Shakespeare&nbs...
Award-winning director, Trevor Nunn returns to The Old Vic to direct the dazzling, Tony award-winning, Broadway classic, Kiss Me, Kate. Featuring music and lyrics byCole Porter, including Too Darn Hot, Brush up your Shakespeare and Another Op’nin, Another Show, this exuberant show-within-a-show throws together gun-toting gangsters, sparring actors and romantic entanglements against a backdrop of a musical production of Taming of the Shrew.The 35 strong cast and band includes Alex Bourne, David Burt, Adam Garcia,Clive Rowe and Hannah Waddingham, with choreography by Stephen Mear.
Show Details
| Running dates | from Nov 20 2012 to Mar 2 2013 |
| Theatre | Old Vic |
| Pro Average | |
| Peer Average | |
| My Rating | Review This Show |
| Cheapest ticket | £11 |
| Most expensive ticket | £58 |
| Charles Spencer (The Telegraph) | Full Review | |
| Michael Coveney (What's on Stage, Independent) | Full Review | |
| Fiona Mountford (Evening Standard) | Full Review | |
| Ian Shuttleworth (Financial Times) | Full Review | |
| Time Out (Other reviewers) | Full Review | |
| Lyn Gardner (The Guardian) | Full Review |
| Steven Rayner | ||
| Chris Walsh |
Overview, Cast and Creatives
| Genre | Dance | |
| Synopsis | ||
Award-winning director, Trevor Nunn returns to The Old Vic to direct the dazzling, Tony award-winning, Broadway classic, Kiss Me, Kate. Featuring music and lyrics byCole Porter, including Too Darn Hot, Brush up your Shakespeare and Another Op’nin, Another Show, this exuberant show-within-a-show throws together gun-toting gangsters, sparring actors and romantic entanglements against a backdrop of a musical production of Taming of the Shrew. The 35 strong cast and band includes Alex Bourne, David Burt, Adam Garcia,Clive Rowe and Hannah Waddingham, with choreography by Stephen Mear. |
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| Author | Samuel and Bella Spewack | |
| Director | Gareth Valentine | |
| Trevor Nunn | ||
| Featured Actors/Actresses | Christopher Dickins | |
| David Burt | ||
| Wendy Mae Brown | ||
| Kevin Brewis | ||
| Alex Bourne | ||
| Michelle Bishop | ||
| Adam Garcia | ||
| Paul Grunert | ||
| Mark Heenehan | ||
| Shaun Henson | ||
| Samuel Holmes | ||
| Holly James | ||
| Richard Jones | ||
| Carolyn Maitland | ||
| Jo Morris | ||
| Harry Morrison | ||
| Holly Dale Spencer | ||
| Kate Tydman | ||
| Hannah Waddingham | ||
| Warren Sollars | ||
| Jason Pennycooke | ||
| Tanya Robb | ||
| Clive Rowe | ||
| Designer | Robert Jones | |
| Lighting Designer | Tim Mitchell | |
| Sound | Paul Groothuis | |
| Movement/Choreography | Stephen Mear | |
| Book | Sam Spewack | |
| Bella Spewack | ||
| Music | Cole Porter | |
| Chris Egan | ||
| Lyrics | Cole Porter | |
| Orchestrator | Chris Egan | |