Company: Northern Broadsides
Northern Broadsides delivers a notably not 'of Windsor' Merry Wives in keeping with the company's Yorkshire roots and North-championing ethos. Some less than politically correct characterisations seemed to come straight out of the play's interwar setting. The romping production built on Yorkshire's superb tradition of pantomime.
Director: Barrie Rutter
Designer: Lis Evans
Lighting: Adam Foley
Musical Director: Conrad Nelson
Cast:
Falstaff: Barrie Rutter
Nim/Fenton: Adam Barlow
Simple: Al Bollands
Pistol/William: Ben Burman
Caius: Andy Cryer
Anne Page/Robin: Sarah Eve
Evans: John Gully
Mistress Ford: Becky Hindley
Mistress Page: Nicola Sanderson
Shallow: Thomas Dyer Blake
Bardolph/Rugby: Josh Moran
Page: Roy North
Mistress Quickly: Helen Sheals
Host: Mark Stratton
Slender: Jos Vantyler
Ford: Andrew Vincent.
On Twitter:
@NBroadsides
For More Information:
http://www.northern-broadsides.co.uk/the-merry-wives/
Selected Reviews:
Review in The Guardian:
http://www.northern-broadsides.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/The-Guardian.pdf
Review in What’s On Stage?:
http://www.northern-broadsides.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Whats-on-Stage.pdf
Review in Shakespeare Vol 13: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17450918.2016.1260636
Tour Dates/Locations:
New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-Under-Lyme
Fri 5 – Sat 27 Feb
Viaduct Theatre, Halifax
Tues 1 – Sat 5 March
Hull Truck Theatre
Tue 8 – Sat 12 March
The Lowry, Salford
Tue 15 – Sat 19 March
Rose Theatre Kingston
Tue 22 – Sat 26 March
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
Wed 6 – Sat 16 April
Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
Tue 19 – Sat 23 April
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Tue 26 – Sat 30 April
Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield
Wed 4 – Sat 7 May
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford
Tue 10 – Sat 14 May
York Theatre Royal
Tue 17 – Sat 21 May
Liverpool Playhouse
Tue 24 – Sat 28 May
