Season 71 Kaleidoscope – Much Ado About Elvis by Edwards & Grainger
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Cast
Benedick – ELLIOT MAWSON
Claudio – GABE BOWDEN
Hero – MARIANNA LOW
John – THEO CONNOLLY
Don – GABRIEL BEAUMONT
Valentina – MARTHA EDWARDS
Dogberry – DAISY SMITH
Verges – FREDDIE BULLOCK
Leonato – DANIEL BURNISTON
Antonia – CAITLAN EMSLEY
Borachio – HENRY COTSON
Father Russo – BEN POTTER
Ursula – SARAH-JANE AKERS
Margarite – CHARLOTTE MCENHILL
Conrad – OLIVER HARDAKER
Francesca – LYDIA AITKEN
Sister Angela – MARTHA MAYNYARD
Balthasar – LEO DAVIS
Mancini – LOUIE ANDERSON GOATER
Officer Taglione – TED PEDLEY
Alessia – MILLIE FEARNLEY
Anna – ELLIE AITKEN
Carlotta – PHOEBE COOKSON
Caterina – ALICIA RHODES
Giulia – AMELIA FULLERTON
Lucia – BETH EDWARDS
Sofia – KEIRA HOWARD
Synopsis
A comedy-drama play about misunderstandings, love and deception based on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing but in modern-day English set in the 1950s rock ’n’ roll era. Ex-resistance fighters, Benedick, Claudio and Don Pedro arrive at Leonato’s Italian restaurant in Messina. Beatrice (Leonato’s niece) and Benedick clearly have some history together and enjoy bickering with each other – but is there more to their relationship than trading banter? Claudio falls in love with Leonato’s daughter, Hero, and a wedding is soon arranged. However, Don’s half-brother, John, is determined to cause trouble for Claudio and John’s girlfriend, Valentina (who has been rejected by the townspeople because of her family) plots to damage the reputation of the spotless Hero. Can cleaners and keen neighbourhood watchers, Dogberry and Verges help and can Don and his friends plot to fix Benedick and Beatrice up as a couple….
Directors Notes
