PRODUCTION OF

BASED ON THE SCREENPLAY BY MARC NORMAN &

ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE BY LEE HALL

MUSIC BY PADDY CUNNEEN Originally produced on the West End by Disney Theatrical Productions and Sonia Friedman Productions, directed by Declan Donnellan and designed by Nick Ormerod

Directed by MAX KEY Choreographed by LIZZIE BALLINGER Set and Costume Design by COLIN MAYES Lighting Design by ADAM KING Sound Design by CHRIS DROHAN Performed by MOUNTVIEW’S THIRD YEAR BA (HONS) PERFORMANCE - ACTING STUDENTS Technical roles by MOUNTVIEW’S THEATRE PRODUCTION ARTS STUDENTS

14-17 APRIL - MOUNTVIEW THEATRE © Disney Photo by RULER

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CHARLIE HEPTINSTALL BA (Hons) Performance - Acting 2020 graduate Photo by RULER Penniless and indebted to two demanding producers, struggling young playwright William Shakespeare is tormented by writer’s block until he meets the beautiful Viola de Lesseps, daughter of a wealthy merchant, whose fiery passion for poetry and drama leaves her secretly longing to be an actor. Based on Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard’s Oscar-winning screenplay, Lee Hall’s stage adaptation of Shakespeare in Love is a gloriously romantic comedy of errors.

DURATION 120 MINUTES

CAST

ANNA SABRINA MACEO RICHARD ELLIOT ARMSTRONG CAPES CORTEZZ DOBSON GOODHILL

Tilney ∙ Kate Queen Ralph ∙ Nurse Burbage ∙ Proteus ∙ Nol ∙ Sir Robert De Barman ∙ Catling ∙ Lesseps ∙ Sampson Boatman ∙ Guard 1 ∙ Actor ∙ Robin ∙ Valentine

PHOEBE SAMUEL SHAHBAAZ BRADLEY MEGAN HORN HOULT KHAN MAC O’ROURKE

Webster Sam ∙ Frees ∙ Juliet Fennyman ∙ Henslowe Kit Marlowe ∙ Dog Apothecary

JASPER MYLES MAIA HARRY BETHANY RYAN-CATER SEMBI TAMRAKAR VERDEN WILSON

Ned ∙ Mercutio ∙ Wessex ∙ Heavy 1 Viola Will Nurse ∙ Wabash ∙ Lambert Mistress Quickly ∙ Molly ∙ Heavy 2 PRODUCTION

DIRECTOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR LX NO. 3 DEPUTY SCENIC ARTIST/PROP MAKER MAX KEY FRANCESCA DAVIES-CACERES ** TRISTAN TERESZCUK† AURELIE CLARK

MOVEMENT DIRECTOR PRODUCTION MANAGER LX CREW SCENIC ARTISTS/PROP MAKERS LIZZIE BALLINGER DAVIN PATRICK EFA GREGORY † TEGAN ROSS ‡ ZIHAIRE AADAMS † HANNAH SUTHERLAND ‡ SET & COSTUME DESIGNER STAGE MANAGER FRANCESCA GRASSO ‡ COLIN MAYES FRANCESCA MCEWEN † SOUND OPERATOR JAMES CRICHTON CAMERA OPERATORS LIGHTING DESIGNER DEPUTY STAGE MANAGER CECILIE FRAY † ADAM KING ELEANOR CHAPMAN † SOUND NO. 2 HOPE KILLEN † † NATHAN BROWN † SOUND DESIGNER ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS FRANCESCA MAI CHRIS DROHAN ALEX JOHNSON † SOUND NO. 3 RO WEST † OLIVIA STONE † ** Theatre Directing student FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER † Theatre Production Arts student MARCELLO MARASCALCHI PRODUCTION LX LEAD CARPENTER ‡ Scenic Art and Prop Making † CONOR THORNTON EMMA HAYWARD student VOICE COACH

RACHEL NICHOLSON ASSISTANT PRODUCTION LX DEPUTY LEAD CARPENTER TOM NIGHTINGALE † TOM BARNETT WARDROBE SUPERVISOR THANKS TO AUTOGRAPH SOUND RECORDING KATIE HIGGINS LX NO. 2 LEAD SCENIC ARTIST WHITE LIGHT LTD ALEXANDER HANNAH † MORWENNA GOODBAN

MAX KEY Director COLIN MAYES Set and Costume Designer

Max studied Theatre Directing at the Drama Studio London and Colin trained with The Royal Shakespeare Company and subsequently trained on the National Theatre Directors’ Course. Max has been as Assistant Designer at The Royal Opera House and English National nominated for an Olivier Award and Off-West End Award for It Is Opera. Credits include: Die Zauberflote, Flastaff, Il Tabarro (New Easy To Be Dead (Trafalgar Studios/Finborough Theatre) which National Theatre, Tokyo), Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Diva Opera, Cap received a five-star review from Michael Billington in . Ferrat), The Ring Cycle (Covent Garden Festival), La Traviata (Toronto Recent theatre directing credits include: The Winter’s Tale by William Festival Opera), Premiere First Award for Kitty Genovese (Edinburgh Shakespeare (RADA), The Glass Piano by Alix Sobler, (The Print Room/ Festival), Mastersingers Award for Little Musgrave (Aldeburgh), world Coronet Theatre), Associate Director to Peter Gill As Good A Time premiere of Cry of Innocence (Greenwich) and world premiere of Tess of As Any (Print Room/Coronet Theatre), Year 10 by Simon Vinnicombe the d’Urbervilles (national tour). His Milan production of We Will Rock (Finborough Theatre), Up the Royal Borough by Sarah Solemani (Lyric You is currently touring venues across Italy. He also tutors in costume/ Hammersmith), Mariana Pineda by Frederico Garcia Lorca (Arcola prop creation and is an MA lecturer on contextual theatre studies. Theatre), Wilde Tales by Oscar Wilde (Southwark Playhouse), The Turn of the Screw and The Rape of Lucretia by Benjamin Britten (Arcola ADAM KING Lighting Designer Theatre). Assistant directing credits include: Peter Gill – The Voysey Adam originally trained at Mountview and has since gone on to work Inheritance (Royal NationalTheatre), Tim Albery – The Flying Dutchman as assistant lighting designer to Neil Austin on Harry Potter and the (Royal Opera House) and Franscesca Zambello – La Bohème (Royal Cursed Child (Palace Theatre) and Bend It Like Beckham (Pheonix Albert Hall). Max’s short film – Preservation, starring Saskia Reeves, was Theatre). His own recent credits include: Snowflake/Tornado Stewart presented at Palm Springs International Film Festival and BAFTA. Max Lee (UK tour), Beyond Therapy (UK tour), Royal Ballet School (Royal has taught and directed over 80 productions at leading drama schools Opera House/Opera Holland Park/Linbury Theatre), Original Death including: RADA, LAMDA and Mountview. Rabbit The Wasp (Jermyn Street Theatre), Jack and the Beanstalk, Aladdin (Harlow Playhouse), The Nutcracker, Peter Pan and Beauty and Movement Director LIZZIE BALLINGER the Beast (New Theatre Royal Portsmouth). Lizzie is a Movement Coach at RADA. She has taught pure movement and social dance extensively at LAMDA, GSMD, Drama Centre London, CHRIS DROHAN Sound Designer Mountview, MMU and for Pennsylvanian State University and the Chris Drohan is a sound designer and composer who has worked on a NYT. As a Movement Director and Choreographer her theatre credits wide and varied range of productions across the country. Chris’ work include The Winters Tale for Cheek by Jowl, Rhinoceros (Royal Court/ has ranged from designing West End musicals to experimental binaural the National Theatre Studio/Watford Palace/the and experiences. Alongside his sound design work Chris also works as a many others), as well as final year productions within drama schools composer having written for theatre productions, as well as short films and productions for the Vienna Children’s Theatre. She regularly works and radio work for the BBC. Sound design credits include: Absurd with the conceptual artist Anna Brownsted devising theatre in situ in Person Singular (UK tour), Tales from the Vienna Woods (RADA), Meet association with the Cambridge Junction Theatre. As a Movement Me at Dawn (Arcola), Shida and Armour (Vaults), Hoard (Arcola), Boots Specialist she coaches through her own company Lizzie Ballinger&Co. (Bunker Theatre), New Nigerians (Arcola/UK tour), The Paradise Circus Lizzie is writing a book based on the work of pioneering movement (The Playground Theatre), Harvey (Playground), Clockwork Canaries specialist Trish Arnold and her mentorship with award-winning (Theatre Royal Plymouth), After the Ball (Gatehouse), All Or Nothing Movement Director and Choreographer, Jane Gibson. Hear more (West End), Knock Knock (Assembly Edinburgh), Thrown (Underbelly about Lizzie Ballinger’s work on podcast. Edinburgh) and 9 to 5 (Gatehouse).

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Shakespeare in Love contains scenes of a sexual nature and scenes depicting violence (including sexual violence). COMING UP NEXT

21-2414 - 17 April APRIL 2021

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