A sunlit piazza, the candlelit corner of a noble ballroom, a moonlit balcony… when young lovers meet, the world is stilled… then changed forever.
Inspired by Franco Zeffirelli’s classic 1968 film, and set to Prokofiev’s instantly recognisable score, this interpretation is a hot-blooded, passionate re-telling of Shakespeare’s play, sure to resonate with lovers of dance, drama and pure romance.
Dress rehearsal filmed at the St James Theatre, Wellington, 15 August 2017
There is also an Audio Described Performance available here.
Artistic team and cast:
Choreography: Francesco Ventriglia
Costume and set design: James Acheson
Lighting: Jon Buswell
Music: Sergei Prokofiev
Orchestra Wellington conducted by Hamish McKeich
Juliet: Madeleine Graham
Romeo: Joseph Skelton
Mercutio: Massimo Margaria
Benvolio: Filippo Valmorbida
Tybalt: Paul Mathews
Paris: Kohei Iwamoto
Lord Capulet: Jacob Chown
Lady Capulet: Abigail Boyle
Lord Montague: Loughlan Prior
Lady Montague: Sophie Arbuckle
Escalus, Prince of Verona: Emanuele Chiesa
Friar Laurence: Sir Jon Trimmer
The Nurse: Laura Saxon Jones
Harlots: Katie Hurst-Saxton, Veronika Maritati, Kirby Selchow
Tybalt’s friends: Branden Reiners, Yuri Marques
Juliet’s friends: Yang Liu, Linda Messina, Mayu Tanigaito, Marie Varlet
Market women: Tonia Looker, Isabella Swietlicki, Leonora Voigtlander
Market men: Felipe Domingos, Shaun James Kelly, Fabio Lo Giudice
Ladies at the Capulet Ball: Sophie Arbuckle, Rhiannon Fairless, Sara Garbowski, Katherine Minor, Alayna Ng, Georgia Powley
Gentlemen at the Capulet Ball: Emanuele Chiesa, Yuri Marques, Branden Reiners, Pablo Luque Romero
Artistic Director: Patricia Barker
