Following their recent successes of An August Bank Holiday Lark and Rutherford & Son, Northern Broadsides are set to light up the Liverpool stage once more, as they bring Oliver Goldsmith’s classic romp She Stoops to Conquer to the Playhouse. The 18th century comedy of manners, filled with ludicrous misunderstanding, mischief and mayhem, runs from Tuesday 18th to Saturday 22nd November.
Tongue-tied, uptight Charles Marlow needs a lesson in the art of love. He longs for a wife but finds it easier to have a bit on the side. Barmaid Kate Hardcastle seems fair game – but there’s more to her than meets the eye. Set against the increasingly chaotic proceedings of one very long night, She Stoops to Conquer is filled with larger than life characters, outrageous frocks and plenty of mayhem.
Northern Broadsides’ cast of actor-musicians bring their unique charisma, theatrical magic and innate sense of fun to this flamboyant period comedy. Come prepared for merriment, warmth, wit and wigs. Very big wigs.
Northern Broadsides are one of the country’s most popular theatre companies, renowned for their theatrical inventiveness and ensemble casts of multi-talented and charismatic actors. Directed by Conrad Nelson’s recent comedy hits for the company at the Playhouse include The Grand Gesture, A Government Inspector, and Accidental Death of an Anarchist.
“This is a classic piece driven by that high comedy and a real love of language”, said director Conrad Nelson, calling it, “a full-bellied laugh of a play”.
The cast includes Jon Trenchard (Swallows and Amazons, Bristol Old Vic; A Government Inspector, Northern Broadsides), Lauryn Redding (An August Bank Holiday Lark, Northern Broadsides),Guy Lewis (Twelfth Night, Regent’s Park), Alan McMahon (Wind in the Willows, Birmingham Repertory Theatre),Howard Chadwick (A Government Inspector, Northern Broadsides), Gilly Tompkins (Rutherford and Son, Northern Broadsides),Oliver Gomm (The School for Scheming, Orange Tree Theatre), Andrew Price (1984, Northern Broadsides),Hannah Edwards (Inherit the Wind, New Vic, Stoke) and Andrew Whitehead (An August Bank Holiday Lark, Northern Broadsides).
Tickets for She Stoops To Conquer are priced from £12 to £25. Tickets are available from the Box office, by telephone on 0151 709 4776 or online at www.everymanplayhouse.com.
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