Sheffield Theatres’ artistic director Robert Hastie has announced full casting details for Paul Foster’s major revival of Cole Porter’s classic Kiss Me, Kate, which is due to begin previewing at the Crucible from 7 December 2018.
Due to run until 12 January 2019, with an opening night on 12 December, the new production of Porter’s Golden Age musical version of The Bard’s The Taming of The Shrew, will feature Edward Baker-Duly (The King and I on Broadway and in the West End) as Fred Graham/Petruchio. He will be joined by Rebecca Lock (Heathers, The Other Palace, Oliver! Sheffield Theatres) who will take on the role Lilli Vanessi/Katherine, the other half of the warring couple at the heart of the show.
Amy Ellen Richardson (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, UK tour, Oklahoma!, Chichester Festival Theatre) will take on the role of Lois Lane/Bianca, while Dex Lee (Five Guys Named Moe, Marble Arch Theatre, The Wild Party, The Other Palace) will play Bill Calhoun/Lucentio.
The cast is completed by Delroy Atkinson (Sylvia, The Old Vic), Cindy Belliot (Sweet Charity, Nottingham Playhouse), John Conroy (Guys and Dolls, Sheffield Theatres), Dafydd Emyr (Kick The Breeze, BAC), Ross McLaren (It Happened in Key West, Charing Cross Theatre), Joel Montague (Fat Friends, UK tour), Adam Rhys-Charles (Anything Goes, Sheffield Theatres and UK tour), Matthew Whennell-Clark (My Fair Lady, Sheffield Theatres) and Layton Williams (Hairspray, UK tour) with Jessica Buckby, Ronan Burns, Louis Gaunt, Ruby Greenwood, Tash Holway (also assistant choreographer and dance captain), Jennifer Louise Jones, Bobbie Little, Emmanuele N’Zuzi, Simon Oskarsson and Clancy Ryan.
First staged on Broadway in 1948, the multi-award-winning musical features music and lyrics by Porter and a book by Bella and Samuel Spewack.
Angela Thomas
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