Cymbeline
Writer
William Shakespeare
Director
Anna Marsland
Location
The Sainsbury Theatre
Dates
Friday 3 September at 7:30pm
(livestreamed performance)
Monday 6 September at 7:30pm
Tuesday 7 September at 2pm
Wednesday 8 September at 7:30pm
About the show
"To lapse in fullness
Is sorer than to lie for need, and falsehood
Is worse in kings than beggars."
The game is up. A story of tangled romance ensues.
When Princess Imogen marries her best friend, non-royal Posthumus, in a secret wedding that defies convention, it triggers a butterfly effect of chaos. Set against a back drop of war between Britain and Rome, the story unfolds through a web of deceit, jealousy and mistaken identity.
1 hour 45 minutes. There is no interval.
Thought to be one of Shakespeare's final plays and written around 1610, it's fitting that this tragi-comedy, Cymbeline, is suggested to have been produced after the long closure of Theatres at the time of the plague. Appearing in Shakespeare's first folio, it shares themes with Shakespeare's other plays Much Ado about Nothing and Othello. It is suggested that the complex plot was inspired by the 1587 Holinshed's Chronicles and shares some similarities with the historical figure Cunobeline, a Celtic King.
This production uses smoke and haze, fake blood and discusses themes of a distressing nature including rape and violence. The production also features loud noises (popping balloons).
Creative Team
Director
Anna Marsland
Assistant Director
Rebecca Lewis
Designer
Valentine Gigandet
Lighting Designer
Luca Panetta
Sound Designer
Bella Kear
Movement Director
Laura Dredger
Vocal Coach
Paula Stephens
Cast
Belarius
Andrew Douglas Adams
Lord / Posthumus
Christian Benton
Imogen
Kathryn Bogley
Philaria / Guideria
Sarah Boneysteele
Queen / Lord / Jupiter
Avery Bryce
Cymbeline
Teryn Gray
Posthumus / Caius Lucius
Raphaël Lecat
Iachimo / 2nd Captain
Michael Monicatti
French Lord / Iachimo / Roman Captain
Jay Reum
Imogen / 1st Captain
Karina Simmons
Pisania
Brooke Smaltz
Cloten / Cornelius
Jeff Tunke
Production Team
Stage Manager
Emma Kaas Andersen
Deputy Stage Manager
David Bain
Assistant Stage Manager
Katy Ross
Production Sound Engineer
Sam Maslin
Daiva Aleksiunaite
Wardrobe Supervisor
Olivia Weltz
Live Streaming Supervisor
Joe Tomlinson
Camera Operators
Jas Fuller
Sophia Markou
Chief Electricians
Ben Garcia
Callum Watson
Marie Zschommler
Cymbeline in rehearsal
Photos by Alex Brenner
