King Lear
In entrusting his kingdom to his daughters, an ageing father turns his family, his world and ultimately his mind upside down. Within the great epic sweep of his tragedy, Shakespeare's pen captures a nightmare vision of human decadence, decay and deceit.
The eponymous king is the most transformed of Shekespeare's tragic protagonists in a play that is perhaps his greatest drama but is also the most harrowing, despairing and the most graphic in its cruelty. We are pleased to bring the Bard's masterpiece back to our stage for the fourth time in our 102-year history.
For David Whetstone's review in The Journal, click here
Production Photographs by Jim Mohan
| Cast | |
| Lear | Tony Childs |
| Goneril | Rye Mattick |
| Regan | Sarah Scott |
| Cordelia | Emma Jane Richards |
| Kent | Mike Smith |
| Gloucester | Stephen Noone |
| Edmund | Sam Hinton |
| Edgar | Sean Burnside |
| Albany | Roger Liddle |
| Cornwall | Stuart Laidler |
| Oswald | Liam Scarth |
| Lear's Fool | Joanne Kelly |
| Ensemble | Andy Aiken, Lwis Cuthbert, Eileen Davidson, Mitch Donaldson, Paul Gaitskell, Jessica Hannah, Patrick Robertson, David Robson, Kate Smith, Mick Smith, Rhiannon Wilson |
| Design&Technical | |
| Stage Design | Tim Swinton |
| Master Builder | Stephen Harrison |
| Lighting Design | Dave Bailey |
| Sound & Graphics | Martin Collins, Richard Davidson |
| Props | Caroline Bavin, Wendy Bennett, Jessica Chapman |
| Wardrobe | Dianne Edwards |
| Set Painting | Adam de Vere, Jacob Ellis, Andrew Patterson, Emma Savage |
| Lighting | Karen Dales, Lisa Harrison, Harriet Tarpy |
| Stage Crew | Dave Harvey, Stuart Dives, James Smith and Members of the Cast |
| Production Team | |
| Director | Chris Heckels |
| Assistant Director | Sarah Davison |
| Stage Manager | Lesley Thompson |
| ASM | Pamela Birleson |
| Rehearsal Prompt | Catherine Edwards |
| Voice Work | Patsy Burn & Paul Carding |
| Fight Choreography | Tim Bennett |
