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Blackadder II by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton

5th - 9th Oct 2021

Event info

Start Time: 7.30pm

Tickets: £15.00 Concessions: £13.00


Description

“To you, Baldrick, the Renaissance was just something that happened to other people, wasn’t it?”

Based on three episodes of the legendary BBC TV sitcom, this hilarious show transports us back to Elizabethan England where the scheming Lord Edmund Blackadder exploits his withering wit and cowardly cunning to seek his fortune at court. 

As ever, Blackadder’s ambitions are constantly hampered by his idiotic sidekicks - the aristocratic buffoon Lord Percy and turnip-loving Baldrick. 

To gain favour with Queenie, he must also contend with the eccentric ramblings of Nursie and the crafty scorn of Lord Melchett. 

Brought to you by the team who staged our hugely successful production of Blackadder Goes Forth in 2018, here we present a trio of the very best and funniest episodes from Curtis and Elton’s second series: ‘Beer’, ‘Bells’, and ‘Head’.

Adapted by Matthew Hope from the original BBC TV Series scripts for Blackadder II

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Fees for this production were donated to Comic Relief  https://www.comicrelief.com 

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Cast 

Lord Edmund Blackadder: Sam Hinton

Lord Percy: Ben Ostell

Baldrick: Tony Sehgal

Queen Elizabeth I: Catherine White

Lord Melchett: Tony Childs

Nursie: Karen Elliott

Kate/Bob: Catherine Ellis

Flashheart: Jake Wilson Craw

Lord Whiteadder: Steve Strouzer

Lady Whiteadder: Kirstie Corfield

Mr Ploppy: Mike Cornish

Mistress: Ploppy Marina Cornish

Kate’s Father: Martin Collins

Young Crone: Sarah McLane

The Wisewoman: Ann Zunder

Lady Farrow: Alison Carr

Piddle & Earl Farrow: Robbie Close

Partridge & Dr Leech: Daniel Magee

The Minstrel: Craig Fairbairn

Production Team

Directors: Matthew Hope, Sean Burnside

Stage Manager: Sasha Quigg

Assistant Stage Manager: Rosa Cole

Set Design: Megan Smith, Precious Oyibo

Sound: Kate Scott, Tom Zunder

Lighting Design: Xander Brouwer

Lighting: Jess Williams, Karl Bovenizer, Robbie Close

Props: Ann Tweedie, Jez Corfield

Set Build Lead: Alan Potts

Set Build: Ronny Miller

Costume: Dianne Edwards, Julie Tucker, Chloe Parrack

Rehearsal Prompt: Heather Birleson

Special thanks to Peter and Helen from "In Disguise" Choppington, Northumberland, NE62 5SE https://in-disguise.co.uk

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