Taming of the Shrew
"I see a woman may be made a fool
If she had not a spirit to resist."
Kate must have a husband before her sister Bianca is wed; Petruchio is the man to tame her. With elaborate planning and chaotic execution, the suitors set the stage to tame a 'curst' shrew and win Bianca's hand.
With disorder, deception and disguise, 'The Taming of the Shrew' has all the makings of a classic Shakespearean comedy and yet, underpinned by misogyny and domestic abuse, contains some of the most hard-hitting themes of the canon. The EUSC’s 11th annual production will address these themes head-on in a frank, bold retelling of a controversial classic.
12th-16th March 2019 at 7:30pm
Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh
Cast & Crew
Director - Tilly Botsford
Producer - Ruby Sullivan
Assistant Director - Sasha Briggs
Assistant Producer - Hannah McGurk
Stage Manager - Eve Aaronovitch
Production Manager - Iona Tangri
Set Designer - Patrick Beddow
Lighting Designer - Elissa Webb
Katherina - Anna Swinton
Bianca - Jess Butcher
Petruchio - Michael Hajiantonis
Lucentio - Will Peppercorn
Hortensio - Thomas Noble
Baptista - Michael Zwiauer
Grumio - Sally MacAlister
Tranio - Levi Mattey
Gremio - Henry C0ldstream
Biondello - Callum Pope
Vincentio - Nathaniel Brimmer-Beller
Ensemble - Amelia Chinnock-Schumann, Marina Jodrell, Lizzie Lewis, Camilla Makhmudi
Romeo & Juliet
A storm is on the horizon in Verona. Ancient tensions between the Capulets and Montagues have reached breaking point and the youth are restless. Under the summer stars, two young lovers nd each other and seek an escape from their fractured world. But some forces are more powerful than love...
The EUSC’s tenth annual production will be a visceral, contemporary production of Shakespeare’s ultimate tragedy.
Tuesday 6th - Saturday 10th March 2018, 7:30pm
Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh
cast & Crew
Romeo - Douglas Clark
Juliet - Eliza Lawrence
Friar Lawrence - Esmée Cook
Escalus - Francesca Sellors
Mercutio - Will Peppercorn
Benvolio - Michael Black
Balthasar/Chorus - Grace Dickson
Tybalt - Michael Hajiantonis
Nurse - Kirsten Millar
Capulet - Nathaniel Brimmer-Beller
Lady Capulet - Lucy Davidson
Paris - Jacob Baird
Abram - Sam Coade
Sampson - Billy Slater
Gregory - Gordon Stackhouse
Montague - Ben Schofield
Lady Montague - Megan Lambie
Friar John - Callum Pope
Peter - Joe Christie
Apothecary - Henry Coldstream
Director - Finlay McAfee
Artistic Director - Caroline Elms
Producer - Molly Teshuva
Production Manager - Ciara Milligan
Assistant Director - Matthew Sedman
Tech & Set Manager - Liz Marsh
Stage Manager - Iona Tangri
Set Manager - Kathryn Weaving
Production Designer - Laura Hounsell
Designer - Ben Schofield
Composer - Madison Willing
Props Manager - Molly Sacks
Photographer - Andrew Perry
TWELFTH NIGHT
‘If this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction…’
In the kingdom of Illyria, courtly love is rife, but far from simple. Orsino loves Olivia, Olivia loves Cesario - who is in fact Viola in disguise - who in her turn loves Orsino. Add Viola’s identical twin brother Sebastian, the sycophantic steward Malvolio and a couple of mischievous knights into the mix, and chaos ensues.
In a production unlike anything the Edinburgh University Shakespeare Company has done before, witness Shakespeare’s greatest comedy played out in fully authentic Elizabethan costume and accompanied by live original music; it is truly not to be missed.
Tuesday 21st - Saturday 25th March 2017, 7:30pm
Teviot Debating Hall, Edinburgh
Cast & Crew
Viola - Olivia Evershed
Olivia - Francesca Sellors
Orsino - Ben Schofield
Malvolio - Charlie Ralph
Sir Toby Belch - Thomas Noble
Sir Andrew Aguecheek - Callum Pope
Maria - Isabel Woodhouse
Feste - Kathryn Salmond
Sebastian - Michael Zwiauer
Antonio - Benjamin Aluwihare
Fabian - Tom Whiston
A Priest/Valentine - Henry Coldstream
Curio - Sally Pendleton
Ensemble - Megan Lambie, Sophie Smith, Abi Ahmadzeh
CREW
Director - Lauren Stockless
Producer - Katherine Moar
Production Manager - Nell Gray Andrews
Assistant Director - Kate Campbell
Dramaturg - America Archer
Tech Manager - Ciara Milligan
Stage Manager - Jess Smith
Assistant Stage Manager - Sophie Macnair
Set Manager - Brandon Shalansky
Costume Designer - Laura Loszak
Assistant Producer - Hero Candy
Lighting Designer - Liz Marsh
Co-Musical Directors - Fiona Russell & Reace Black
King Lear
All good deeds need not be rewarded.
King Lear is Shakespeare's epic tragedy of heartbreak and goodness in the face of hostility. The ageing king descends into madness, and his family cuts him loose as the transpiring events become too much to bear.
Now in its seventh year, the Edinburgh University Shakespeare Company takes what is arguably Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy and allows it to become a play about a father who’s mind slips away from him and how those around him are forced to compensate.
|| 1st - 5th March 2016 || Pleasance Theatre || Tickets £10/ £7.50/ £7 ||
CAST & CREW
Director - Henry Conklin
Producer - Louise Spence
Production Manager - Laura McGugan
Assistant Director - Valentina Dunn
Costume - Kathryn Weaving
Hair - Isabella Rogers
Lights - Elissa Webb
Sound - Eliot Bacon
King Lear - Will Fairhead
Goneril - Caroline Elms
Regan - Agnes Kenig
Cordelia - Marina Windsor
Duke of Kent - Thomas Stuchfield
Duke of Gloucester - Ben Schofield
Edmund - Olivier Huband
Edgar - Macleod Stephen
Duke of Cornwall - Jordan Roberts-Laverty
Duke of Albany - Sam Coade
Fool - Pedro Leandro
Oswald - Vicente Ochoa
Ensemble - Grace Dickson, Kate Campbell, Holly Marsden, Kathryn Salmond, Rebecca Waites, Callum Pope, Ben Horner, Ewan McAdam
EVENT - www.facebook.com/events/1524964704475574/
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
It is the summer of 1939 and Britain is travelling headlong towards one of the most devastating and transformative periods of its history.
In the grand canal-side mansions of Little Venice, the privileged elite of London sit smoking their cigars and enjoying the fruits of their inheritance, oblivious to the oncoming collapse. Hardly thirty minutes from the grandeur of Little Venice are the brick terraces of the East End where Shylock, a Russian Jew, has earned a small fortune exploiting the spendthrift habits of the rich and irresponsible. As their feud unfolds, quiet voices on the radio warn them all, unheeded, of the storm that is about to break...
7:30pm 10th - 14th March 2015
(5:30pm Gala Reception Friday 13th)
(2:30pm matinee Saturday 14th)
Assembly Roxy
Tickets £6 (student) | £8 (concession) | £10 (full price)
available at www.eushakespeare.com
For more information regarding group bookings please get in touch.
CAST & CREW
Director - Rae Glasman
Assistant Directors - Lucy Evans & Selin Senkoken
Producer - Liz Mills
Production Manager - Jack Simpson
Costume Designer and Manager - Rose McCormack
Costume Assistant - Laura Loszak
Costume Assistant - Lisa Gilroy
Props Master - Aisling Kelly
Props Assistant - Olivia Evershed
Lighting Operator - Ciara Milligan
Sound Operator - Huw Jones
Sound Designer - Chris Armitstead
Set Designer - Kate Brown
Set Assistant - Kirsty Mann
Set Assistant - Maeve Matheson
Hair and Make Up - Bella Rogers
Videographer - Sally Pendleton
Shylock - Joe Shaw
Bassanio - Will Fairhead
Antonio - Pedro Leandro
Portia - Isobel Moulder
Nerissa - Caprice Avis
Gratiano - Chris Edge
Lorenzo - Rory McIvor
Salarino - Macleod Stephen
Solanio - Dominic Corbett
Jessica - Kirsty Findlay
Lucy - Chaz Watson
Duke/Gobbo - Eric Geistfeld
Arragon - Lewis McKenzie
Morocco - Tom Birch
Tubal - Kathryn Salmond
Ensemble - Holly Marsden, Grace Dickson & Olivia Kashti
The Tempest
"Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, sounds a sweet aires that give delight."
Amidst storming seas and relentless waves lies the tale of ‘The Tempest’. Within its dream like sequences we are imbued with the spirit of sorcery, intrigue, the quelling of past feuds and the kindling of new loves. Placed within the twisting pipes, rusting rails and windswept decks of an abandoned oil platform floating in a wild ocean, this production delves into the mystery, beauty and comedy in what is widely regarded as one of Shakespeare’s finest works.
Performed upon a dynamic thrust stage, incorporating elements of physical and ensemble style theatre, the EUSC's production aims to shed new light on this renowned piece.
4th - 8th March 2014, 7:30pm
Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh
Tickets £10 (Full) / £7 (Student) / £6 (Member)
Cast & Crew
Director - Jack Kinross
Producer - Lauren McLay
Technical Manager - Kirstyn Petras
Stage Mananger - Ruth Luckins
Assistant Director - Elske Waite
Videographer - Sally Pendleton
Prospero - Sacha Timaeus
Miranda - Poppy Weir
Ariel - Ellie Deans
Caliban - Joe Shaw
Stephano - Connor Jones
Trinculo - Dean Joffe
Ferdinand - Will Fairhead
Alonsa - Lucile Taylor
Gonzalo - Jon Oldfield
Antonio - Alex Poole
Sebastian - Will Hearle
Adrian/ Spirit - Laurie Motherwell
Francesco/Spirit - Grace MacDougall
Coriolanus
A man's revenge against his city... And what is a city if not its people?
In the aftermath of bloody riots, Caius Martius Coriolanus: famed champion of Rome is triumphant against Tullus Aufidius; enemy of the state.
But as his life of dedicated martial service is finally to be rewarded, will his famed disdain for populism and the fickle tide of public opinion be a death sentence to Rome?
Set in the 1980s, amidst political upheaval and social strife, the Edinburgh University Shakespeare Company presents a tragic dissection of democracy; exploring power, influence and the delicate interplay between the two.
Show dates: 27 Feb - 2 March
Location: Pleasance Theatre
Cast & Crew
Producer: Luka Antony Bjeliš
Director: William Watt
Asst. Director: Melanie Phillips
Production Manager: Celia Dugua
Technical Managers: Ben Hussey, Tom Turner and Ruth Luckins
Stage Managers: Carolyn Doyle and Denis Schröder
Coriolanus: Andy Edwards
Aufidius: Frank Kerr
Brutus: Sacha Timaeus
Cominius: Olivier Huband
Titus Lartius: Fred Fergus
Agrippa Menenius: Emma Zahedi
Volumnia: Sarah McGuinness
Valeria: Abby Jackson
Virgilia: Venice van Someren
Sicinius: Lucy Taylor
Ensemble: Marika Proctor, Lily Wakeley, Inag Rudzitis, Tom Birch, Craig Methven, Alex Gray, Martin MacLennan & Jon Oldfield
The Winter's Tale
A sad tale's best for winter...
Lents is the man who has everything: Power, Wealth and a loving wife and child he should be content with. Instead, he is uncomfortable with the world around him. Isolated by a destructive jealousy, he lashes out violently and watches as his life crumbles to the ground around him.
The EUSC capture the incredible beauty and savage cruelty of one of William Shakespeare's most eclectic and inventive plays, marrying terrible tragedy and farcical comedy in a way unique in Shakespeare's work.
28th Feb - 3rd March 2012, Pleasance Theatre
Running Time: 3hrs30mins (incl. interval)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (2011)
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Titus Andronicus
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