Rehearsals are underway for new Shakespeare North Playhouse show 'The Comedy of Errors (more or less)'

First look rehearsal images for a vibrant new adaptation of The Comedy of Errors (more or less), a co-production between Prescot’s Shakespeare North Playhouse and Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre are now available.

The Comedy of Errors (more or less) will be an unforgettable night at Shakespeare North Playhouse as Shakespeare’s most bonkers farce is brought to life in the 1980s. Expect mistaken identity, theatrical chaos and belting musical numbers in the era of big phones and even bigger shoulder pads!

Two rival states. Two sets of mismatched twins. One nutty day at the seaside.An actor from Lancashire arrives in a Yorkshire coastal town to perform his ‘magnificent’ one-man show. Trouble is, there’s no audience – everyone’s booked for a talent show across town starring the twin brother he’s never met.

His twin brother owes money all over town, has promised his wife a gold chain and is banking on winning the talent show to avoid getting in trouble with some unsavoury characters…

Will the twins discover each other? Will they learn how they became separated? Will either show go on at all?

Creatives and cast are as follows:

Cast

Valerie Antwi, Andy Cryer, Claire Eden, David (and Peter) Kirkbride, Alyce Liburd, Oliver (and Zach) Mawdsley and Ida Regan

Creatives

Adapted by Elizabeth Godber and Nick Lane

Director: Paul Robinson

Designer: Jessica Curtis

Composer and sound designer: Simon Slater

Lighting designer: Chuma Emembolu

Musical director: Alex Weatherhill

Movement director and choreographer: Wayne Parsons

Fight director: Kaitlin Howard

Valerie Antwi, Andy Cryer, Claire Eden, David (and Peter) Kirkbride, Alyce Liburd, Oliver (and Zach) Mawdsley and Ida Regan join director Paul Robinson in the rehearsal room to work on a new version of Shakespeare’s most bonkers farce, ‘messed around with’ by Nick Lane and Elizabeth Godber: The Comedy of Errors (more or less).

The show is designed by Jessica Curtis and the composer and sound designer is Simon Slater. The lighting designer is Chuma Emembolu, and the musical director is Alex Weatherhill. Movement direction and choreography is by Wayne Parsons, and the fight director is Kaitlin Howard.

The Comedy of Errors (more or less) can be seen at Shakespeare North Playhouse from Friday 3 to Saturday 25 March, and at the Stephen Joseph Theatre from Friday 30 March to Saturday 15 April.