Much Ado About Nothing
Presented by the Pop-up Globe Queen’s Company.
“I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me.”
The Pop-up Globe Queen’s Company presents Shakespeare’s hilarious comedy, Much Ado About Nothing, at Pop-up Globe Auckland.
Travelling home in the summer heat, a group of soldiers break their journey on a South Pacific Island, at a luxurious mansion inhabited by a wealthy businessman and his beautiful entourage. But while the valiant Claudio and beautiful Hero are head over heels in love, the cynical Benedick swears he’ll never be married - and particularly not to the quick-witted Beatrice. Or will he? Mayhem ensues.
With a contemporary setting, and performed by a full cast in spectacular costumes that blend the past and present, Much Ado About Nothing is an invitation to a joyful and uproarious house party, combining live music, dance and performances by a specially formed international ensemble.
The Pop-up Globe Queen’s Company is Pop-up Globe’s resident mixed company of male and female actors and live musicians, working with world experts to bring you the shock of the old: the effect of Shakespeare’s plays performed in the space for which they were written.
For the Pop-up Globe Queen’s Company
Director: Miriama McDowell
Designer: Chantelle Gerrard
Composer: Paul McLaney
Fight Director: Alexander James Holloway
The Pop-up Globe Queen’s Company presenting Much Ado About Nothing directed by Miriama McDowell and Othello directed by Ben Naylor will be performed by:
Victoria Abbott
Othello: Bianca/Musician
Much Ado About Nothing: Hero
Jasmine Blackborow
Othello: Desdemona
Much Ado About Nothing: Ursula
Jackson Coe
Othello: Lodovico/Soldier/Musician
Much Ado About Nothing: Friar Francis / Balthasar
Theo David
Othello: Officer/Soldier
Much Ado About Nothing: Claudio
Jacque Drew
Othello: Duke
Much Ado About Nothing: Beatrice
Semu Filipo
Othello: Officer/Soldier
Much Ado About Nothing: Benedick
Roimata Fox
Othello: Emilia
Much Ado About Nothing: Margaret
Daryl Green
Othello: Cassio
Much Ado About Nothing: Borachio
Phil Grieve
Othello: Brabantio/Gratiano/Soldier
Much Ado About Nothing: Leonato
Kevin Keys:
Othello: Senator/Soldier
Much Ado About Nothing: Don Pedro
Jonny Light
Othello: Senator/Montano
Much Ado About Nothing: Verges / Messenger
Kieran Mortell
Othello:Roderigo
Much Ado About Nothing: Dogberry
Haakon Smestad
Othello: Iago
Much Ado About Nothing: Conrade
Te Kohe Tuhaka
Othello: Othello
Much Ado About Nothing: Don John