Kiss Me Kate: The Musical

Starring multi-award-winner Adrian Dunbar (Line of Duty, Ridley) and Tony Award-winning Broadway royalty Stephanie J. Block (Into The Woods, The Cher Show) in her West End debut, this dynamite duo head the summer’s hottest cast alongside Olivier nominee Charlie Stemp (Crazy For You, Mary Poppins), Georgina Onuorah (The Wizard of Oz, Oklahoma), Nigel Lindsay (Victoria, Shrek The Musical), Hammed Animashaun (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Black Ops) and Peter Davison (Dr Who, All Creatures Great and Small). With backstage shenanigans, Shakespearean sonnets and singing gangsters – not to mention a romance that’s just too darn hot – and a full-scale orchestra performing Cole Porter classics, this all-singing, all-dancing musical comedy is London’s must-see show of the summer.

The original Broadway production of Kiss Me, Kate ran for over 1,000 performances and is regarded as one of the greatest musical comedies ever written. A love letter to the theatre which links Shakespeare and showbiz – the original Noises Off ‘play within a play’ – it was the crowning achievement of Cole Porter’s long and celebrated career. This new production staged at the Barbican in London is directed by Bartlett Sher (The King and I, South Pacific), choreographed by Anthony Van Laast (Mamma Mia!, Sister Act) with costume design from Catherine Zuber (Moulin Rouge).

★★★★★ ‘Sexy & Sassy. Great songs. Hot dancing. Smart gags.’ Daily Mail

★★★★★ ‘The hit songs keep coming and the show brims with wit and flair’ Mail on Sunday

★★★★ ‘A glorious Golden Age spectacular’ The Telegraph

★★★★ ‘Enormous fun’ The Times

★★★★ ‘A lush, wittily spectacular production’ Time Out

Language: English
Venue: The Dukes - The Rake