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The all-star cast of Kiss Me, Kate at Barbican rev...
From the brilliant mind behind the hit musical Anything comes an excit...
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Shakespeare’s cackling play gets a melodious reboot in this high-stakes musical about a quarreling couple making a musical. The classic narration of The Taming of the Shrew has been adapted, and tamed, into a stellar production that is in equal parts clever and absurd. At the center are Lilli, a young, vivacious, and hopeful performer, and Fred, the egotistical director and her infamous ex-husband. The passionate love that once bubbled between them has given way to constant yelling, name-calling, and even gun-toting gangsters. Is the intense animosity actually a desperate attempt to rekindle the lost fire between them? Find who wins in the tussle between love and hate at the Barbican Theatre on London’s West End.
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David Jays,
The Guardian4/5
“In Bartlett Sher’s plushly enjoyable staging, it delivers glorious music and falderol frivolity.”
Tom Wicker,
Time Out4/5
“A tremendous performance from Broadway star Stephanie Block propels this knowing revival of the classic musical”
Marianka Swain,
The Telegraph4/5
"The TV star and a fantastically on-form Stephanie J Block make a swell duo in this smart new staging with all the makings of a summer hit"
Sarah Hemming,
Financial Times4/5
“the cast introduces a mischievous sense of conspiracy with the audience as we all roll with a comic plot”
Nick Curtis,
The Evening Standard3/5
"this self-referential love letter to showbiz is structurally complex but should feel fizzy and light."
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