Event info
Start Time: 7.30pm
Tickets: £15.00 Concessions: £13.00
Description
“To you, Baldrick, the Renaissance was just something that happened to other people, wasn’t it?”
Based on three episodes of the legendary BBC TV sitcom, this hilarious show transports us back to Elizabethan England where the scheming Lord Edmund Blackadder exploits his withering wit and cowardly cunning to seek his fortune at court.
As ever, Blackadder’s ambitions are constantly hampered by his idiotic sidekicks - the aristocratic buffoon Lord Percy and turnip-loving Baldrick.
To gain favour with Queenie, he must also contend with the eccentric ramblings of Nursie and the crafty scorn of Lord Melchett.
Brought to you by the team who staged our hugely successful production of Blackadder Goes Forth in 2018, here we present a trio of the very best and funniest episodes from Curtis and Elton’s second series: ‘Beer’, ‘Bells’, and ‘Head’.
Adapted by Matthew Hope from the original BBC TV Series scripts for Blackadder II
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Fees for this production were donated to Comic Relief https://www.comicrelief.com
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Cast
Lord Edmund Blackadder: Sam Hinton
Lord Percy: Ben Ostell
Baldrick: Tony Sehgal
Queen Elizabeth I: Catherine White
Lord Melchett: Tony Childs
Nursie: Karen Elliott
Kate/Bob: Catherine Ellis
Flashheart: Jake Wilson Craw
Lord Whiteadder: Steve Strouzer
Lady Whiteadder: Kirstie Corfield
Mr Ploppy: Mike Cornish
Mistress: Ploppy Marina Cornish
Kate’s Father: Martin Collins
Young Crone: Sarah McLane
The Wisewoman: Ann Zunder
Lady Farrow: Alison Carr
Piddle & Earl Farrow: Robbie Close
Partridge & Dr Leech: Daniel Magee
The Minstrel: Craig Fairbairn
Production Team
Directors: Matthew Hope, Sean Burnside
Stage Manager: Sasha Quigg
Assistant Stage Manager: Rosa Cole
Set Design: Megan Smith, Precious Oyibo
Sound: Kate Scott, Tom Zunder
Lighting Design: Xander Brouwer
Lighting: Jess Williams, Karl Bovenizer, Robbie Close
Props: Ann Tweedie, Jez Corfield
Set Build Lead: Alan Potts
Set Build: Ronny Miller
Costume: Dianne Edwards, Julie Tucker, Chloe Parrack
Rehearsal Prompt: Heather Birleson
Special thanks to Peter and Helen from "In Disguise" Choppington, Northumberland, NE62 5SE https://in-disguise.co.uk
