As You Like It (2012)

Poster by Poster Designer

by William Shakespeare

Directed by Bob Callender

Performances: Tue 6th – Sat 10th November 2012, Bell Theatre

Introduction

1599. Simpler times. When a girl could meet a hansome boy, fall in love with him, get kicked out of her house, whack on a false beard, flee to the magical forest of Arden, bump into the boy again, find out he's madly in love with her enough to plaster the whole forest with chuck-making love poetry - but not enough to recognise her under a hastily whacked-on false beard, mess up the lives of some shepherds, pretend to the boy that loves her madly that she's a boy pretending to be her girl self as a barking madwoman in order to cure him of the madness of being in love with her.....well, you get the idea.

Cast

• Rosalind – Helen Reid
• Celia – Sarah Peachey
• Orlando – Alex Watts
• Adam – Peter Medd
• Phebe – Fiona Godfrey
• Audrey – Marianne Thompson
• Oliver – John Watson
• Silvius – Ed Smith
• Touchstone – Owen Chidlaw
• Duke Senior – John Irvine
• Duke Frederick – Derek Dempsey
• Charles – Peter Bond
• Jacques – Audrey Helps
• Corin – Jonathan Curry–Machado
• William – Noah Wright

Crew

• Assistant Director – Rebecca Davies
• Set Design – Tom Hancock
• Costume – Rachael Watkins
• Make-up – Francesca Blessey
• Stage Management – Raffaella Patmore, Claire Nicholls
• Set Construction - Mark Ireson, Gavin Parker, cast and crew
• Scenic Artist - Hazel Hindle
• Original Music – Peter Bond
• Lighting Design – Jenny Harris
• Poster – Charles Doyle