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Shakespeare: King John
Rosie Sheehy (King John); Bridgitta Roy (Queen Elinor, his mother); Gianni Saraceni-Gunner (Arthur, Duke of Brittany, John’s nephew); Charlotte Randle (Constance, Arthur’s mother); Nadi Kemp-Sayfi (Blanche, John’s niece); Zara Ramm (Lady Faulconbridge); Zed Josef (Robert Faulconbridge, her legitimate son); Michael Abubakar (The Bastard, Philip Faulconbridge, her illegitimate son); John Cummins (Pembroke, an earl); Corey Montague-Sholay (Salisbury, an earl); Ali Gadema (Essex, an earl); Tom McCall (Hubert, aide to King John)
‘A mad world of mad kings, teetering on the brink of disaster’
Richard the Lionheart is dead. His brother John is King of England. Threatened from all sides by Europe, the English noblemen and even his own family, King John will stop at nothing to keep hold of his crown.
Shakespeare’s rarely performed tale of a nation in turmoil vibrates with modern resonance in this vivid new production by director Eleanor Rhode.
DVD
Genre: Theatre
Release Date: 01/06/2021
Sound Formats: Dolby Digital 2.0 & Dolby Digital Surround 5.1
Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN
Catalogue Number: OA1324D
Artist(s):
Rosie Sheehy; Bridgitta Roy; Gianni Saraceni-Gunner; Charlotte Randle; Nadi Kemp-Sayfi; Zara Ramm; Zed Josef; Michael Abubakar; John Cummins; Corey Montague-Sholay; Ali Gadema; Tom McCall
Rosie Sheehy; Bridgitta Roy; Gianni Saraceni-Gunner; Charlotte Randle; Nadi Kemp-Sayfi; Zara Ramm; Zed Josef; Michael Abubakar; John Cummins; Corey Montague-Sholay; Ali Gadema; Tom McCall
"There are endless thrilling fights, spellbinding moments of reflection and devastating outpourings of grief…the production tingles with a tangible sense of spontaneity...
Blood and popcorn spill in riches to rags thriller...
Eleanor Rhode’s engrossing production..." (The Guardian ★★★★)
"Director Eleanor Rhode’s version is bombastic, stylish and stylised, an impressive visual spectacle...
Rosie Sheehy heads the cast as a charismatic, calculating, and compellingly flawed King John..." (The Stage ★★★★)
"Vibrant, crisp and slick from the onset, the production scoops us up, shakes us around, makes us take a long hard look at humanity and spits us out again...
... an explosion of visual splendour…Rhode’s production sets a pace and a style that licks along relentlessly...
In a company of nearly twenty, there is no weak link. As King John, Rosie Sheehy gives a stunning performance, as courageous as it is detailed...
Movement director Tom Jackson Greaves’ set pieces of seductive sixties-style dancing bring joy in abundance, underscored by William Gregory’s incredibly groovy, James-Bond-meets-techno compositions..." (The Review Hub ★★★★)
"A fabulously loud, dazzling production for which the RSC should be saluted." (Eastern Eye ★★★★)
"Rosie Sheehy plays John with sensitivity, bringing out the insecurity that haunts him.
Eleanor Rhode has set her production in the mid-1960s, with designer Max Johns getting the vibe so right that I half-expected Andy Warhol to turn up dressed as pope..." (Broadway World ★★★★)
"... it looks sumptuous and glories in its chic aesthetic.
... it’s never less than terrifically exciting to watch.
... Sheehy’s performance is volatile, enervating and thoroughly gripping.
... In a cast that has not a single weak link…Michael Abubakar’s strident, bull-headed Bastard, Tom McCall’s achingly tormented would-be murdered Hubert, Katherine Pearce’s carefully comic turn as Cardinal Pandulph and a blistering, heart-wrenching Charlotte Randle as Constance." (WhatsOn Stage ★★★★)
Blood and popcorn spill in riches to rags thriller...
Eleanor Rhode’s engrossing production..." (The Guardian ★★★★)
"Director Eleanor Rhode’s version is bombastic, stylish and stylised, an impressive visual spectacle...
Rosie Sheehy heads the cast as a charismatic, calculating, and compellingly flawed King John..." (The Stage ★★★★)
"Vibrant, crisp and slick from the onset, the production scoops us up, shakes us around, makes us take a long hard look at humanity and spits us out again...
... an explosion of visual splendour…Rhode’s production sets a pace and a style that licks along relentlessly...
In a company of nearly twenty, there is no weak link. As King John, Rosie Sheehy gives a stunning performance, as courageous as it is detailed...
Movement director Tom Jackson Greaves’ set pieces of seductive sixties-style dancing bring joy in abundance, underscored by William Gregory’s incredibly groovy, James-Bond-meets-techno compositions..." (The Review Hub ★★★★)
"A fabulously loud, dazzling production for which the RSC should be saluted." (Eastern Eye ★★★★)
"Rosie Sheehy plays John with sensitivity, bringing out the insecurity that haunts him.
Eleanor Rhode has set her production in the mid-1960s, with designer Max Johns getting the vibe so right that I half-expected Andy Warhol to turn up dressed as pope..." (Broadway World ★★★★)
"... it looks sumptuous and glories in its chic aesthetic.
... it’s never less than terrifically exciting to watch.
... Sheehy’s performance is volatile, enervating and thoroughly gripping.
... In a cast that has not a single weak link…Michael Abubakar’s strident, bull-headed Bastard, Tom McCall’s achingly tormented would-be murdered Hubert, Katherine Pearce’s carefully comic turn as Cardinal Pandulph and a blistering, heart-wrenching Charlotte Randle as Constance." (WhatsOn Stage ★★★★)
Rosie Sheehy (King John); Bridgitta Roy (Queen Elinor, his mother); Gianni Saraceni-Gunner (Arthur, Duke of Brittany, John’s nephew); Charlotte Randle (Constance, Arthur’s mother); Nadi Kemp-Sayfi (Blanche, John’s niece); Zara Ramm (Lady Faulconbridge); Zed Josef (Robert Faulconbridge, her legitimate son); Michael Abubakar (The Bastard, Philip Faulconbridge, her illegitimate son); John Cummins (Pembroke, an earl); Corey Montague-Sholay (Salisbury, an earl); Ali Gadema (Essex, an earl); Tom McCall (Hubert, aide to King John)
‘A mad world of mad kings, teetering on the brink of disaster’
Richard the Lionheart is dead. His brother John is King of England. Threatened from all sides by Europe, the English noblemen and even his own family, King John will stop at nothing to keep hold of his crown.
Shakespeare’s rarely performed tale of a nation in turmoil vibrates with modern resonance in this vivid new production by director Eleanor Rhode.
DVD
Genre: Theatre
Release Date: 01/06/2021
Sound Formats: Dolby Digital 2.0 & Dolby Digital Surround 5.1
Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN
Catalogue Number: OA1324D
Artist(s):
Rosie Sheehy; Bridgitta Roy; Gianni Saraceni-Gunner; Charlotte Randle; Nadi Kemp-Sayfi; Zara Ramm; Zed Josef; Michael Abubakar; John Cummins; Corey Montague-Sholay; Ali Gadema; Tom McCall
Rosie Sheehy; Bridgitta Roy; Gianni Saraceni-Gunner; Charlotte Randle; Nadi Kemp-Sayfi; Zara Ramm; Zed Josef; Michael Abubakar; John Cummins; Corey Montague-Sholay; Ali Gadema; Tom McCall
"There are endless thrilling fights, spellbinding moments of reflection and devastating outpourings of grief…the production tingles with a tangible sense of spontaneity...
Blood and popcorn spill in riches to rags thriller...
Eleanor Rhode’s engrossing production..." (The Guardian ★★★★)
"Director Eleanor Rhode’s version is bombastic, stylish and stylised, an impressive visual spectacle...
Rosie Sheehy heads the cast as a charismatic, calculating, and compellingly flawed King John..." (The Stage ★★★★)
"Vibrant, crisp and slick from the onset, the production scoops us up, shakes us around, makes us take a long hard look at humanity and spits us out again...
... an explosion of visual splendour…Rhode’s production sets a pace and a style that licks along relentlessly...
In a company of nearly twenty, there is no weak link. As King John, Rosie Sheehy gives a stunning performance, as courageous as it is detailed...
Movement director Tom Jackson Greaves’ set pieces of seductive sixties-style dancing bring joy in abundance, underscored by William Gregory’s incredibly groovy, James-Bond-meets-techno compositions..." (The Review Hub ★★★★)
"A fabulously loud, dazzling production for which the RSC should be saluted." (Eastern Eye ★★★★)
"Rosie Sheehy plays John with sensitivity, bringing out the insecurity that haunts him.
Eleanor Rhode has set her production in the mid-1960s, with designer Max Johns getting the vibe so right that I half-expected Andy Warhol to turn up dressed as pope..." (Broadway World ★★★★)
"... it looks sumptuous and glories in its chic aesthetic.
... it’s never less than terrifically exciting to watch.
... Sheehy’s performance is volatile, enervating and thoroughly gripping.
... In a cast that has not a single weak link…Michael Abubakar’s strident, bull-headed Bastard, Tom McCall’s achingly tormented would-be murdered Hubert, Katherine Pearce’s carefully comic turn as Cardinal Pandulph and a blistering, heart-wrenching Charlotte Randle as Constance." (WhatsOn Stage ★★★★)
Blood and popcorn spill in riches to rags thriller...
Eleanor Rhode’s engrossing production..." (The Guardian ★★★★)
"Director Eleanor Rhode’s version is bombastic, stylish and stylised, an impressive visual spectacle...
Rosie Sheehy heads the cast as a charismatic, calculating, and compellingly flawed King John..." (The Stage ★★★★)
"Vibrant, crisp and slick from the onset, the production scoops us up, shakes us around, makes us take a long hard look at humanity and spits us out again...
... an explosion of visual splendour…Rhode’s production sets a pace and a style that licks along relentlessly...
In a company of nearly twenty, there is no weak link. As King John, Rosie Sheehy gives a stunning performance, as courageous as it is detailed...
Movement director Tom Jackson Greaves’ set pieces of seductive sixties-style dancing bring joy in abundance, underscored by William Gregory’s incredibly groovy, James-Bond-meets-techno compositions..." (The Review Hub ★★★★)
"A fabulously loud, dazzling production for which the RSC should be saluted." (Eastern Eye ★★★★)
"Rosie Sheehy plays John with sensitivity, bringing out the insecurity that haunts him.
Eleanor Rhode has set her production in the mid-1960s, with designer Max Johns getting the vibe so right that I half-expected Andy Warhol to turn up dressed as pope..." (Broadway World ★★★★)
"... it looks sumptuous and glories in its chic aesthetic.
... it’s never less than terrifically exciting to watch.
... Sheehy’s performance is volatile, enervating and thoroughly gripping.
... In a cast that has not a single weak link…Michael Abubakar’s strident, bull-headed Bastard, Tom McCall’s achingly tormented would-be murdered Hubert, Katherine Pearce’s carefully comic turn as Cardinal Pandulph and a blistering, heart-wrenching Charlotte Randle as Constance." (WhatsOn Stage ★★★★)
