A new production of Shakespeare’s most musical play, The Tempest. Originally written as a musical masque, we have had a new score commissioned by local composer Jeremy Boulton with masks and costumes created by mask artist and Artistic Director Steen.

The setting is a rocky island in the middle of the Mediterranean, where Prospero the exiled Duke of Milan and his daughter have been shipwrecked for twelve years. While on the island they have had the Hag Born slave Caliban as a servant and the ethereal Ariel with his band of spirits to do Prospero’s magical bidding. After their long exile the Antonio, treacherous brother of Prospero and the King of Naples, are shipwrecked in a magical storm and are placed for Prospero to either take his revenge on them or find forgiveness in his heart.

The play is a comedy and is played as such with many tender, thrilling and spectacular moments, not least of which the masque scene to celebrate a union of Ferdinand the young prince and Prospero’s daughter, Miranda.

Production: Steen
Musical Director: Gianna Cheung
Assistant Director: Flower Curran
Technical: Corey Potter & Martin Gallagher

Piano / Flute / Piccolo: Gianna Cheung
Cello / Bassoon: Hayden Burge
Keyboard / Winds: Sean Garrett
Violin 1: Hannah Roberts
Violin 2: Charlotte Cook
Deputy Violin: Aika Hammond

Islanders
Prospero - Will Worthington
Miranda - Beth McGoldrick-Fuller
Ariel - Lachlan Grogan
Caliban - Morgan Daniels
Ariels - Rowan Nielsen, Wylie Lucas, Cameron Johnstone, Jack Taylor, Max Tassell & Ethan Thomas
Uriels - Ingrid Leighton, Marlena Law, Hayley Reynolds, Cheryl Radburn, Nicola Turner, Katie Morgan,
Gillian Meers & Monique Elyse

Shipwrecked
Alonzo - Petru Teodorescu
Sebastian - Alex Perritt
Antonio - Bradley Ward
Ferdinand - Nathan Edwards
Francesca - Ashton Neylon
Adrian - Josh Chicharo
Gonzolo - Aviva Sheb’a
Stephano - Jarrod Sleiman
Trinculo - Sam Sweeting