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Romeo
and
Juliet

An Original Salida Productions and Mercury Theatre Co-production

A daring new production of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet premiered in 2010 at Colchester’s Mercury Theatre. 

The seven-piece orchestra Astillero from Buenos Aires and an international company of actors weave their spell and the events of Shakespeare’s classic tale unfold.

The lovers’ decline is seen not as fate but as a deliberate act of orchestration. The musicians come together expressly to tell this story, and to control the destiny and forces acting upon the characters. When they begin to play, it is they who create the world of the story. They bring the lovers together, and they ultimately bring about their deaths. The furious energy of the original Tango music and movement reflects the downward spiral of Romeo and Juliet’s ill-fated love.

REVIEWS

"Sensual, sensational and breathtaking immediacy. An imaginative, re-imagined evening."

REVIEWS GATE

“An exciting and modern version of a classic tale. Astillero are superb. This is something new, with never a dull moment. Shakespeare can take it.”

EADT

Fast paced, lively show. It is the orchestra who push the tragedy to its conclusion.

THE INDEPENDENT

 

REVIEWS GATE

Astillero make this an amazing production.

DAILY GAZETTE

The whole multinational cast throbs with exciting intensity.

HALSTED GAZETTE

Brilliantly original. The cast are superb. The music pulsated through the production.

CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM

Romeo and Juliet was first performed at the Mercury Theatre Colchester as a co-production between Salida Productions and The Mercury Theatre Colchester on 25th February 2010.

 

The original cast were: 

Romeo: Gus Gallagher

Juliet: Maria Victoria Di Pace

Friar and Montague: Keith Dunphy

Nurse: Shuna Snow

Lady Capulet: Gina Issac

Capulet: Ian Pirie

Tybalt: Ed Hughes

Mercutio: Javier Alcina

Benvolio and Paris: Luciano Dodero

Rosaline: Andrea Pelaez

 

Astillero

Luciano Falcon (cello)

Mariano Gonzalez Calo (bandoneon)

Federico Maiocchi (double bass)

Julián Peralta (piano)

Javier Sara (bandoneon)

Miguel Suarez (singer)

Martijn Van Der Linden (violin)

 

Director: Ed Hughes

Composer: Julián Peralta

Associate Director and Designer: Michael Vale

Associate Producer: Douglas McJannet. 

Lighting Designer: Aideen Malone

Sound Designer: Gurjit Dhinsa

Video Designer: Alejandro Diez

Movement Direcor: Andrea Pelaez

Choreography: Andrea Pelaez

Fight Director: Philip D’Orleans

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