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Overview
What if your first true love was someone you’d been told to hate? Ripped apart by the bitter divisions of their parents, two young people will risk everything to be together.
This contemporary production played in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, the Barbican in London, and on a 2019 national tour.
The show featured Bally Gill and Karen Fishwick in the title roles, and used young people from the different regions visited to perform as the Chorus alongside the professional cast.
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Cast

Nima Taleghani
Abraham

Raphael Sowole
Tybalt

Sakuntala Ramanee
Lady Montague

Tom Padley
Balthasar

John Macaulay
Cousin Capulet

Charlotte Josephine
Mercutio

Michael Hodgson
Capulet

Mariam Haque
Lady Capulet

Bally Gill
Romeo

Andrew French
Friar Laurence

Karen Fishwick
Juliet

Josh Finan
Benvolio

Paul Dodds
Montague

Beth Cordingly
Escalus

Raif Clarke
Peter

Katy Brittain
Friar John/Apothecary

Ishia Bennison
Nurse

Stevie Basaula
Sampson

Donna Banya
Gregory

Afolabi Alli
Paris
Date & time
Show ended
From Thu 23 Apr until Sun 23 Aug
Runtime: 2 hrs 27 mins
Venue
The World Wide Web Earth...? London, UK
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