8 March – 1 June 2019
Vaudeville Theatre, London
1609
I AM EMILIA.
Writer. Wife. Lover. Mother. Muse.
I am smart, I am a fighter. I work, I clean, I cook, I sew. I raise children. I am unheard.
I want education, equality, opportunity, respect.
I want choice.
I want a voice.
2019
WE ARE EMILIA.
400 years ago Emilia Bassano wanted her voice to be heard. It wasn’t. Her story is still our story. Emilia and her sisters reach out to us across the centuries with passion, fury, laughter and song. Listen to them. Let them inspire and unite us. Times are finally changing. Not fast enough. It’s up to you. We are all Emilia. Stand up alongside her and be counted.
Lady Katherine Howard/Desdemona/River Woman - Nadia Albina
Lady Mary Sidney/Margaret Johnson/Hester - Anna Andresen
Lord Thomas Howard/Eve/Lady Helena - Jackie Clune
Emilia 1 - Saffron Coomber
Ensemble - Lauren Drennan, Eva Fontaine, Cora Kirk
Emilia 2 - Adelle Leonce
Countess of Kent/Mary/Bob - Jenni Maitland
Emilia 3 - Clare Perkins
Lord Henry Carey/Judith/Priest - Carolyn Pickles
Lady Cordelia/Flora - Sarah Seggari
Lady Margaret Clifford/Midwife/Man 1/Priest 2/River Woman - Sophie Stone
William Shakespeare/Man 2/River Woman - Charity Wakefield
Alphonso Lanier/River Woman/Emilia in Othello - Amanda Wilkin
Lady Anne Clifford/Lord Collins/Dave/River Woman - Tanika Yearwood
Writer - Morgan Lloyd Malcolm
Director - Nicole Charles
Designer - Joanna Scotcher
Lighting Designer - Zoe Spurr
Sound Designer - Emma Laxton
Choreographer & Movement Director - Anna Morrissey
Composer - Luisa Gerstein
Musical Director - Yshani Perinpanayagam
Fight Directors - Rachel Bown-Williams & Ruth Cooper-Brown of RC-Annie
Casting Director - Karishma Balani
Voice Coach - Tess Dignan
Producers - Eleanor Lloyd Productions, Kate Pakenham Productions, Nica Burns, Eilene Davidson
Originating Producer - Shakespeare's Globe
★★★★
Morgan Lloyd Malcolm's play roars into the West End.
The Stage
★★★★
A firecracker production...a hit.
The Times
★★★★
Heartfelt and crowd pleasing.
Evening Standard
★★★★
Told with verve and energy...a stirring show.
Metro
