Artistic Director: John-Robert Partridge
Executive Producer: Catherine Prout
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Website: www.treadtheboardstheatre.co.uk
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Saturday 19th April
PRESS RELEASE
THE MOOR OF VENICE RETURNS TO STRATFORD-UPON-AVON FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2007
Tread the Boards Theatre Company in celebration of the 450th Birthday of William Shakespeare present his dark and brooding tragedy, Othello the Moor of Venice.
Othello marries Desdemona without her father’s knowledge and incurs his wrath. Meanwhile Iago is enraged that the younger Michael Cassio has been promoted to Lieutenant over him. Iago makes it his mission to destroy the Moor by planting seeds of suspicion, jealousy and envy in the mind of Othello leading him down a road to destruction and despair.
Perhaps the darkest of Shakespeare’s tragedies, it has not been performed in Stratford-upon-Avon since the Complete Works season at the RSC in 2007 and makes a return to The Attic Theatre at The Lazy Cow (formerly known as Cox’s Yard) in the title role local actor Nick Doughlin tackles his first ever Shakespeare play and plays opposite Tread the Boards own John-Robert Partridge as the villainous Iago and Rebecca Bell returns to Stratford-upon-Avon having played Christine in Phantom of the Opera last October.
The show opens on Friday 25th April, the eve of the Shakespeare Birthday Celebrations and runs through until the 4th May with a special weekend production taking place during the Stratford Arts Festival.
Catherine Prout, the Producer who also plays Emilia said ‘It is incredibly exciting and a great challenge to tackle such a well-known play that hasn’t been performed for so long, it is such an exciting time with all the celebrations connected with Shakespeare going on and we wanted to join in the festivities with this fantastic piece of work’.
For tickets and for more information visit the website www.treadtheboardstheatre.co.uk or call the box office on 07952 819557
20th April
PRESS RELEASE
SHAKESPEARE’S ‘OTHELLO’ CAST & THEIR LOCAL CONNECTIONS
JOHN-ROBERT PARTRIDGE – IAGO
John was born in Solihull and was raised in Redditch, attending Stratford-upon-Avon College before training at Birmingham School of Acting. John is the Artistic Director of Tread the Boards Theatre Company based at The Lazy Cow Pub in Stratford-upon-Avon and recently collected the award for ‘Arts Organisation of the Year’ sponsored by the RSC at Touch FM’s Pride of Stratford Awards.
CATHERINE PROUT – EMILIA
Catherine was born and raised in Coventry and attended Warwick University where she studied English and Theatre, she then trained at Birmingham School of Acting and went on to found Tread the Boards Theatre Company based in Stratford-upon-Avon and she recently collected the award for ‘Arts Organisation of the Year’ sponsored by the RSC at Touch FM’s Pride of Stratford Awards.
NICK DOUGHLIN – OTHELLO
Nick is from Royal Leamington Spa and is delighted to be making
His debut not only for Tread the Boards Theatre Company but also
His first ever Shakespeare play. Nick has a background in dance and
Recently was seen in ‘The Full Monty’ at the Spa Centre.
JAMES TANTON – CASSIO
James is originally from Hull and used to play for Premier League
Football club Hull City until he had to retire due to injury problems.
Since delving into acting he relocated to Warwick and has been working
at Warwick Castle for the last few years. James is a regular performer
for Tread the Boards having performed recently in ‘An Inspector Calls’,
‘A Midsummer Nights Dream’ and ‘Loyalty Binds Me’.
The actors are available for interviews and quotes, if you wish to contact them please email Catherine Prout
For more information on any topics covered in this press release please contact Catherine Prout or John-Robert Partridge on 07952 593503 or via email