"If it’s good enough for Shakespeare, it’s good enough for us."
Rodgers and Hart’s classic 1938 musical comedy adaptation of The Comedy of Errors returns to the London stage for its debut at Upstairs at the Gatehouse for the first time in over ten years , in a madcap tale of mistaken identity, danger and romance in ancient Greece! Arguably Rodgers and Hart’s best, the score of The Boys From Syracuse includes the hit songs Falling in Love with Love, This Can’t Be Love and Sing for Your Supper.
Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant, Dromio, arrive in Ephesus as part of a long search for their respective identical twins, from whom they were separated as children during a shipwreck. But citizens of Syracuse caught in Ephesus are subject to the death penalty. As fate has it, there’s another Antipholus who’s an established citizen of Ephesus, served by another Dromio. Confusions multiply as wives are baffled by husbands, one twin is wrongly jailed and Antipholus of Syracuse falls in love with his wife’s sister – or does he?
The cast is comprised of Caroline Kennedy (Sweeney Todd, The Lowry, Theatre Royal Bath; HMS Pinafore, National Gilbert and Sullivan Festival; The Barber of Seville, Regents Opera), Georgie Faith (Lead Vocalist on Viking Orion; Call Me Madam, Upstairs at the Gatehouse), Karen Wilkinson (Standing at the Sky’s Edge, West End and National Theatre; Phantom of the Opera, West End; Magic of the Musicals, Magic FM at The Royal Albert Hall), Bernadine Pritchett (Phantom of the Opera, West End; Carmen Jones, West End; The King and I, National Tour), John Faal (Sense and Sensibility: The Musical, Surrey Opera; Il Trovatore, Loire Valley Festival; BBC Dr Who Symphonic Spectacular, BBC UK Tour), Brendan Matthew (Gregorian-Pure Chants, USA Tour/Broadway; Guy-the Musical, UK Tour; The Boy Friend, West End), Simon de Deney (The Crown, Netflix; Emmerdale, ITV; The Importance of Being Earnest, Ambassadors Theatre Group) and Enzo Benvenuti (Romeo and Juliet, ADG Europe; Renegade Nell, Walt Disney Television).
Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart; Book by George Abbott
Directed by Mark Giesser
The Boys from Syracuse: Thursday, 5 September 2024 - Sunday, 29 September 2024
Upstairs at the Gatehouse, 1 Highgate Village, London, N6 4BD