“...the Renaissance songs are imaginatively realised for a 2014 performance that captures the charm and rusticity of the play without ever sounding twee.”
“...a gorgeous folky score from Jude Obermüller.”
“Lovely original music by Jude Obermüller augments the production’s rustic charm...”
“Jude Obermüller’s music is beautiful, the musical sections provide moments of brilliance.”
CREATIVE TEAM
Director: Derek Bond
Composer: Jude Obermüller
Set and Costume designer: Emma Bailey
Lighting Designers: Sally Furguson & Charlie Lucas
Producers: Peter Huntley Productions & W14 Productions
General Management and Casting: 1505
Production Photography: Robert Workman
CAST
Adam / Corin: Richard Albrecht
Duke Senior / Duke Frederick / Sir Oliver Martext: Steven Crossley
Oliver de Boys / Jaques: Dominic Gerrard
Celia: Kaisa Hammarlund
Phebe (also Assistant MD): Joanna Hickman
Touchstone: Simon Lipkin
Orlando de Boys: Harry Livingstone
Charles the Wrestler / Amiens: Minal Patel
Rosalind: Sally Scott
Silvius / Le Beau: Sam Townsend
“...composer Jude Obermüller provide[s] a lovely musical palette...”
“...a beautiful score by Jude Obermüller that is performed live onstage by the cast”
“Next, there is the lovely musical element: the songs composed by Jude Obermüller ”
“The voices...blend beautifully in the folky harmonies of Jude Obermüller’s contemporary score...the music is artfully interwoven to enhance the emotive points in the plot. ”
“The transition from Court to the Forest of Arden, with white paper hailing down upon the heads of our saddened voyagers, accompanied by the sweet sinews of Jude Obermüller’s original score, is a moment of breath taking beauty.”