Peter Davison (Dr Who / All Creatures Great and Small) will take on the role of the General in the highly anticipated show of the summer, Cole Porter’s classic musical comedy KISS ME, KATE.
The multi award-winning cast for “This Summers Blockbuster” continues to accumulate accolades with Charlie Stemp who has just been nominated for a third time for a ‘Best Actor in a Musical’ award at the Oliviers for his leading role in Crazy For You and Hammed Animashaun who has been nominated for a BAFTA Award (Male performance in a comedy) for his performance in BBC One comedy Black Ops.
They star alongside multi-award-winning actor Adrian Dunbar and Tony Award winner, Broadway Royalty Stephanie J. Block, rising star Georgina Onuorah (The Wizard of Oz / Oklahoma!) and WhatsonStagee Award winner Nigel Lindsay (Victoria / Shrek The Musical). Davison is set to captivate audiences as the authoritative, yet charming General in the all-time classic musical comedy farce, KISS ME, KATE for a strictly limited 15-week season at the Barbican Theatre from 4 June.
Peter Davison said: “So excited to be working with the inestimable Bartlett Sher in his new production of Kiss Me, Kate at the Barbican, alongside the rest of this brilliant cast. A summer to look forward to. When do we start?”
Producer Howard Panter said: “I am delighted Peter Davison will be joining the cast of KISS ME, KATE. Peter is a seasoned actor of unparalleled talent who will undoubtedly bring command and charm to the role of the General. He is yet another fabulous addition to a wonderful company of exceptional actors who will be dazzling audiences at the Barbican in London’s must-see show of the summer – an unforgettable theatrical treat for the whole family not to missed.”
Directed by Bartlett Sher (The King and I, South Pacific and To Kill A Mockingbird), this all-star creative team have collectively won a remarkable 20 Tony awards between them. Joining the dynamic creative team is renowned choreographer Anthony Van Laast, accomplished costume designer Catherine Zuber and leading set designer Michael Yeargan. With music and lyrics by Cole Porter and the original book by Bella & Samuel Spewack, this new production, promises a symphony of wit, charm and musical brilliance. With a company of over 50, including a full-scale orchestra, and featuring Cole Porter classics such as ‘Another Op’nin’, Another Show’, ‘Brush Up Your Shakespeare’, ‘Tom, Dick or Harry’ and ‘It’s Too Darn Hot’ – KISS ME, KATE is the perfect musical spectacle for 2024.
KISS ME, KATE, making a long-awaited return to London this summer, is brought to the stage from the producer of the smash hit musical Anything Goes and A Strange Loop (both staged at the Barbican), this majestic production of Cole Porter’s musical masterpiece is set dazzle West End audiences once again.
The musical farce which brilliantly showcases Cole Porter’s razor-sharp wit, won Best Musical at the Tony Awards. It’s a sophisticated, ferociously funny, show within a show – which whisks you into a world of backstage chaos and romantic entanglements as a theatre company attempt to put on a production of Shakespeare’s ‘The Taming of the Shrew’. The battle of the sexes takes centre stage as former spouses feud, only to find the off-stage antics rival the drama on-stage. Throw in a number of cases of mistaken identity, confused love, gangsters and a spectacular tap routine and you get…KISS ME, KATE.
