'the merry wives of windsor’

venue

Markeaton Park & The Minack Theatre

Dates

21st-23rd July & 13th-20th August 2022

Director

Tim Heywood

Our Merry Wives were patiently waiting for two years to get onto the stage! This play was originally cast in 2019 for performances in 2020, but unfortunately Covid-19 got in the way.

By the time 2022 came around, the entire cast and crew was raring to go. The colourful and talented cast took to the stage donned in beautiful costumes designed and made by the Director Tim Heywood, and got to frolic around town of Windsor in a set made by XYZ and XYZ.

We started the run with three nights in Derby’s Markeaton Park Craft Village in July, then took the show down to Cornwall in August to do seven shows across five days in the iconic Minack Theatre.

See what reviewer Jenni Balow had to say about it her review on the Minack website.

Crew

Director - Tim Heywood
Designer - Tim Heywood
Costumes Made By - Sigrid Mularczyk, Tim Heywood
& Aimee Russam
Wardrobe Team - Flora Matthews, Karen Owen
Props - Charlotte Matthews, Niki, Tash & Abbie Caster
Lighting Design - Simon Birchall & Neil Jones
Stage Manager - Ken Owen
Sound & Lighting Operator - Neil Jones
Set Build - Ken Owen & Neil Jones
Graphic Design & Production Photography - Emma Duder
Chaperone - Ann Sharpe
Choreographer - Jackie O’Brien

Cast

Sir John Falstaff - Mat Shepherd
Robin - Charlotte Matthews
Pistol - Jenny Earl
Bardolph - Clare Snape
Nym - Kirsty Haynes
Host of the Garter - Susie Brayshaw-Thorne
Mistress Page - Lisa Kelly
Master Page - Richard Whitehorn
Ann Page - Abbie Evans
Mistress Ford - Alex Wrampling
Master Ford - Matt Swan
John - Benjamin Matthews
Robert - William Matthews
Justice Shallow - David Dunford
Abraham Slender - Geoffrey Mullen
Sir Hugh Evans - Rick Law
Peter Simple - Martin Weston
Fenton - Jack Anthony
Dr Cauis - James Dean
Mistress Quickly - Kirsten Lees
John Rugby - Stuart Mourton
Citizens of Windsor - Mo & Ed Pickering Symes,
Zoe Grunnel, Sarah Evans, Rachel Whitehorn,
Niamh & Arwen Mourton