A Night at the Kabuki: Sadler’s Wells, September 2022

A Night At The Kabuki Inspired by A Night At The Opera Written & Directed by Hideki Noda Music by Queen Starring Takako Matsu: Old Juliet Takaya Kamikawa: Old Romeo Suzu Hirose: Juliet of Minamoto Jun Shison: Romeo of Taira Satoshi Hashimoto: Yoshinaka of Minamoto, Ex Emperor, Yoritomo of Minamoto Kazushige Komatsu: Mercury of Taira, Platinum of Taira Kayo Ise: Tomoe Gozen Aki Hano: Lady Minamoto, Lady Taira, Mother Teresa Hideki Noda: Nurse of Minamoto Naoto Takenaka: Kiyomori of Taira, Bontaro of Taira In late 12th century Japan, just as the age of the Samurai dawns, the rivalry between the Minamoto and Taira clans intensifies. And Romeo and Juliet fall fatefully in love. It’s the tale you know, but not as you know it. Set to the original recordings of Queen’s A Night at the Opera and inspired by Freddie Mercury’s love of Japan, A Night at the Kabuki is a retelling of Romeo and Juliet created by acclaimed Japanese theatre maker Hideki Noda OBE. When two sets of Romeo and