The Food of Love
Programme
PART ONE
The Wind and the Rain (Twelfth Night, RSC 1995)
The Christening (Henry VIII, Chichester 1991)
With Love for Someone Dear (Henry VIII, Globe 2010 / words: Juan Anchieta)
Do but behold the tears that swell in me (Love’s Labour’s Lost, RSC 1993)
Sonnet XVII (Love’s Labour’s Lost, RSC 1993)
Sigh No More, Ladies (Much Ado About Nothing, RSC 2014)
It was a Lover and His Lass (As You Like It / music: Arthur Young)
Abbess Emilia (The Comedy of Errors, RSC 1983)
My Love is Fair (The Merry Wives of Windsor, Globe 2010 / words: George Peele)
The Balcony Scene (Romeo + Juliet, 1996 / music: Craig Armstrong)
Under the Greenwood Tree (As You Like It, 1936 / music: William Walton)
Ding Dong Bell (The Merry Wives of Windsor, Globe 2010)
When Daisies Pied (Love’s Labour’s Lost, RSC 1993)
PART TWO
Hey Robin, Jolly Robin (Twelfth Night, RSC 2017)
Willow Song (Othello, RSC 1985)
Sonnet XVIII (music: Michael Kamen)
Brush Up Your Shakespeare (Kiss Me Kate / words & music: Cole Porter)
O Mistress Mine (Twelfth Night, RSC 1995)
Shakespeare in Love (1998 / music: Stephen Warbeck)
The Wind and the Rain (Twelfth Night, RSC 1995)
Performers
Nigel Hess piano
Lesley Nicol actor
Richard Teverson actor
Eleanor Grant vocalist
Michael Dore vocalist
Devised and performed by celebrated composer Nigel Hess, The Food of Love is a glittering tribute in words and music to William Shakespeare.
A potpourri of reminiscences, memorable reviews, scandalous backstage anecdotes and some of the Bard’s finest lines – performed by actors Lesley Nicol (Downton Abbey) and Richard Teverson (The Crown) – paired with a glorious selection of music by Craig Armstrong (Romeo & Juliet), William Walton, Michael Kamen, Cole Porter and Stephen Warbeck (Shakespeare in Love) as well as Nigel’s own witty and delightful songs written for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Nigel Hess himself is at the piano, joined by legendary vocalist Michael Dore and rising star Eleanor Grant.
This is a long overdue return for the show, which premiered at Cadogan Hall twenty years ago, bringing Shakespeare vividly to life and creating a night to remember!
Early bird discount: 20% off full price tickets booked before 30th September (offer ends 23:59, 29 September)
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes (incl. interval)
Ticket Information
£40, £30, £25, £15
Early bird discount: 20% off full price tickets booked before 30th September
Students and Under 30s: half price (not available online, please call)
A single £4.50 transaction fee applies to all online bookings (per order, not per individual ticket).
Orders made in person at the box office are exempt from transaction fees. See booking information for details, payment methods and delivery options.
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