Toi Whakaari presents both our cast recordings of Women Beware Women by Thomas Middleton (1657), reconceived by Fiona Samuel (2020) and directed by 2015 NZ Arts Foundation Laureate, Sara Brodie - designed, created and managed by Toi Whakaari graduating Arts Management, Design, Set & Props and Costume students while our second year Actors take the stage. Our season was 22-31 October, 2020 at Te Whaea Theatre, Wellington, NZ.

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Love is swiftly corrupted and the innocent schooled to survive. A virgin is beguiled into her uncle’s bed, a wife is pawned, and her cuckolded husband is bribed to be a widow’s sugar boy. She who controls their secrets manipulates the game. But the servants see all and the silenced will speak.

There is nothing quite like ‘live’ theatre to bring to life a Jacobean tragedy with all its deadly snares in which destruction plays her triumph.

 Learn by me to know your foes!

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R16 ADULT THEMES: Women Beware Women contains adult themes and content, including sexual coercion, rape and violence. These may be upsetting for some members of the audience.

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Knights/Cavalieri CAST
LEANTIO Daniel Cockerill, BIANCA Stephanie Ramlose, CONDITA Chloe Jacques, LIVIA Lauren O’Hara, INFELICE Louise Jiang, GIOCARE Reon Bell, INCOGNITO Nomundari Amarbat, HIPPOLITO Roy Dean, ISABELLA Waitahi McGee, MASSICIO Peter Burman-Buchan, SERVITORE Leonardo Gunter, VERITA  Daniela Mena Urroz, ONESTA  Petra Wood, CASALINGO Ngamoko Rota, PUTTANESCA Kirana Gaeta, FABRITO Harrison Keefe, TAMBURO Sean Millward, SALVIA Rongopai Tickell, RAGGAZO Joe Folau.

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Bishops/Vescovi CAST
LEANTIO Leonardo Gunter, BIANCA Daniela Mena Urroz, CONDITA Petra Wood, LIVIA Ngamoko Rota, INFELICE Kirana Gaeta, GIOCARE Harrison Keefe, INCOGNITO Nomundari Amarbat, HIPPOLITO Sean Millward, ISABELLA Rongopai Tickell, MASSICIO Joe Folau, SERVITORE Daniel Cockerill, VERITA Stephanie Ramlose, ONESTA Chloe Jacques, CASALINGO Lauren O’Hara, PUTTANESCA Louise Jiang, FABRITO Reon Bell, TAMBURO Roy Dean, SALVIA Waitahi McGee RAGGAZO  Peter Burman-Buchan

Creative team

Director Sara Brodie
Writer Thomas Middleton
Reconceived by Fiona Samuel
Composer Niu Niu Dou
Movement Choreographer Tupe Lualua
Fight Choreographer Simon Mann
Costume Designer Jacqueline Cox
Set & Props Designer Rose Gilmore
Sound Designer Karnan Saba
Lighting Designers Alex Fisher & Shanell Bielawa
Production Manager Isaac Morris
Assistant Production Manager Ethan Jeffries
Costume Managers Rhys Tunley, Shey Wright & Ruby Longworth
Set & Props Managers Luke Scott, Monique Tong & Mika Turnbull
Stage Manager Ashley Mardon
Deputy Stage Manager Mikayla Heasman
Assistant Stage Managers Jasmine-Anne Day & Libby Lambert
Lighting Operator Samuel Parry
Sound Operators  Ethan Jeffries & Jack Sutton                      
Costume Construction Crew: Poy Agnew, Danielle Fredrickson, Rebekah Graham, Bailey Koller-Schmidt, Leimomi Oakes,  Lita Owen, Yasmin Rich, Karen Shaw, Kaarin Slevin & Tui Taiaroa-Smithies
Set & Props Construction Crew: Joshua Boudreau, Alison Clark, Jozef Gazdowicz, Megan Gladding, Nina Kaiwai & Harry Taylor
Production Photography Philip Merry
Videography Colin Edson