THE FOOD OF LOVE

A glittering evening of Shakespearean music, verse and anecdote. This uplifting and highly entertaining evening is devised by Nigel Hess, composer of Classic FM favourites Ladies in Lavender and A Christmas Overture, and for several years house composer to the Royal Shakespeare Company and Shakespeare’s Globe. His witty and delightful songs for them are presented here alongside glorious music from stage and screen, including Craig Armstrong’s gorgeous Balcony Scene for the 1996 film Romeo + Juliet, Stephen Warbeck’s incidental music for Shakespeare in Love, and immortal compositions by William Walton, Michael Kamen and Cole Porter. Plus, stories behind the music, scandalous backstage anecdotes and sublime settings of Shakespeare’s most poignant poetry. Performed by actors Lesley Nicol (Mrs Patmore from Downton Abbey) and Richard Teverson (Colin Tennant from The Crown), together with vocalists Michael Dore (West End star) and Eleanor Grant (“one of Britain’s greatest talents”). Programme The Wind and the Rain (Twelfth Night, RSC 1995) 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)