Amadeus
by Peter Shaffer

Directed by Ian Higham

Tuesday 14 – Saturday 18 November 2023, 7.45pm, main stage
Matinee: Saturday 18 November, 3pm

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The most celebrated composer of his age. Once a child prodigy and now – in 1781, aged 25 and newly arrived in Vienna at the court of Emperor Joseph II – an infantile, potty-mouthed genius! 

To court composer Antonio Salieri, this 'creature', blessed with a remarkable gift for music, is an abomination. A mockery of all he has ever believed in. An asinine joke played upon him by a cruel God, and a monstrosity that must be destroyed. 

Amadeus, one of the great plays of the 20^th century, is Peter Shaffer's masterpiece, a majestic exploration of rivalry, jealousy and revenge. First seen at London's National Theatre, before opening in triumph on Broadway, it later became a hugely successful film, winning eight Academy Awards.

Amadeus is a riveting, must-see story about the difference between talent and true virtuosity; and a sublimely operatic, darkly engrossing take on music, madness and…whisper it... murder.

CAST

Antonio Salieri Paul Dineen

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  Nathan Chatelier

Constanze Weber (later Mozart) Emily McCormick

Joseph II, Emperor of Austria  Govind Hodgson

Count Johann Killian von Strack  Kim Dyas

Count Franz Orsini-Rosenberg  Jean Pierre Agius

Baron Gottfried van Swieten  Bill Boyd

The “Venticelli”  Joe Bradley & Alberto Lais

Salieri’s Valet  Justin Hopper

Salieri’s Cook William Hunter

Teresa Salieri  Frances Bodiam

Katherina Cavalieri  Ally Dixon

Kapellmeister Guiseppe Bono  Edward Ogilvie

Citizens of Vienna 

Anastasia Babich

Caroline D’Arcy

Emily Kate Dixon

Megan Good

Jodi Rilot

Ian Wainwright