Title: Take Five/The Orpheus Suite/The Shakespeare Suite
Date: Thursday 28th February 2008, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: Birmingham Royal Ballet
Location: Birmingham Hippodrome, England
Composer: The Dave Brubeck Quartet (Take Five), Colin Towns (The Orpheus Suite), Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn (The Shakespeare Suite)
Choreographer: David Bintley (All Works)
Production: Original 2007 production (Take Five), Original 2004 production (The Orpheus Suite), Revival of Original 1999 production (The Shakespeare Suite)
Conductor: Colin Towns
Collection Folder: Folder 13

Cast

Take Five

Take Five: Momoko Hirata, Dominic Antonucci, James Barton, Steven Monteith, Nathanael Skelton
Three to Get Ready: Angela Paula, Laura Purkiss, Lei Zhao
Flying Solo: Joseph Caley
Two Step: Jenna Roberts, Dominic Antonucci
Four Square: James Barton, Joseph Caley, Steven Monteith, Nathanael Skelton
Double Take: Entire Cast

Take Five Quartet: Simon Allen, Dudley Phillips, Ralph Salmins, Steve Lodder

The Orpheus Suite

Orpheus: Jamie Bond
Eurydice: Nao Sakuma
Apollo: Tyrone Singleton
Aristaeus: James Grundy
Moisturisers: Carol-Anne Millar, Laura Purkiss, Lei Zhao
Argonauts: James Barton, Jonathan Caguioa, Feargus Campbell, Robert Gravenor, Kit Holder, Aaron Robinson, Tom Rogers, Richard Smith
Groupies/Furies: Sonia Anguilar, Laura-Jane Gibson, Céline Gittens, Dianne Gray, Momoko Hirata, Delis Mathews, Kristen McGarrity, Annick Soobroy

The Shakespeare Suite

Hamlet: Joseph Caley
Petruchio: Aaron Robison
Kate: Kristen McGarrity
Lady Anne: Arancha Baselga
Richard III: Rory Mackay
Lady Macbeth: Samara Downs
Macbeth: James Grundy
Bottom: Christopher Larsen
Titania: Laura Purkiss
Othello: Dominic Antonucci
Desdemona: Ambra Vallo
Romeo: Matthew Lawrence
Juliet: Gaylene Cummerfield

Orchestra

Trumpets:
Nathan Bray
Graham Russell
Martin Shaw
Guy Barker
Henry Lowther

Trombones:
Barnaby Dickinson
Liam Kirkman
Pat Hartley
Roger Williams

Saxophones:
Alan Skidmore
Julian Siegel
Peter King
Simon Allen
Jay Craig
Gemma Moore

Electric/Double Bass:
Dudley Phillips

Drums:
Ralph Salmins

Guitar:
Phil Robson

Keyboards/Piano:
Steve Lodder

Piano:
Graham Harvey

Percussion:
Paul Clarvis
Paul Parker
Kevin Earley

Timpani:
Grahame King

Crew

For the Triple Bill

Music Transcribing, Take Five: Colin Towns
Designs, Take Five: Jean-Marc Puissant
Lighting, Take Five: Peter Mumford
Costume Supervisor, Take Five: Mary Terrey
Production Manager, Take Five: Davis Pritchard
Costume Making, Take Five: Amanda Barrow, Gillian Crawford, Jane Gill, Penny Hadrill, Petra Huber, Suzanne Parkinson

Sets and Lighting, The Orpheus Suite, The Shakespeare Suite: Steven Scott
Costumes, The Orpheus Suite: Kandis Cook
Costume Supervisor, The Orpheus Suite: Diane Page
Costume Making, The Orpheus Suite: Amanda Barrow, June Callear, Tracy Caulfield, Roxy Cressy, Robert Gordon, David Plunkett, Kit Reading, Mervyn Wallace
Dyeing, The Orpheus Suite: Sheila White, Nicola Killeen, ROH Production Department

Costumes, The Shakespeare Suite: Jasper Conran
Original Production Manager, The Shakespeare Suite: Colin Maxwell
Original Costume Supervisor, The Shakespeare Suite: Diane Williams
Revival Costume Supervisor, The Shakespeare Suite: Diane Page
Costume Making, The Shakespeare Suite: ROH Production Department, Karen Crichton, Emma Jalouse, Robert Gordon, Suzanne Parkinson, Lucie Read, Phil Reynolds, Alan Selzer
Printing, The Shakespeare Suite: Sally Hemphill

For the Birmingham Royal Ballet

Director: David Bintley
Assistant Director: Desmond Kelly
Chief Executive: Christopher Barron
PA to the Chief Executive: Louise Timmins
PA to the Director: Judy Taylor
Part-time Administrator: Sam Howe

Communications Director: Keith Longmore
Contracts Director: Jacqueline Mistry
Development Director: Geoff Sweeney
Director of Learning: Pearl Chesterman
Finance Director: Anna Williams
Human Resources Director: Lynn Colledge
Orchestra Director: John Beadle
Technical Director: Paul Grace

Ballet Master: Alain Dubreuil
Ballet Mistress: Marion Tait
Assistant Ballet Master: Michael O’Hare
Dance Notator/Répétiteur: Denis Bonner
Dance Notator: Patricia Taylor
Video Archivist: David Morse
Orchestra Manager: Andrew Bentley
Assistant Orchestra Manager: Chris Lewis
Librarian: Terence Leahy
Touring Library Assistant: Malcolm McMillan
Pit Managers: David Gordon, Gwilym Hooson

Company Manager: Paul Grist
Senior Stage Manager: Diana Childs
Deputy Stage Manager: Eliska Robenn
Assistant Stage Manager: Rosalind Doré
Head of Scenic Presentation: Doug Nicholson
Master Carpenter: Pete Read
Senior Stage Technicians: Steven Hegan, Stewart Knight, Arthur Lewis, Paul Moore

Lighting Design Consultant: Peter Teigen
Head of Lighting: Nick Ware
Deputy Head of Lighting: Johnny Westall-Eyre
Senior Lighting Technicians: Chris Hooley, Andy Wilson

Head of Wardrobe: Lili Sobieralska
Deputy Head of Wardrobe: Vanda Hewston
Wardrobe Assistants: Sarah Burton, Stella Mansfield, Chloe Prorok, Joanna Shilton
Shoe Supervisor: Michael Clifford
Wigmaster: Henry Menary

Marketing Manager: Sam Eaves
Marketing Officer: Georgina Biggs
Press and PR Manager: Angela Hughes
Press and PR Officer: Simon Harper
Publications Manager: Kate Howells
Publications Officers: Lee Armstrong, Jennifer Price
New Media Officer: Rob Lindsay
Friends Coordinator: Sheila Hitchman
Communications Administrator: Gillian Ashley