The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare’s most charming, funny plays, drawing audiences with its timeless characters and the witty repartee between them. It must be said, however, that Shakespeare’s portrayal of gender in this play sits quite uncomfortably with contemporary values and notions of equality. In this production, director Katie Johnson seeks to address this incongruity by re-examining the relationship between Katharina and Petruchio, suggesting a more complex and balanced power play between them. The ever humorous, but oh-so-compelling chemistry between Kat and her “tamer” is transformed into a groovy 1960s romance between a fiery, bra-burning feminist and a flirtatious, swaggering and irresistibly charismatic ladies’ man. You will find this reinterpretation rife with gags, innuendo and un/resolved sexual tension.