TAMED
TAMED explores and deconstructs how women are shaped and tamed by the systems that surround them. Very loosely inspired by The Taming of the Shrew, five female actors gather to rehearse a new adaptation of the play. Taking turns to play Kate, they test versions of the tamed and untamed woman.
As rehearsal unfolds, reality and fiction begin to blur. The actors play the roles and are played by them; rebellions surface, are contained, and are quietly crushed. What begins as rehearsal slips into an act of performative rebellion — exposing the structures that shape behaviour, suppress resistance, and dictate who gets to speak, move, and act freely.
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TOURING 2026/27
ENQUIRIES: producedbyeleni@gmail.com
TEAM
Director - Sarah Calver
Producer - Eleni Kyriacou
Designer (Set & Costume) - Mayou Trikerioti
Video & Media Designer / Dramaturg - Rory Willats
Sound Designer / Composer - Garth McConaghie
Lighting Designer - Pablo Fernandez Baz
Production Manager - Lucinda Bray
Movement Director - Anthea Lewis
Assistant Costume Designer - Jacqueline Rose Barker
Production Support - Tim Lacey
Creative Engagement Associate - Julia Devonshire
Programme Design - Mayou Trikerioti
Graphic Design - Jan Hillman
Show Photography - Andi Sapey
Show filmed and edited - Chewboy
​Performers: Anna Martine Freeman, Isabella Leung, Denise Stephenson, Aleksandra Stojak, Samantha Manzur​​​
Community Chorus: Clare, Beta, Victoria, Mandy, Kayla, Vee Kay
​​​​Wedding dress made by Clare Southern
​Fascinators made by women at Feathers Futures
​​Horse Mural painted by local people, faciliated by Reprezent​
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​​​​​TAMED or It's Hard To Get A Real Horse was presented at St. George's Theatre, Great Yarmouth in 2024. It was in partnership with & supported by Norwich Theatre (Beyond Stages).
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​​With thanks to Original Projects, Out There Arts, Reprezent, Cathy and The Bread Kitchen, St. Georges, and the people fo Great Yarmouth.​
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Project previously developed in association with Norwich Theatre in 2022.
Creative Team: Director - Sarah Calver, Video & Media - Rory Willats, Composer and Sound Design - Garth McConaghie, Set & Costume Designer - Mayou Trikerioti, Assistant Designer - Denisha Parmenter, Lighting Designer & Production Manager - Lucinda Bray, Stage Manager - Jamie Woodhouse, Social Media Manager - Denisha Parmenter, Community Engagement - Tassa de Paris. Performers: Danielle Meehan, Keziah Joseph, Joey Holden & Megan Treadway.
Produced by Alice Venessa Bever.
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​Additional material created with ​Kate Sagovsky, Dallas Fields, Jennifer Jackson, Angela Clerkin, Carolina Valdés, Jessica Murrain.
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Funded by Arts Council England, People's Postcode Lottery, Geoffrey Watling Charity & Norfolk County with additional support from Norwich Theatre.
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