The forthcoming promenade production of Romeo and Juliet by Home Manchester, at the city’s historic Victoria Baths in September, will be sponsored by Manchester Airport, accompanied by a community engagement programme sponsored by World Duty Free Group.
The production, the first to be directed by Walter Meierjohann, HOME’s artistic director: theatre, is the second in a series of site-specific productions taking place around Manchester, in the lead-up to the opening next year of the £25m centre for theatre, film, and art formed by the merger of Cornerhouse and the Library Theatre Company.
As well as a cast of 13, the production, which opens on September 10, will include music performed live at each performance and a group of drama undergraduates from Manchester Metropolitan University, who will form the chorus ensemble.