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And what clever casting it is. Director Penni Bousfield has subverted the roles of many of the male heavy ensemble, and the two titular “gentlemen” of the show are played by women – Monika De La Cruz and Eleanor Clarke as Proteus and Valentine respectively. So too are some other fairly central characters – Valentine’s manservant (Hanna Allouard) and Proteus’ servant Launce (Leila-Rose Skeates) – who, along with Launce’s dog Crab (Connor Marquand) provide some of the play’s best comedic moments. All hail from the Raglan-based RAD Company, this year collaborating with Hami...

It is one of a swathe of shows that should draw big crowds to the gardens and some associated venues on Wednesday night. Another is Dakota of the White Flats, a work of theatre for young people and adults that begins a three-night, three-matinee run at the Meteor Theatre. Adapted from the novel by Philip Ridley, it tells the story of a fearless 14-year-old who lives in a bleak housing complex on the edge of a polluted canal that is filled with monstrous mutated eels. Lovers of dance have a potentially thrilling experience in store for them in the form of Hurihuri, a work that has been co...