- Venue Charing Cross Theatre, London
- Performance dates Booking to 15 June 2025
- Running time 2 hours 20 minutes (including interval)
- Age guidelines 12+
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Stiletto is the thrilling new musical set in Venice, Europe’s opera capital, where opera, castratis and intrigue collide.
The show’s incredible score is by three-time Grammy nominee Matthew Wilder (Disney’s Mulan), with a book by Olivier Award nominee Tim Luscombe (Easy Virtue, EuroVision).
The production is helmed by multi-award-winning director David Gilmore (Grease, Lend Me a Tenor, Daisy Pulls It Off, The Hired Man), and the choreographer is Tony and Olivier nominated Anthony Van Laast (Mamma Mia! Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat).
In Italy during the 18th century, an average of 5,000 boys were castrated annually. Almost exclusively, they came from poor families. Their treble voices intact, castration promised those who survived a chance to earn fame and fortune by singing female roles in the opera. A few made it, but most didn’t and were swept aside.
This show centres on Marco, an extraordinary castrati who falls in love with the talented daughter of an African slave, and must do everything possible to save her life.
Stiletto is playing the Charing Cross Theatre from 24 March to 15 June 2025.
During the winter of 1730-31, Venice is a city bristling with opportunity where fortunes can be made but life is cheap. A city of lustre and intrigue with plenty of chances of success for Marco, who was castrated as a child to retain his perfect voice. Opera stars being the rock stars of their day, Marco is on course to be an 18th-century Jagger or Bowie, to snag a powerful patron and play leading roles.
In a busy square he meets Gioia, confident, strong willed…and supremely talented. But despite her musical gifts, being the daughter of an African slave, there’s no chance for her to fulfil her dreams. Marco recognises her talent and, sensing that they are both outsiders as well as sharing a love for music, they fall in love.
In an attempt to get her on stage, Marco introduces Gioia to society and his patron, the Contessa Azzurra, but at the end of the evening, a body lies dead and Gioia is hauled off to prison. To free her, Marco must overcome the demons of his past and the morally corrupt forces of the present.
Performance Information
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- Group Bookings For groups of 10+ enquire here
Stars and Creatives
Who is in the cast of Stiletto?
Starring Greg Barnett as Faustino, Sam Barrett as Luigi, Jack Chambers as Marco, Kelly Hampson as Contessa Azzurra, Douglas Hansell as Pietro, Jewelle Hutchinson as Gioia & Connor Wood as Niccolo
The ensemble includes Alex Anstey, Aiden Carson, Richard Dawes, Grace Galloway, Jennie Jacobs, Owen Johnston, Cassandra McCowan, Hannah Murdoch, Samuel John Taylor & Sienna Widd
Who are the creative team of Stiletto?
Written by Matthew Wilder (Music and Lyrics), Tim Luscombe (Book)
Directed by David Gilmore, choreographed by Anthony Van Laast. Jae Alexander as musical director, orchestrations by Simon Nathan, set design by Ceci Calf, costume design by Anna Kelsey, lighting design by Ben Ormerod, sound design by Andrew Johnson, casting by Neil Rutherford, and the executive producer is Guy Kitchenn
Produced by Patrick Bywalski for the Robert Stigwood Organisation and Steven M. Levy for Charing Cross Theatre Productions Limited
Venue Information
Charing Cross Theatre , The Arches, Villiers Street, London, WC2N 6NL
Nearest Tube or Train: Charing Cross (Northern line, Bakerloo line)
Nearest Buses: (Strand) 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 23, 87, 91, 139, 176
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