Meet the Much Ado About Nothing Cast: Dan de Cruz

It's the opening week of Stafford Festival Shakespeare and we grabbed Dan de Cruz for a quick chat. Dan last performed with us in Romeo and Juliet in 2012 as Tybalt. You may have already read some of his very entertaining blog posts! He will perform Borachio in Much Ado About Nothing.


SGT: Hi Dan, what are you looking forward to this year?

DC: The sun! And being able to be part of the 25th anniversary celebrations.

SGT: What made you want to be involved?

DC: I had so much fun, despite the rain last time and any chance to ‘do some Shakespeare’ is always a draw.

 
SGT: what made you want to perform with SFS again?

DC: Stafford is an awesome place to spend some time and getting to work with a fab creative team and crew makes it easy.

SGT: Could you tell us a little bit about your character?

DC: Barachio is Don John’s flunkie and comes up with a devious plan to defame Hero and ruin her wedding to Claudio.

SGT: What do you think your character brings to the play?

DC: Whilst not a major character, Barachio is the agent of change through his plan (and execution of it) and his subsequent confession.

SGT: What do you love most about Much Ado About Nothing as a play?

DC: The brilliant dialogue between Beatrice and Benedick is some of the wittiest of all the works and always makes me laugh.

SGT: What do you think the audience will enjoy most about this year’s production and setting?

DC: I think the mix between excellent writing and live music set to the background of the end of WW1 will really evoke a sense of pride and celebration.