AN INPAWTANT addition to the cast of the RSC’s The Two Gentlemen of Verona has been announced.
Lossi the dog is taking on the role of Crab in the upcoming production of the play directed by Joanna Bowman.
A professionally trained canine performer with impeccable stage manners and a nose for comedy.,
Lossi follows in the pawprints of her aunty Mossup, the dog who famously stole the show as Crab in the RSC’s 2014 production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona. She is also the great niece of Ria who performed at the RSC in 2004.
The nine-year-old lurcher’s routine consists of morning runs on Redcar beach, afternoon walks in the park and evenings reading her scripts and preparing for her roles alongside her acting family.
Lossi has always been Mossup’s understudy, but with Mossup now retired it’s Lossi’s time to take centre stage.
Crab is the loyal – and often comically unimpressed – companion of Launce, offering plenty of tail-wagging humour in this joyful 80-minute adaptation for all ages.
The production opens at The Other Place on Monday August 4.
The human cast includes Tom Babbage as Speed/Thurio, Darrell Brockis as The Duke/Outlaw, Fred Double as Outlaw, Aisha Goodman in the role of Julia, Jonny Khan as Valentine, Stu McLoughlin as Launce/Eglamour/Outlaw, Siân Stephens as Sylvia, Katherine Toy playing Antonia/Lucetta/Host/Outla, and Lance West as Proteus.
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