Full company announced for Arthur Miller’s A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
A co-production with Headlong, Octagon Theatre Bolton and Rose Theatre
6 – 28 October, Festival Theatre
The full cast has been announced for Arthur Miller’s classic A View from the Bridge, a co-production with Headlong, Octagon Theatre Bolton and Rose Theatre, running at Chichester Festival Theatre from 6 – 28 October (press night: Tuesday 10 October).
Acclaimed stage and screen actor, Jonathan Slinger (Crave at Chichester Festival Theatre, Hamlet, Macbeth at the RSC) will playthe role of Eddie. He is joinedby Nancy Crane (TV’s Inside Man and Suspicion, Summer & Smoke and Chimerica at theAlmeida / West End) who will be the first woman to play the role of Alfieri in this new productionwhich looks at the psychology of the play and its gender politics afresh.
They are joined by Kirsty Bushell (Regan in King Lear at Chichester, Richard III at the RSC, Angels in America for Headlong) as Beatrice, Rachelle Diedericks (Our Generation at Chichester & the National Theatre, The Crucible at the NT) as Catherine, Elijah Holloway in his professional stage debut as Louis/Immigration Officer, Luke Newberry (When Winston Went to War with the Wireless at the Donmar Warehouse, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Macbeth at the RSC/Barbican) as Rodolpho, Tommy Sim’aan (Vigil, The Tempest at the RSC) as Marco and Lamin Touray (Bouncers UK tour, Shakespeare in the Squares, Coronation Street) as Mike/Immigration Officer.
On the Brooklyn waterfront, where the fierce passions of ancestral Sicily linger, the orphaned Catherine falls for her handsome, newly arrived cousin Rodolpho – an illegal migrant. Their romance is encouraged by her aunt Beatrice but stirs complex feelings in her uncle, Eddie Carbone. As tensions rise, their story spins inexorably beyond control.
This brand-new production will be directed by Headlong Artistic Director Holly Race Roughan. Holly said; “Quite honestly, A View from the Bridge remains one of the mostextraordinary plays I have ever read, and it is an honour to be co-producing it alongsidesome of the country’s most important theatres.”
The full creative team includes Moi Tran – Set and Costume Designer, Alex Fernandes – Lighting Designer, Max Perryment – Composer and Sound Designer, Malik Nashad Sharpe – Movement Director, Kev McCurdy – Fight Director, Yarit Dor – Intimacy Director, Aundrea Fudge – Voice and Dialect Coach, Emily Ling Williams – Associate Director, Mona Camille – Set and Costume Associate, Keegan Curan – Sound Associate.
The production will also play at Octagon Theatre Bolton 8 – 30 September, and Rose Theatre in Kingston 31 October – 11 November.
A View from the Bridge is presented by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Limited.
At Chichester, the production is sponsored by Portsmouth Grammar School.
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