UK TOUR ANNOUNCED OF
J B PRIESTLEY’S CLASSIC THRILLER
AN INSPECTOR CALLS
OPENING
FRIDAY 30 AUGUST 2024
AT ALEXANDRA PALACE, LONDON
BEFORE VISITING 26 VENUES ACROSS THE UK
PW Productions is delighted to announce that following a sell-out tour in 2022, Stephen Daldry’s multi award-winning National Theatre production of JB Priestley’s AN INSPECTOR CALLS will embark on a UK Tour for 2024-25.
Opening at Alexandra Palace, where it will play for 3 weeks, the tour will then visit Stoke, Darlington, Bristol, Belfast, Leicester, Eastbourne, Liverpool, Aylesbury, Salford, Norwich, Southampton, Shrewsbury, Hull, Cardiff, Blackpool, Wolverhampton, Truro, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Sunderland, Sheffield, Bradford, Birmingham, Llandudno, Milton Keynes and Wimbledon. Casting to be announced.
When Inspector Goole arrives unexpectedly at the prosperous Birling family home, their peaceful dinner party is shattered by his investigations into the death of a young woman. His startling revelations shake the very foundations of their lives and challenge us all to examine our consciences. More relevant now than ever, this is a must-see for a whole new generation.
Since 1992, Daldry’s seminal production of An Inspector Calls has won a total of 19 major awards, including four Tony Awards and three Olivier Awards, and has played to more than 5 million theatregoers worldwide.
Director Stephen Daldry said: “We’re thrilled to be presenting another tour of An Inspector Calls and excited to be opening at the Alexandra Palace. When we first made this production at the National Theatre in 1992 we could never have dreamt that it would still be going 32 years later and be just as relevant today as it was when it was first written.”
Stephen Daldry is an award-winning Theatre, Film and Television Director & Producer. He has directed theatre productions for London’s West End & New York’s Broadway, including BILLY ELLIOT, THE INHERTIANCE & AN INSPECTOR CALLS, winning multiple Olivier & Tony awards. His latest play STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW opened at London’s Phoenix Theatre in December 2023.
Stephen has directed 6 feature films which have all been nominated for major industry awards. Netflix’s THE CROWN, which he serves as Executive Producer, recently released the final season, with Stephen back directing the last episode.
Stephen served as Producer on the opening & closing ceremonies for the LONDON 2012 OLYMPICS and was Artistic Director on VOGUE WORLD LONDON in 2023.
Stephen is the Chairman of refugee arts charity GOOD CHANCE and was the director of their award-winning production THE JUNGLE. He serves on the board of THE PERLMAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER in NY.