Chichester Festival Theatre’s production of Bertolt Brecht’s The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui will open at The Duchess Theatre on 25th September (previews from 18th September). The production will once again feature Henry Goodman reprising his award-winning performance in the title role. The cast also features Keith Baxter as the Actor, Michael Feast as Roma, William Gaunt as Old Dogsborough, Joe McGann as Giri/O’Casey. Further casting to be announced.
Chicago in the 1930s, the Great Depression – the perfect time for Arturo Ui and his mob of gangsters to run protection rackets for both workers and businesses. Soon Ui’s menacing shadow looms large across the entire city as he strives to seize absolute power.
Written in 1941 just before the exiled Bertolt Brecht arrived in the USA, this epic parable of the rise of Hitler is one of his most accessible plays, shot through with razor-sharp humour. Prior to its West End run, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui will return to the Minerva Theatre Chichester for a limited engagement from 15th August to 14th September.
Brecht’s work includes The Threepenny Opera (with Kurt Weill), The Life of Galileo, Mother Courage and Her Children, The Good Person of Szechuan and The Caucasian Chalk Circle.
Please visit www.arturoui.co.uk for further information.
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