Full casting announced for The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

Full casting has been announced for Chichester Festival Theatre’s critically acclaimed production of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, which opens at the Duchess Theatre on 25th September (previews from 18th September) and runs until 7th December 2013. The production will once again star Henry Goodman (who was most recently seen in The Old Vic’s production of The Winslow Boy), reprising his performance in the title role. 

The cast of Bertolt Brecht’s epic savagely funny parable of the rise of Hitler will also feature: Keith Baxter, Michael Feast, William Gaunt and Joe McGann. 

Mark Carlisle, Alex Giannini, Amanda Gordon, Charlie Hamblett, Lucas Hare, Hugh John, Richard Mark, Lizzy McInnerny, Peter Moreton, Steve Simmonds, Colin Stinton, David Sturzaker and Benny Young have also joined the cast.

"Chicago in the 1930s, the Great Depression – a time of unemployment, fear and corruption and the perfect time for a small-fry crime boss and his henchmen to make it big, to seize a greater power, an absolute power. Arturo Ui and his mob of gangsters run protection rackets for both workers and businesses. Soon Ui’s menacing shadow looms large, from the markets, to the docks and across the city itself."

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 until 14th September.

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