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Blackeyed Theatre in association with
South Hill Park Arts Centre and the Castle,
Wellingborough present
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
by Bertolt Brecht
Translated by Ralph Manheim
With
original music by Ron McAllister
Director Bart Lee
Designer Victoria Spearing
Lighting design Charlotte McClelland
Cast
Austin Carruthers, Ben Harrison, Tom Neill, Matthew Rowland-Roberts, Paul Taylor
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui is one of Brecht’s finest works; an immense play
packed full of biting satire and cruel comedy. Set in 1930s Chicago gangster-land,
where small-time hoodlum, Arturo Ui, aims to take over the city's greengrocery trade,
it’s a masterful parody of the rise of Hitler and, in its relevance to the world
today, a haunting warning from history.
Slick, fresh and bang up-to-date, this major
new production of Brecht’s masterpiece draws on the comedy in the writing to unearth
the horror of the real life events behind it, and features fabulous new music by
Ron McAllister.
Told through the classic theatrical techniques of Alienation and
Epic (political) Theatre, this is a rare opportunity to see Brecht at its very best.
“Hugely entertaining, intelligently directed and superbly performed” Cambridge Agenda
