Headlong, Octagon Theatre Bolton, Chichester Festival Theatre and Rose Theatre present a new production for our times of Arthur Miller’s classic, A View from the Bridge opening on Friday 8 September 2023 at the Octagon Theatre Bolton.
Acclaimed stage and screen actor, Jonathan Slinger will play the role of Eddie, marking his first time on stage in an Arthur Miller production. He is joined by Nancy Crane who will be the first woman to play the role of Alfieri in a new production that looks at the psychology of the play and its gender politics afresh.
Jonathan Slinger;
“I am thrilled to be working with the highly acclaimed Headlong Theatre and Artistic Director, Holly Race Roughan on what will be my first time taking to the professional stage in a piece by the great Arthur Miller. Being from Lancashire myself, Bolton’s Octagon Theatre is a theatre close to my heart and the ideal venue for us to debut this fascinating new production that examines Arthur Miller’s classic text.”
They are joined by Kirsty Bushell as Beatrice, Rachelle Diedericks as Catherine, Elijah Holloway in his professional stage debut as Louis/Immigration Officer, Luke Newberry as Rodolpho, Tommy Sim’aan as Marco and Lamin Touray as Mike/Immigration Officer.
The brand-new production will be directed by Headlong Artistic Director Holly Race Roughan.
Nancy Crane;
“Holly’s production is going to be a new perspective on one of Arthur Miller’s best-known plays. I’m excited to be the first woman to play Alfieri and can’t wait to see what it does to the play’s themes of masculinity and toxic masculinity. A modern-day Greek tragedy about love and identity and belonging and revenge, it seems to me incredibly relevant in 2023.”
The full creative team includes Emily Ling Williams – Associate Director, Moi Tran – Set and Costume, Mona Camille – Set and Costume Associate, Max Perryment – Composer and Sound Designer, Keegan Curan – Sound Associate, Alex Fernandes – Lighting Designer, Malik Nashad Sharpe – Movement Director, Aundrea Fudge – Voice and Dialect Coach, Kev McCurdy – Fight Director and Yarit Dor – Intimacy Director.
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.
The production will play at Octagon Theatre Bolton Friday 8 – Saturday 30 September, Chichester Festival Theatre Friday 6 – Saturday 28 October and Rose Theatre in Kingston Tuesday 31 October – Saturday 11 November. For more information and tickets visit headlong.co.uk.
