THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI

by Bertolt Brecht, in a new adaptation by Bruce Norris

20 April 2017 – 17 June 2017

★★★★
‘A tremendous new adaptation by Bruce Norris. This show shines’
Observer

★★★★
‘Lenny Henry brings a heavyweight authority… Skilfully performed, atmospheric, at times uproariously funny’
Evening Standard

★★★★
‘There’s never a dull moment… Simon Evans’ terrifically well-paced and atmospheric production… Lenny Henry’s tour de force’
Daily Telegraph

Chicago! A city of jazz and gangsters, prohibition and poverty.  Amongst the murk of the Great Depression, there’s room for a small time crook like Arturo Ui to make a name for himself.

Ui and his henchmen just want to look after you, to offer protection for workers, for jobs, for businesses.  Nothing to fear.  But a little bribery here, some harmless corruption there, and soon something much more dangerous takes hold.

Brecht’s satirical masterpiece about the rise of a demagogue in a new adaptation by Pulitzer, Olivier and Tony Award-winning American playwright, Bruce Norris. Lenny Henry makes his Donmar debut as Arturo Ui.

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