Details

This menacing parable recasts Hitler as a small time hoodlum in the economic turmoil of gangster controlled 1930s Chicago. Ui is leader of the protection racket that controls the local Cauliflower Trust and hell-bent on taking over the city's entire fruit and veg trade - whatever the cost...

Cast/Performers

Ian Bartholomew (Arturo Ui), Leanne Best (Barker / All Women), Nick Cavaliere (Giudla), Eliot Giuralarocca (Dogsborough Jnr / Mulberry / Fish / Inna / Trader Three), Mike Goodenough (Giri), William Hoyland (Dogsborough / Actor / Judge / Ignatus / Dullfleet / Ciceronian), Nicholas Khan (Flake / Ragg / Harry Cohen / Trader One), Robin Kingsland (Clark / Shett / Defence), Nick Moss (Roma), Sion Tudor Owen (Butcher / Trader Two / Prosecution / Bowl)

Creatives/Company

Author: Bertolt Brecht
Producer(s): Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company
Director: Walter Meierjohann
Translation: Stephen Sharkey
Design(s): Ti Green, Louis Price (video)
Costume(s): Louis Price, Louis Price
Lighting: Mike Gunning
Music: Nikolas Kodjabashia
Sound: Nikolas Kodjabashia