Emma Rice’s work is critically acclaimed Wuthering Heights It will perform exclusively in Sydney for one season in 2025. Opening January 31, 2025 at the Rose Park Theater for a limited three-week season.
This very limited Australian season will mark the start of the show’s Southeast Asia tour, with the British company (including many of the original London cast) returning to their respective roles.
The leading roles of Heathcliff and Catherine will be played by John Lid and Stephanie Hockley respectively. Sam Archer as Lockwood/Edgar Linton, Rebecca Collingwood as Isabella Linton/Linton Heathcliff (Linton Heathcliff), Matthew Churcher as Hindley Earnshaw/Hareton Earnshaw, Nandi Bhebhe as the Moorish leader, Stephanie Elstob as Zillah, Thomas Fox as Mr. Earnshaw, TJ Holmes as Dr. Kenneth, Robin Sinclair as Frances Earnshaw /Young Cathy, with Frederick Double as Robert. The live band on stage features musical director Pat Moran on bass guitar, Sid Goldsmith on guitar and Alex Lupo on percussion Hand composition.
Rice is a groundbreaking theater director best known for her work at Nehigh Theatre, where she served as Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe Theater in London and currently leads the highly successful production company Wise Children. Her bold and innovative production, creativity, storytelling talent and use of music have made her one of the most important and acclaimed directors in contemporary theatre.
Smart kids latest works Suburban BuddhaA co-production with the Royal Shakespeare Company transferred to London last month, with Rice’s production once again receiving a raft of five-star reviews. The Daily Mail called it “An intoxicating five-star performance” The Telegraph’s 5-star review stated, “Ebullient, often tongue-in-cheek, feel-good entertainment.” The Times gave it a five-star rating: “Emma Rice made it”for which Rice was nominated for a British Theater Award for Best Director.
In 2019, Rice was awarded the British Theater Award for her contribution to British theatre, a special award recognizing the unique and socially relevant work she has written and directed across the UK and her significant impact on the contemporary theater landscape . In 2022, she was named one of the “50 most influential British artists of the past 50 years” by Sky Art.
With her signature musical and visual style, Rice creates Wuthering Heights In this basic stage of adaptation. A bold and clever production, including a live band, this is a unique retelling of the Gothic novel, bringing clever and charming humor to a text often considered dark and disturbing.
“It’s so exciting to be able to bring our loved ones with us,” Rice said Wuthering Heights To Sydney! Follow the footsteps of my work Tristan and Isolt, red shoes and It’s too late to meetI hope Wuthering Heights Will take over Sydney’s heart, just like Sydney has taken over mine. Get ready for all the drama, humor and hope you could hope for – I can’t wait to be here again.
Wuthering Heights This is an epic story of love, revenge and redemption.
Heathcliff was rescued from the Liverpool docks as a child and later adopted by the Earnshaw family and brought to live at Wuthering Heights. In their daughter Catherine, Heathcliff found a kindred spirit and an intense love ignited. However, when forced to separate, a series of cruel events will occur.
Accompanied by music and dance, Les (It’s too late to meet, tristan and isolte, red shoes) transforms Emily Bronte’s masterpiece into a passionate, powerful and unique theatrical experience.
The production was adapted and directed by Emma Rice, with composer Ian Ross, sets and costumes by Vicki Mortimer, and sound and video by Simon Baker (Simon Baker), lighting by Jai Morjaria, movement and choreography by Etta Murfitt.
For tickets, visit https://wutheringheightsaustralia.com.
