Casting announced for 30th Anniversary UK & Ireland tour of AN INSPECTOR CALLS

Photo credit: Tristram Kenton

Full casting for the 30th Anniversary UK and Ireland tour of Stephen Daldry’s seminal production of JB Priestley’s classic thriller An Inspector Calls, which opens at the New Wimbledon Theatre on 9 September.

The production will then visit Shrewsbury, Milton Keynes, Stoke, Cambridge, Cardiff, Southampton, Newcastle, Brighton, Guildford, Birmingham, Salford, Nottingham, Truro, Edinburgh, York, Aylesbury, Coventry, Plymouth, Liverpool, Leicester, Bromley, Richmond, Sheffield, Bradford, Bath and Glasgow. Further tour dates are to be announced.

Liam Brennan (returning to An Inspector Calls) will play Inspector Goole, with Christine Kavanagh (The Importance of Being Earnest, Harold Pinter Theatre) as Mrs Birling, Jeffrey Harmer (Bird Song, National Tour) as Mr Birling, Simon Cotton (Emmerdale) as Gerald Croft, Evlyne Oyedokun (Key Workers Cycle, Almeida Theatre) as Sheila Birling, George Rowlands (Parliament Square, Unicorn Theatre) as Eric Birling and Frances Campbell (Music at Night) as Edna. The cast is completed by Philip Stewart, Beth Tuckey, Maceo Cortezz and Rue Blenkinsop.                                        

JB Priestley’s brilliantly constructed masterpiece powerfully dramatises the dangers of casual capitalism’s cruelty, complacency and hypocrisy. Stephen Daldry’s epic production highlights the play’s enduring relevance.

Written at the end of the Second World War and set before the First, An Inspector Calls is a compelling and haunting thriller. The story begins when the mysterious Inspector Goole calls unexpectedly on the prosperous Birling family home. Their peaceful family dinner party is shattered by his investigations into the death of a young woman.

The production is directed by Stephen Daldry, with design by Ian MacNeil, music by Stephen Warbeck, and lighting by Rick Fisher.

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