Emma Rice’s adaptation of NORTH BY NORTHWEST to embark on countrywide tour
Wise Children Artistic Director Emma Rice’s brand-new adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest will embark on a countrywide tour in 2025, beginning performances at York Theatre Royal on 18 March.
Also directed by Rice, the production will go on to visit Manchester, Liverpool, Bath, Cheltenham and London after York.
It would be strange, would it not, if, in a city of seven million people, one man were never mistaken for another...
But that is exactly what happens to Roger Thornhill, reluctant hero of North by Northwest, when a mistimed phone call to his mother lands him smack bang in the middle of a Cold War conspiracy. Now he’s on the run, dodging spies, airplanes and a femme fatale who might not be all she seems.
Emma Rice takes on film legend Alfred Hitchcock in this riotously funny reworking that turns the original thriller on its head. With just six shape-shifting performers, a fabulous ‘50s soundtrack and a LOT of hats, this dazzling production plays with the heart, mind and soul. A night of glamour, romance, jeopardy and a liberal sprinkling of tender truths.
North by Northwest is a 1959 film, produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, and James Mason.