Wise Children announces cast for US premiere of Emma Rice’s WUTHERING HEIGHTS

Wise Children have announced full casting, alongside dates for the US tour, of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, adapted and directed by Emma Rice.

The co-production with the National Theatre, Bristol Old Vic and York Theatre Royal, in association with Berkeley Repertory Theater, makes its US première at St Ann’s Warehouse, New York, on 14 October, before touring to Berkeley Repertory Theater, the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts and Chicago Shakespeare Theater, with more dates to be announced.

For the New York leg of the tour, Rice directs Sam Archer (Wise Children, The Old Vic/UK tour).as Lockwood/Edgar Linton, Steph Elstob (Edward Scissorhands, Sadler’s Wells) as understudy, Nandi Bhebhe (Bagdad Cafe, The Old Vic) as The Yorkshire Moor, Katy Ellis as swing, Lloyd Gorman (Whistle Down The Wind, Watermill Theatre) as Mr Earnshaw/Robert, TJ Holmes (One Man, Two Guvnors, UK tour) as Dr Kenneth, Jordan Laviniere (All That, King’s Head Theatre) as Zillah, Lucy McCormick (Life: LIVE!, Battersea Arts Centre) as Catherine, Katy Owen (Wise Children, The Old Vic/UK tour) as Isabella Linton/Linton Heathcliff, Tama Phethean (The Great Christmas Feast, The Lost Estate) as Hindley Earnshaw/Hareton Earnshaw, Eleanor Sutton (Jane Eyre, Stephen Joseph Theatre/New Vic) as Frances Earnshaw/Young Cathy, and Liam Tamne (The Prince of Egypt, West End) as Heathcliff, with music performed by Sid Goldsmith, Pat Moran and Jeevan Singh.

Joining the cast from Berkeley Rep onwards are Georgia Bruce (Fisherman’s Friends, UK tour) as Isabella Linton/Linton Heathcliff, Leah Brotherhead (Gulliver’s Travels, Unicorn Theatre) as Catherine, Ricardo Castro (Fame – The Musical, Tyrone Jackson Theatre) as Jonathan and Katy Ellis (Malory Towers, Wise Children) as Zillah, with Jordan Laviniere taking on the role of The Yorkshire Moor.  

The Yorkshire moors tell an epic story of love, revenge and redemption.

Rescued from the Liverpool docks as a child, Heathcliff is adopted by the Earnshaws and taken to live at Wuthering Heights. He finds a kindred spirit in Catherine Earnshaw and a fierce love ignites. When forced apart, a brutal chain of events is unleashed.

Shot through with music, dance, passion and hope, Emma Rice transforms Emily Brontë’s masterpiece into a powerful and uniquely theatrical experience. Lucy McCormick leads the company of performers and musicians in this intoxicating revenge tragedy for our time.

The production features set and costume design by Vicki Mortimer, sound and video by Simon Baker, composition by Ian Ross, lighting by Jai Morjaria, and movement and choreography by Etta Murfitt.

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