Picture: Robert Workman
Liam Tamne will step into the role of Heathcliff next week as Emma Rice’s new adaptation of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights completes its run at the National Theatre before heading out on a UK tour.
From 15 March 2022, Tamne (The Prince of Egypt, Dominion Theatre, The Rocky Horror Show, UK tour) will take over from Ash Hunter (Hamilton, Victoria Palace Theatre), starring opposite Lucy McCormick (Life: LIVE! Battersea Arts Centre) as Cathy in the Lyttelton Theatre until 19 March. The production will then head for Hall for Cornwall, Norwich Theatre Royal, Theatre Royal Nottingham, The Lowry in Manchester, Sunderland Empire, Theatre Royal Brighton (Brighton Festival), King’s Theatre, Edinburgh and Eden Court, Inverness.
Tamne joins a cast that also includes Sam Archer (Wise Children, The Old Vic/UK tour) as Lockwood/Edgar Linton, Nandi Bhebhe (Baghdad Café, The Old Vic) as The Leader of the Moor, Mirabelle Gremaud (Wise Children, The Old Vic/UK tour) as Zillah, Stephanie Hockley (Malory Towers, Bristol Passenger Shed/UK tour) as ensemble, TJ Holmes (One Man, Two Guvnors UK tour) as Robert, Craig Johnson (The Secret Garden, Minack Theatre) as Mr Earnshaw/Dr Kenneth, Jordan Laviniere (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Apollo Theatre) as John, Katy Owen (Wise Children, The Old Vic/UK tour) as Isabella Linton/Linton Heathcliff, Tama Phethean (Night of the Living Dead Live, Pleasance Theatre) as Hindley Earnshaw/Hareton Earnshaw) and Witney White (Dusty, Charing Cross Theatre) as Frances Earnshaw/Young Cathy). The musicians are Sid Goldsmith, Nadine Lee and Renell Shaw.
Co-produced by the National Theatre, Bristol Old Vic and York Theatre Royal and also directed by Rice, the re-imagining of the classic story which debuted at the Bristol Old Vic in October 2021, the production’s creative team includes set and costume designer Vicki Mortimer, with sound and video design by Simon Baker, composition by Ian Ross, movement and choreography by Etta Murfitt and lighting design by Jai Morjaria.
Created and led by Rice, Wise Children launched in April 2018 and is an Arts Council England National Portfolio organisation. Previous hit productions include Rice’s adaptation of Angela Carter’s Wise Children and Enid Blyton’s Malory Towers.
Angela Thomas
SHARE THIS POST:
Comments are closed.