Casting has been revealed for the 30th Anniversary UK and Ireland tour of the National Theatre’s acclaimed production of JB Priestley’s An Inspector Calls.
Directed by Stephen Daldry, the cast of this new tour includes Liam Brennan as ‘Inspector Goole’, Christine Kavanagh as ‘Mrs Birling’, Jeffrey Harmer as ‘Mr Birling’, Simon Cotton as ‘Gerald Croft’, Evlyne Oyedokun as ‘Sheila Birling’,George Rowlands as ‘Eric Birling’ and Frances Campbell as ‘Edna’. The cast is completed by Philip Stewart, Beth Tuckey, Maceo Cortezz and Rue Blenkinsop.
The tour opens at the New Wimbledon Theatre on Friday 9 September 2022 before visiting 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.
In the 30-years since its first performance at the National Theatre in 1992, Stephen Daldry’s production of An Inspector Calls has won a total of 19 major awards, including four Tony Awards and three Olivier Awards, and has played to more than 5 million theatregoers worldwide. An Inspector Calls is the most internationally-lauded production in the National Theatre’s history.
JB Priestley’s brilliantly constructed masterpiece powerfully dramatises the dangers of casual capitalism’s cruelty, complacency and hypocrisy.
Director Stephen Daldry has received Academy Award nominations for his films The Reader, The Hours, Billy Elliot and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close; his recent West End theatre work includes David Hare’s Skylight at the Wyndham’s Theatre and Peter Morgan’s The Audience at the Apollo Theatre; and recent TV work includes Netflix series The Crown. His multi award-winning production of Billy Elliot The Musical ran for 11 years at the Victoria Palace before embarking on a national tour, and has recently been revived at the Curve Leicester in a new five-star production.
Daldry was recently tipped to be directing a new stage adaptation of Netflix’s smash-hit series Stranger Things.
An Inspector Calls is designed by Ian MacNeil, with music by Academy Award winning composer Stephen Warbeck and Lighting by Rick Fisher.
Photo: Liam Brennan as ‘Inspector Goole’. Photo Tristram Kenton
An Inspector Calls – UK Tour
Friday 9 September – Saturday 17 September 2022
New Wimbledon Theatre
Tuesday 20 September – Saturday 24 September 2022
Shrewsbury Theatre Severn
Tuesday 27 September – Saturday 1 October 2022
Milton Keynes Theatre
Tuesday 4 October – Saturday 8 October 2022
Stoke Regent Theatre
Tuesday 11 October – Saturday 15 October 2022
Cambridge Arts Theatre
Tuesday 18 October – Saturday 22 October 2022
Cardiff New Theatre
Tuesday 1 November – Saturday 5 November 2022
The Mayflower, Southampton
Tuesday 8 November – Saturday 12 November 2022
Theatre Royal, Newcastle
Tuesday 15 November – Saturday 19 November 2022
Theatre Royal Brighton
Tuesday 22 November – Saturday 26 November 2022
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford
Tuesday 29 November – Saturday 3 December 2022
The Alexandra, Birmingham
Tuesday 10 January – Saturday 14 January 2023
The Lowry, Salford
Tuesday 17 January – Saturday 21 January 2023
Theatre Royal, Nottingham
Tuesday 24 January – Saturday 28 January 2023
Hall for Cornwall, Truro
Tuesday 31 January – Saturday 4 February 2023
Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Tuesday 7 February – Saturday 11 February 2023
Grand Opera House, York
Tuesday 14 February – Saturday 18 February 2023
Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
Tuesday 28 February – Saturday 4 March 2023
Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
Tuesday 7 March – Saturday 11 March 2023
Plymouth Theatre Royal
Tuesday 14 March – Saturday 18 March 2023
Liverpool Empire
Tuesday 21 March – Saturday 25 March 2023
Curve, Leicester
Tuesday 28 March – Saturday 1April 2023
Churchill Theatre, Bromley
Tuesday 25 April – Saturday 29 April 2023
Richmond Theatre
Tuesday 2 May – Saturday 6 May 2023
Sheffield Lyceum
Tuesday 9 May – Saturday 13 May 2023
Bradford Alhambra
Tuesday 16 May – Saturday 20 May 2023
Bath Theatre Royal
Tuesday 23 May – Saturday 27 May 2023
Glasgow Theatre Royal
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I have seen numerous productions of ‘An Inspector Calls’ and this current one I saw this week at Theatre Royal Bath proves it just gets better and better! I hope it can be recorded and shown to absolutely every school pupil who cannot get to a theatre to see it. I loved that the Inspector put the lights up and addressed the audience, making sure the messages were clear – I’ve always wished for this and there it was, making all the difference. Many thanls to all concerned – brilliant cast! Keep on keeping on!