Headlong, Octagon Theatre Bolton, Chichester Festival Theatre and Rose Theatre present a new production of Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge opening September 8 at the Octagon.
Jonathan Slinger (Hamlet, Macbeth at The RSC, Crave at Chichester Festival Theatre, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in the West End) will play Eddie, marking his first time on stage in a Miller play. He is joined by Nancy Crane (Inside Man BBC, Suspicion Apple TV, Summer & Smoke, Chimerica at the Almeida / West End) who will be the first woman to play Alfieri in a production that looks afresh at the psychology of the play and its gender politics.
They are joined by Kirsty Bushell (Richard III at the RSC, Angels in America for Headlong, King Lear at Chichester) as Beatrice, Rachelle Diedericks (The Crucible, Our Generation at the NT / Chichester, Andor for Disney+) as Catherine, Elijah Holloway in his professional stage debut as Louis / Immigration Officer, Luke Newberry (When Winston Went to War with the Wireless at Donmar Warehouse, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Macbeth at The RSC / Barbican) as Rodolpho, Tommy Sim’aan (Vigil, The Tempest at The RSC, Starcrossed at Wilton's Music Hall) as Marco and Lamin Touray (Bouncers UK tour, Shakespeare in the Squares, Coronation Street) as Mike / Immigration Officer.
It will be directed by Headlong artistic director Holly Race Roughan.