Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest
January 21 - February 7, 2027
An Emma Rice Company, Kay & McLean Productions and Jonathan Church Theatre Productions co-production
Adapted and directed by Emma Rice
Based on the Turner Entertainment Co. Film North by Northwest
Produced by special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures and Kay & McLean Productions
Originally co-produced by Wise Children, York Theatre Royal, HOME Manchester, Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse and Alexandra Palace Theatre
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About the Show:
Theatre legend Emma Rice helms a high-velocity take on the Alfred Hitchcock classic North by Northwest in an acclaimed production hailed as “glorious” (The Times of London) and “effortlessly chic” (The Daily Mail). When ad man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a Cold War spy, he goes on the run dodging airplanes, bad guys, and a femme fatale who may not be what she seems. With seven shape-shifting performers, a swinging ‘50s soundtrack, and the iconic backdrop of Mount Rushmore, Rice transforms the beloved thriller into a riotously funny high-speed theatrical ride.
Cast & Crew:
Emma Rice
Director
Emma Rice
Emma Rice is the proud Artistic Director of her company, Emma Rice Company, and an internationally respected theatre-maker and director.
For Emma Rice Company, Emma has adapted and directed the productions A Child’s Christmas in Wales, North by Northwest, TheBuddha of Suburbia, Blue Beard, The Little Matchgirl and Happier Tales, Wuthering Heights, Bagdad Cafe, Romantics Anonymous, Enid Blyton’s Malory Towers, and Angela Carter’s Wise Children.
Danny Collins
Roger Thornhill
Danny Collins
Danny Collins trained at Millennium Performing Arts.
Theatre credits include: Singin’ in the Rain (Manchester Royal Exchange); Titus Andronicus (RSC Swan Theatre); Minority Report (Simon Friend Entertainment); White Christmas (Sheffield Crucible); Rumi (D’reesha Performing Arts Festival, Doha); Tammy Faye (Almeida Theatre); 101 Dalmatians (Regents Park Open Air Theatre); Gypsy (Alexander Palace); South Pacific (Chichester Festival Theatre); Sweet Charity (Nottingham Playhouse); Barnum (Menier Chocolate Factory); Oklahoma! BBC Proms (Royal Albert Hall); 42nd Street (Théâtre du Châtelet); Frank Schultz in Show Boat (Sheffield Crucible & Gillian Lynn Theatre); Kiss Me Kate BBC Proms (Royal Albert Hall); Dry Write’s Dance:Radio (Roundhouse); On The Town (Théâtre du Châtelet Paris & The London Coliseum); Sinatra (UK Tour); and The Wizard of Oz (Southampton Mayflower).
Evangeline Dickson
Assistant Director, Mrs Townsend & Understudy
Evangeline Dickson
Evangeline Dickson
Evangeline trained at Mountview.
Evangeline has previously completed the Wise Children Training Programme Residency. Other work with Emma Rice Company includes: North by Northwest (UK Tour).
Her other theatre credits include: The Owl Who Came For Christmas (MAC/Leicester Curve); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Theatre In The Forest); Pinocchio and The Tale of Mr Tod (Red Rose Chain/The Avenue Theatre); Around the World in 80 Days (Barn Theatre); Speed Dial (The Pleasance Theatre); Macbeth and A Midsummer Nights Dream (The Young Shakespeare Company); Doctor Who: Time Fracture (West End); and Jeff Wayne’s The War of the Worlds (Immersive Everywhere/BBC).
Patrycja Kujawska
Eve Kendall and Others
Patrycja Kujawska
Patrycja Kujawska trained at the Academy of Music, Poland.
Previous work with Emma Rice Company includes: Wise Children (Old Vic and UK tour); Bagdad Cafe (Old Vic); Blue Beard (UK tour); The Little Match Girl (The Lucky Chance) and North by Northwest.
Simon Oskarsson
Valerian and Others
Simon Oskarsson
Simon Oskarsson is from Nybro in Sweden.
Previous work with Emma Rice Company includes: A Child’s Christmas in Wales (The Lucky Chance); and North by Northwest (UK tour) Theatre includes: Dear Evan Hansen (2Enterain/ Intiman Teatern), Hadestown (Lyric Theatre); The Book Thief (Leicester Curve/Belgrade Coventry); Robin Hood The Legend. Rewritten (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre); Claus – The Musical (The Lowry, Manchester); 101 Dalmatians (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre); Assassins (Watermill Theatre/Nottingham Playhouse); Kärlek Skonar Ingen (Gothenburg Opera House -GöteborgsOperan); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre); Julia Capulet (Lilla Beddinge Teater); Kiss Me Kate (Sheffield Crucible); Ögonblick (LDMG Scholarship Residency); To Paint The Earth (Southwark Playhouse); and Return To The Forbidden Planet (Upstairs at the Gatehouse).
Katy Owen
The Professor and Others
Katy Owen
Katy Owen is from Cardiff and trained at the Royal Welsh College Of Music and Drama.
Previous work with Emma Rice Company includes: A Child’s Christmas in Wales (The Lucky Chance); North by Northwest (UK tour); The Little Match Girl (The Lucky Chance); Wise Children (Old Vic and UK tour); and Wuthering Heights (Bristol Old Vic, National Theatre and UK tour, US tour and The Holland Festival).
Bryony Pennington
Anna and Others
Bryony Pennington
Bryony Pennington trained at the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, where they received the Charlotte Kirkpatrick Award.
Work in theatre includes Les Liaisons Dangereuses (The National Theatre).
Work in dance includes Juliet in Romeo and Juliet; The Car Man; The Midnight Bell; The Red Shoes and Swan Lake (Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures); Until the Lions (Opéra national du Rhin Ballet); Cosmic Yoghurt (Impermanence); Dance With Whoever You F***king Want To (Stuart Winter); Phantoms tour (Mark Bruce Company); Bayadère – The Ninth Life (Shobana Jeyasingh Dance); Crisi and Extremalism (Ballet National de Marseille); and The London Jazz Music Festival ( GoGo Penguin Lynne Page at Barbican).
Karl Queensborough
Phillip Vandamm and Others
Karl Queensborough
Karl Queensborough trained at Royal Central School of Speech & Drama (in ‘Collaborative & Devised Theatre’).
Previous Work with Emma Rice Company: North by Northwest (UK tour).
Previous work with Emma Rice includes: The Little Match Girl (Shakespeare’s Globe and UK tour).
“An espionage crowd-pleaser… fun, intelligent and powered by Rice’s joyful whimsy.”
— The Guardian
“A heck of a lot of fun – a bravura staging that will keep you grinning at its inventiveness!”
— The Telegraph
Please note this is a Huntington Selects production. These are specially curated shows that we are offering to our audiences in addition to our usual main stage fare.