Emma Rice and her company of artists, Wise Children, culminate their US Tour at Princeton’s own McCarter Theatre with her adaptation of the work of Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights. While the novel has been adapted a number of times for stage and screen, you have never experienced it like this.
Combining movement, music, pathos, humor, drama, and a heaping helping of humanity, this jewel of a piece crystalizes all of the hidden menace within Emily Brontë’s work. When we read this book as children, what was understood in England in Emily’s time is hidden to our eyes. Emma Rice peels back the veil, and lifts up the rocks to show us what lies beneath. And it is an experience.
The gifted ensemble includes Sam Archer (Lockwood/Edgar Linton/The Moors); Georgia Bruce (Isabella Linton/Little Linton/The Moors); Ricardo Castro (Heathcliff); Katy Ellis (Zillah/The Moors); Stephanie Elstob (The Moors); Lloyd Gorman (Mr. Earnshaw / Robert/The Moors); Stephanie Hockley (Frances Earnshaw/Young Cathy/The Moors); TJ Holmes (Dr. Kenneth/ The Moors); Jordan Laviniere (The Leader of The Yorkshire Moors); Tama Phethean (Hindley Earnshaw/Hareton Earnshaw/The Moors); Eleanor Sutton (Catherine.) They share a hive mind and the movement and tight harmonies are as one as they perform the Ian Ross score. The onstage band includes Sid Goldsmith, Pat Moran (Music Director), Vincent De Jesus with Lloyd Gorman, with TJ Holmes, yes, Dr. Kenneth on accordion and cello. The human timbre of the cello echoes the actors’ and gives us a sense of inner and outer as one.
We need to discuss the depth and breadth of the creative team as well, including The CREATIVE TEAM INCLUDES: Composer, Ian Ross; Set & Costume Designer, Vicki Mortimer; Sound & Video Designer, Simon Baker; Lighting Designer, Jai Morjaria; Movement Director and Choreographer, Etta Murfitt; Puppetry Director, John Leader; Fight Director, Kev McCurdy; Music Director, Pat Moran; Associate Director, Laura Keefe; Associate Choreographer, Nandi Bhebhe; Lighting Programmer & Associate, Victoria Brennan; Costume Supervisor, Anna Lewis; Wigs, Hair & Makeup Supervisor, Giuseppe Cannas; Props Supervisors, Lizzie Frankl & Fahmida Bakht For Propworks; Music Supervisor, Tom Knowles; Casting, Alastair Coomer Cdg, Sam Jones Cdg, Jacob Sparrow and Wise Children; Producer, Poppy Keeling; US Tour General Manager, Doreen Sayegh For Pemberley Productions and Annie Shea Graney, Associate. These talented artists put the show on its feet and keep it running, literally and figuratively, on a whistle stop tour that leaves wonder in its wake.
This is a memorable experience that must be shared. Bring friends, bring your literary friends and especially your musical and visual friends – this is a moveable feast for all.
Wuthering Heights is shuttered March 12. Experience this tour de force for yourself. Contact the box office at Emma Rice and her company of artists, Wise Children, culminate their US Tour at Princeton’s own McCarter Theatre with her adaptation of the work of Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights. While the novel has been adapted a number of times for stage and screen, you have never experienced it like this.
Combining movement, music, pathos, humor, drama, and a heaping helping of humanity, this jewel of a piece crystalizes all of the hidden menace within Emily Brontë’s work. When we read this book as children, what was understood in England in Emily’s time is hidden to our eyes. Emma Rice peels back the veil, and lifts up the rocks to show us what lies beneath. And it is an experience.
The gifted ensemble includes Sam Archer (Lockwood/Edgar Linton/The Moors); Georgia Bruce (Isabella Linton/Little Linton/The Moors); Ricardo Castro (Heathcliff); Katy Ellis (Zillah/The Moors); Stephanie Elstob (The Moors); Lloyd Gorman (Mr. Earnshaw / Robert/The Moors); Stephanie Hockley (Frances Earnshaw/Young Cathy/The Moors); TJ Holmes (Dr. Kenneth/ The Moors); Jordan Laviniere (The Leader of The Yorkshire Moors); Tama Phethean (Hindley Earnshaw/Hareton Earnshaw/The Moors); Eleanor Sutton (Catherine.) They share a hive mind and the movement and tight harmonies are as one as they perform the Ian Ross score. The onstage band includes Sid Goldsmith, Pat Moran (Music Director), Vincent De Jesus with Lloyd Gorman, with TJ Holmes, yes, Dr. Kenneth on accordion and cello. The human timbre of the cello echoes the actors’ and gives us a sense of inner and outer as one.
We need to discuss the depth and breadth of the creative team as well, including The CREATIVE TEAM INCLUDES: Composer, Ian Ross; Set & Costume Designer, Vicki Mortimer; Sound & Video Designer, Simon Baker; Lighting Designer, Jai Morjaria; Movement Director and Choreographer, Etta Murfitt; Puppetry Director, John Leader; Fight Director, Kev McCurdy; Music Director, Pat Moran; Associate Director, Laura Keefe; Associate Choreographer, Nandi Bhebhe; Lighting Programmer & Associate, Victoria Brennan; Costume Supervisor, Anna Lewis; Wigs, Hair & Makeup Supervisor, Giuseppe Cannas; Props Supervisors, Lizzie Frankl & Fahmida Bakht For Propworks; Music Supervisor, Tom Knowles; Casting, Alastair Coomer Cdg, Sam Jones Cdg, Jacob Sparrow and Wise Children; Producer, Poppy Keeling; US Tour General Manager, Doreen Sayegh For Pemberley Productions and Annie Shea Graney, Associate. These talented artists put the show on its feet and keep it running, literally and figuratively, on a whistle stop tour that leaves wonder in its wake.
This is a memorable experience that must be shared. Bring friends, bring your literary friends and especially your musical and visual friends – this is a moveable feast for all.
Wuthering Heights is shuttered March 12. Experience this tour de force for yourself. Contact the box office at www.McCarter.org.