A multi-award winning stage production of JB Priestley’s classic thriller, An Inspector Calls, is returning to The Lowry next January.

Directed by Stephen Daldry, the play is set to visit The Lowry stage from Tuesday 10 to Saturday 14 January 2023.

Written at the end of the Second World War and set before the First, An Inspector Calls is set in the aftermath of the death of a young woman. A mysterious Inspector calls on the prosperous Birling home to investigate the situation, and shatter the family dinner party.

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.

As well as directing several episodes of the Netflix series The Crown, Daldry’s other credits include The Audience, Skylight and Billy Elliot The Musical.

Liam Brennan will play ‘Inspector Goole’, Christine Kavanagh ‘Mrs Birling’, Jeffrey Harmer ‘Mr Birling’, Simon Cotton ‘Gerald Croft’, Evlyne Oyedokun ‘Sheila Birling’,George Rowlands ‘Eric Birling’ and Frances Campbell ‘Edna’.

The play also features set design by Ian MacNeil, music by Oscar-winning composer Stephen Warbeck (Shakespeare in Love) and lighting by Rick Fisher.

For more information on The Lowry’s showing of An Inspector Calls, visit the theatre’s website.

 

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