Underdog: The Other Other Brontë
a new play by Sarah Gordon
a co-production with Northern Stage
Booking and details
Reader, I think you know who is most quotable.
Charlotte Brontë has a confession about how one sister became an idol, and the other became known as the third sister. You know the one. No, not that one. The other, other one… Anne.
This is not a story about well-behaved women.
This is a story about the power of words. It’s about sisters and sisterhood, love and jealousy, support and competition.
Directed by Northern Stage Artistic Director Natalie Ibu (The White Card), Sarah Gordon’s (The Edit) new play is an irreverent retelling of the life and legend of the Brontë sisters, and the story of the sibling power dynamics that shaped their uneven rise to fame.
Suitability
Please note: This production contains themes of grief/death and addiction. It includes depictions of attempted suicide that some may find distressing.
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Cast
Nick Blakeley
Mrs Ingham/ Elizabeth Gaskell/ Ensemble
Nick Blakeley
Rhiannon Clements
Anne Brontë
Rhiannon Clements
Julian Moore-Cook
George Smith/ Mr Heger/ Ensemble
Julian Moore-Cook
Adam Donaldson
Thomas Newby/ Mr Brocklehurst/ Ensemble
Adam Donaldson
Adele James
Emily Brontë
Adele James
Kwaku Mills
Tabby/ Cunliffe/ Ensemble
Kwaku Mills
James Phoon
Branwell Brontë/ Ensemble
James Phoon
Gemma Whelan
Charlotte Brontë
Gemma Whelan
Aaron Krohn
Aaron Krohn has an MFA from The Old Globe.
Production team
Playwright
Sarah Gordon
Sarah Gordon
Director
Natalie Ibu
Natalie Ibu
Set and Costume Designer
Grace Smart
Grace Smart
Lighting Designer
Zoe Spurr
Zoe Spurr
Sound Designer
Alexandra Faye Braithwaite
Alexandra Faye Braithwaite
Movement Director
Nadia Iftkhar
Nadia Iftkhar
Fight Director
Haruka Kuroda
Haruka Kuroda
Intimacy and fight director Haruka Kuroda is a British Academy of Dramatic Combat certified instructor and has fight directed and taught in various theatres, drama schools and workshops in the UK and Europe. In 2020, Haruka completed the Intimacy Coordination Mentoring Scheme for under-represented groups organised by renowned IC Yarit Dor.
Casting Director
Naomi Downham
Naomi Downham
Naomi Downham is currently Senior Casting Assistant at the National Theatre. She works across all three theatres on the South Bank as part of the National Theatre’s Casting department.
Staff Director
Natasha Haws
Natasha Haws
Ticket prices
Monday – Thursday evenings and all matinees:
£20, £30, £40, £45, £60
Friday & Saturday evenings:
£20, £30, £45, £50 £65
Previews 27 March – 2 April:
£20, £25, £35, £40, £50
For concessions and discounts, see Ways to save
Please note the 6.30pm start time on the following performances: Thu 18 Apr, Tue 23 Apr, Thu 9 May and Tue 21 May
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Prices may change according to demand
What's on guide
Assisted performances
No Captioned performances available.
BSL Interpreted
No Audio described performances available.
No Chilled performance available.
No Dementia-friendly performances available.
No Sensory adapted performances available.
The interpreter for the BSL performance will be announced closer to the performance date.
Audio-described performances are preceded by a Touch Tour, 90 minutes before the performance start time. Call the Access line on 020 7452 3961 to book Touch Tours.
We have an allocation of tickets held for members of our Access scheme and if any of the assisted performances above are shown as “Sold Out”, tickets may still be available: Please log in to your account to view all available tickets, or call Box Office on 020 7452 3961
Photography (Rhiannon Clements, Gemma Whelan, Adele James) by Felicty McCabe.
Art direction and design by National Theatre Graphic Design Studio.