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Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘North by Northwest’ Adaptation Leads Wise Children’s New Season

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Naman Ramachandran Emma Rice‘s U.K.-based theater company, Wise Children, has unveiled its upcoming season, headlined by a new adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock‘s classic 1959 film “North by Northwest.” The production, described as a “riotously funny reworking that turns the original thriller on its head,” adapted and directed by Rice, will play at York Theatre Royal on March 28, 2025, before touring to Manchester, Liverpool and other U.K.

venues. Co-produced by York Theatre Royal, HOME Manchester and Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, it will feature six performers taking on multiple roles, accompanied by a 1950s soundtrack. “North by Northwest” tells the story of Roger Thornhill, a man mistaken for another in a city of seven million people.

A mistimed phone call to his mother lands him in the middle of a Cold War conspiracy, leading to a thrilling chase involving spies, airplanes, and a mysterious femme fatale.

The season also includes a return of “The Little Match Girl and Happier Tales” at The Lucky Chance in Frome over the Christmas period.

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