A first look at Underdog: The Other, Other Brontë

Theatre Weekly shares a first look at Underdog: The Other, Other Brontë at National Theatre in rehearsal.

The National Theatre and Northern Stage today released rehearsal images for Sarah Gordon’s new play Underdog: The Other Other Brontë, an irreverent retelling of the lives and legend of English literature’s famed sisters – the Brontës – playing the Dorfman theatre from 27 March to 25 May.

A co-production with Northern Stage, helmed by their Artistic Director Natalie Ibu (The White Card) in her National Theatre directing debut, this play is about sisterhood, jealousy, the power of words and the sibling dynamics that shaped the Brontë’s uneven rise to fame.

The show stars Rhiannon Clements (Hollyoaks), Adele James (Queen Cleopatra) and Gemma Whelan (Game of Thrones) as the Brontës, alongside Nick Blakeley, Julian Moore-Cook, Adam Donaldson, Kwaku Mills and James Phoon.   

The creative team, led by director Natalie Ibu, includes set and costume designer Grace Smart, lighting designer Zoe Spurr, associate lighting designer Charlotte Burton, sound designer Alexandra Faye Braithwaite, movement director Ingrid Mackinnon, fight director Haruka Kuroda, associate movement director Ana Beatriz Meireles, casting director Naomi Downham and staff director Natasha Haws.

Underdog: The Other Other Brontë is playing in the Dorfman theatre from 27 March until 25 May, with press night on 4 April.

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