Underdog. The Other Other Brontë in Newcastle

Sarah Gordon's Underdog. The Other Other Brontë is now being performed in Newcastle:

A National Theatre and Northern Stage Production

Underdog. The Other Other Brontë

Written by Sarah Gordon

Directed by Natalie Ibu

Stage 1, Northern Stage, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RH

8 June – 22 June 2024

“Reader, I think you know who’s most quotable”

Charlotte Brontë has a confession to make 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.