​Janie Dee​

'This city’s sick. You need me. Arturo Ui.'
 

A small-time crook with big boss ambitions.
 

While the Great Depression inflicts hardship across the nation, Chicago’s underworld festers with sex, scandal, violence and corruption. It’s the perfect storm for a schemer like Ui, his reputation as hot as hell.
 

Feeding on fear, Ui and his ruthless cronies make back-alley deals to protect the workers. So far, so bad. But his helpless targets watch on as Ui's influence gains dangerous momentum and his venom threatens to seep through the markets, politics and the law to seize the city – and beyond. This is a man on a mission for power. Will anyone stop him?
 

The simmering streets of Chicago come to the Swan Theatre for Seán Linnen’s RSC directorial debut. Double Olivier Award-winner Mark Gatiss debuts as the Notorious Arturo Ui, in Stephen Sharkey’s translation of Brecht’s riotous 1941 ‘gangster spectacle’, a blistering satire on Hitler’s ascent to power with new music composed by Placebo.

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A comedy by Florian Zeller
 

★★★★★ ‘A razor-sharp marital comedy’ – The Times
 

Two couples. A tangle of secrets. And a truth nobody is ready to face.
 

From Oscar-winning writer Florian Zeller comes ‘a funny and devious must-see’ (The Guardian).

The Truth is a wickedly entertaining comedy where trust is fragile, loyalty is negotiable, and everyone has something to hide. This star-driven revival of the Olivier-nominated play peels back the lies we tell the people we love, and the ones we tell ourselves…
 

Starring Tony Award-nominated Stephen Mangan returning to the London stage, alongside comedy icon Ardal O’Hanlon (Father Ted, My Hero), Sarah Hadland (Miranda, The Job Lot), and double Olivier Award-winner Janie Dee, The Truth runs in the West End for a strictly limited 14-week season.
 

Gripping, surprising and laugh-out-loud funny, The Truth is a night at the theatre you won’t want to miss.
 

★★★★★ ‘A pitch-perfect hit’ – The Observer

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