"Roll up, Roll up! Ladies and gentlemen
We're thrilled - we're over the moon - to present This gangster spectacle for your enjoyment
A tale of murder, fraud, mass unemployment, Acting lessons, tommy guns, and much much more…”

It’s 1930s Chicago and as the Great Depression hits the city’s fortunes, small-time boss Arturo strikes a deal and makes a killing.

Soon his shadow looms from the markets to the docks. But whether you’re with him or against him, you can’t ignore the resistible rise of Arturo Ui.

Atmospheric, stylish and darkly funny The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui is a nod to the Film Noir era of Hollywood gangster films. The original play, written in 1941 Germany, is a satirical commentary of Adolf Hitler’s rise to power. In a time of economic crisis and with the rise and fall of dictators around the world, scarcely can the play have had such relevance as now.

Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse and Nottingham Playhouse Theatre