East 15 Acting School’s MFA Acting (International) presents

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

By Bertolt Brecht

Adapted and Translated by Jennifer Wise

Directed by Rikki Henry

7 – 9 Feb

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Chicago gangster takes over the city’s greengrocer trade.

A bitingly funny satire of the rise of Hitler – this is the story of the metamorphosis  of a small-time 1930’s Chicago gangster into the fascist dictator of a whole nation. A timely and relevant reminder of just what could happen again…