'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 version of Brecht’s riotous 1941 ‘gangster spectacle’, a blistering satire on Hitler’s ascent to power.
Schedule
Sat 11th April 2026 01:30pm to 04:30pm
Sat 11th April 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Mon 13th April 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Tue 14th April 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Wed 15th April 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Thu 16th April 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Fri 17th April 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Sat 18th April 2026 01:30pm to 04:30pm
Sat 18th April 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Mon 20th April 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Tue 21st April 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Wed 22nd April 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Thu 23rd April 2026 01:30pm to 04:30pm
Thu 23rd April 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Fri 24th April 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Sat 25th April 2026 01:30pm to 04:30pm
Sat 25th April 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Mon 27th April 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Tue 28th April 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Wed 29th April 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Thu 30th April 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Fri 1st May 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Sat 2nd May 2026 01:30pm to 04:30pm
Sat 2nd May 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Mon 4th May 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Tue 5th May 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Wed 6th May 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Thu 7th May 2026 01:30pm to 04:30pm
Thu 7th May 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Fri 8th May 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Sat 9th May 2026 01:30pm to 04:30pm
Sat 9th May 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Mon 11th May 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Tue 12th May 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Wed 13th May 2026 01:30pm to 04:30pm
Wed 13th May 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Thu 14th May 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Fri 15th May 2026 01:30pm to 04:30pm
Fri 15th May 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Sat 16th May 2026 01:30pm to 04:30pm
Sat 16th May 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Mon 18th May 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Tue 19th May 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Wed 20th May 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Thu 21st May 2026 01:30pm to 04:30pm
Thu 21st May 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Fri 22nd May 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Sat 23rd May 2026 01:30pm to 04:30pm
Sat 23rd May 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Mon 25th May 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Tue 26th May 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Wed 27th May 2026 01:30pm to 04:30pm
Wed 27th May 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Thu 28th May 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Fri 29th May 2026 01:30pm to 04:30pm
Fri 29th May 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Sat 30th May 2026 01:30pm to 04:30pm
Sat 30th May 2026 07:30pm to 10:30pm
Category Theatre
Website rsc.org.uk/
Email tickets@rsc.org.uk
Phone 01789 296655
Address Swan Theatre Royal Shakespeare Theatre Waterside Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6BB