Wuthering Heights
BASED ON THE NOVEL BY EMILY BRONTË
ADAPTED AND DIRECTED BY EMMA RICE
A National Theatre, Wise Children, Bristol Old Vic, and York Theatre Royal co-production
West Coast premiere
Roda Theatre
Nov 18, 2022–Jan 1, 2023
Running time: 2 hrs and 25 min, plus a 15-min intermission
Wuthering Heights contains strobes, flashing lights, and haze effects, as well as references to or depictions of physical and sexual violence.
Acclaimed director Emma Rice (The Wild Bride, Tristan & Yseult, Romantics Anonymous) and her new company Wise Children make a triumphant return to Berkeley Rep with her latest wildly imaginative theatrical experience. Rescued from the Liverpool docks as a child, Heathcliff is adopted by the Earnshaws and taken to live at Wuthering Heights. He finds a kindred spirit in Catherine Earnshaw and a fierce love ignites. When forced apart, a brutal chain of events is unleashed. Emma Rice reimagines Emily Brontë’s gothic masterpiece with live music, dance, passion, hope, and a dash of impish irreverence, creating an intoxicating revenge tragedy for today.
Exuberant, striking and beautiful… the kind of thrill that only superb live theater can create.
The show rolls out one vividly staged episode after another…. The actors spill out their own marvels of characterization…. They come together and pull apart with the gymnastic torque and balletic grace of a dance company.
Company and creative team
For full bios, please see our digital program.
EMMA RICE | ADAPTOR/DIRECTOR
IAN ROSS | COMPOSER
VICKI MORTIMER | SET & COSTUME DESIGN
SIMON BAKER | SOUND & VIDEO DESIGN
JAI MORJARIA | LIGHTING DESIGN
ETTA MURFITT | MOVEMENT DIRECTOR & CHOREOGRAPHER
JOHN LEADER | PUPPETRY DIRECTOR
KEV MCCURDY | FIGHT DIRECTOR
PAT MORAN | MUSIC DIRECTOR
LAURA KEEFE | ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
NANDI BHEBHE | ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER
VICTORIA BRENNAN | LIGHTING PROGRAMMER & ASSOCIATE
ANNA LEWIS | COSTUME SUPERVISOR
GIUSEPPE CANNAS | WIGS, HAIR & MAKEUP SUPERVISOR
LIZZIE FRANKL & FAHMIDA BAKHT FOR PROPWORKS | PROPS SUPERVISORS
TOM KNOWLES | MUSIC SUPERVISOR
KATE FOSTER | COMPANY STAGE MANAGER
ALED THOMAS | TECHNICAL STAGE MANAGER
CHARLIE SMALLEY | DEPUTY STAGE MANAGER
MEGAN MCCLINTOCK* | STAGE MANAGER
CHARLIE SIMPSON | HEAD OF SOUND
JIMMY O’SHEA | SOUND NO. 2
EMMA DAVIDSON | HEAD OF WARDROBE
SAM ARCHER | LOCKWOOD/EDGAR LINTON/THE MOORS
LEAH BROTHERHEAD | CATHERINE
GEORGIA BRUCE | ISABELLA LINTON/LITTLE LINTON/THE MOORS
RICARDO CASTRO | ROBERT/THE MOORS
KATY ELLIS | ZILLAH/THE MOORS
STEPHANIE ELSTOB | SWING
LLOYD GORMAN | MR. EARNSHAW/THE MOORS/BAND
TJ HOLMES | DR. KENNETH/THE MOORS/BAND
JORDAN LAVINIERE | THE LEADER OF THE YORKSHIRE MOORS
TAMA PHETHEAN | HINDLEY EARNSHAW/HARETON EARNSHAW/THE MOORS
ELEANOR SUTTON | FRANCES EARNSHAW/YOUNG CATHY/THE MOORS
LIAM TAMNE | HEATHCLIFF
SID GOLDSMITH | BAND (GUITARS)
VINCENT DE JESUS | BAND (PERCUSSION)
PAT MORAN | BAND (BASS GUITAR/MUSIC DIRECTOR)
* Indicates a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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Get a sneak peek at Wise Children’s Wuthering Heights
See Emma Rice’s music- and dance-infused adaptation.
- (l to r) Sam Archer as Mr. Lockwood and Leah Brotherhead as Catherine in the West Coast premiere of Wise Children’s Wuthering Heights at Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
- (center) Jordan Laviniere as the Leader of the Yorkshire Moors; (back, l to r) Eleanor Sutton, Katy Ellis, Tama Phethean, Stephanie Elstob, and Ricardo Castro as The Moors in the West Coast premiere of Wise Children’s Wuthering Heights at Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
- Jordan Laviniere with Young Heathcliff in the West Coast premiere of Wise Children’s Wuthering Heights at Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
- (front, l to r) Leah Brotherhead as Catherine and Liam Tamne as Heathcliff in the West Coast premiere of Wise Children’s Wuthering Heights at Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
- (center) Liam Tamne as Heathcliff; (l to r) Jordan Laviniere as the Leader of the Yorkshire Moors, Stephanie Elstob and Ricardo Castro as The Moors in the West Coast premiere of Wise Children’s Wuthering Heights at Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
- (center) Leah Brotherhead as Catherine surrounded by The Moors in the West Coast premiere of Wise Children’s Wuthering Heights at Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
- (l to r) Liam Tamne as Heathcliff and Leah Brotherhead as Catherine in the West Coast premiere of Wise Children’s Wuthering Heights at Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
- (center) Leah Brotherhead as Catherine surrounded by The Moors in the West Coast premiere of Wise Children’s Wuthering Heights at Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
- (center) Liam Tamne as Heathcliff surrounded by The Moors in the West Coast premiere of Wise Children’s Wuthering Heights at Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
- (l to r) Leah Brotherhead as Catherine, Liam Tamne as Heathcliff, and Jordan Laviniere as the Leader of the Yorkshire Moors in the West Coast premiere of Wise Children’s Wuthering Heights at Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
Based on the novel by Emily Brontë | Adapted and directed by Emma Rice | Composition by Ian Ross | Set and costume design by Vicki Mortimer | Sound and video design by Simon Baker | Lighting design by Jai Morjaria | Movement direction and choreography by Etta Murfitt | Puppetry direction by John Leader | Fight direction by Kev McCurdy | Music direction by Pat Moran
Key art photo by Steve Tanner
The cast of Wise Children’s Wuthering Heights