Director Emma Rice to take over role in Wise Children

Former artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe steps into limelight in her touring production of the Angela Carter adaptation

The theatre director Emma Rice is to take over one of the lead roles in Wise Children, her adaptation of Angela Carter’s 1991 novel.

The touring production – Rice’s first for her new company, which is also named Wise Children – has its final dates at Richmond theatre in late March and Coventry’s Belgrade theatre in early April. For those performances, Rice will step into the role of Nora Chance. Etta Murfitt has played the part since the play premiered at the Old Vic in London in October last year.

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