"Written in 1941, the play is about a Chicago mobster who seeks to control the city's vegetable trade through corruption, intimidation and violence: a clear allegory of how Adolf Hitler had swept to power during the 1930s. Mark Gatiss, known for The League of Gentlemen, Sherlock and more, will play Ui, in his RSC debut. It will premiere on 11 April at the Swan theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon."
"They have steadily released eight studio albums, with the most recent, Never Let Me Go, giving them their highest ever album chart placing at No 3. The band's Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal said they were very honoured and excited by the collaboration, adding: Thematically, this cautionary tale from history feels more urgent and prescient than ever, and its relevance to today's world is very chilling."
Placebo will compose the score for a Royal Shakespeare Company production of Bertolt Brecht's The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, opening on 11 April at the Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon with Mark Gatiss in the title role. The play, written in 1941, allegorises Adolf Hitler's ascent through a Chicago mobster's bid to control the vegetable trade via corruption, intimidation and violence. Placebo have released eight studio albums, including Never Let Me Go, which reached No 3. The collaboration draws on themes of power, alienation and moral decay; the score is presented as glitteringly expansive, darkly seductive and deeply theatrical while resonating with contemporary political concerns.
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