Death of a Salesman in Liverpool

Cyril Nri as Willy Loman in Liverpool Everyman's Death of a Salesman

Arthur Miller's classic Death of a Salesman comes to the Liverpool Everyman next month (September 19-October 10).

The play, one of theatre’s most enduring and powerful stories is directed by Olivier award-winning Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu and will feature Cyril Nri (Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story), as Willy Loman, alongside Tayo Aluko as Uncle Ben; Adelaide Banks, Emma Cater, Kiren Kebaili-Dwyer, Noah Olaoye, Joe Speare and Lawrence Ubong Williams.

The play lays bare a family at breaking point and a man wrestling with his own sense of worth. Salesman Willy Loman has chased the American dream, but now time is running out, and his precious future is slipping from his grasp.

Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu said, ‘Willy is a migrant and, like many migrants, is sold a dream, whether that be American or in the UK. You can make your mark, stake your claim - but the dream doesn’t always become reality, and there can be repercussions.

"Willy also battles generational conflict: how do fathers and sons relate, and if the gap is too wide, can they ever meet in the middle to fulfil their potential?

"Liverpool - like the original setting, Brooklyn - is rich in Irish and Nigerian heritage and mixed-race populations. It’s important to me that this production is being performed in Liverpool, engaging with local audiences, and exploring what blackness and the migrant experience is across the UK."

More info and tickets here