Year 11 Production | The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

St Peter's College SACE Stage 1 Drama Students proudly present
A Fifth Act Production of

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

by Bertolt Brecht

"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 scandal, violence and corruption in the cauliflower trade. 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?

This November, the simmering streets of 1930s Chicago come to St Peter's College. Featuring Rowan Clark as the Notorious Arturo Ui in Stephen Sharkey's new version of Brecht’s riotous 1941 ‘gangster spectacle’, this is a blistering satire on Hitler’s ascent to power.

This is not just a play — it’s a wake-up call.
Theatre that entertains, unsettles and sparks conversation. History has a way of repeating itself — unless we resist.

📅 4–6 November 2025
🕖 Tuesday 4 November at 7.00pm
Wednesday 5 November at 1.30pm
Thursday 6 November at 7.00pm
📍 The Drama Centre, St Peter’s College

By Arrangement with ORiGiN™ Theatrical on behalf of Samuel French, a Concord Theatricals Company.