The National Theatre of Great Britain’s Landmark production of JB Priestley’s classic thriller
An Inspector Calls
February 19
March 10, 2019
The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare
A WorldStage Production from the UK
directed by Stephen Daldry
Production Sponsors
Critical Acclaim
★★★★
“This revelatory masterpiece now comes with newly resonant echoes. Brilliantly designed and uniformly stellar acting.”
-CHICAGO TRIBUNE
★★★★
“A stellar evening of entertainment not to be missed. Will resonate in your mind, heart and eyes for quite a while.”
-CHICAGO STAGE STANDARD
“Keeps you on the edge of your seat.
Smart, incisive, eye-opening”
-THIRD COAST REVIEW
“The Daldry revisionist staging is brilliant…a not-to-be-missed viewing experience.”
-CHICAGOLAND THEATER REVIEWS
“Gripping from start-to-finish. A resonant commentary on humankind's obligations to one another”
-BROADWAY WORLD
“The cast is excellent. As interesting and suspenseful today as when it was first performed”
-CHICAGO THEATER AND ARTS
★★★★★
“Thrilling...don't dare miss it.”
-DAILY MAIL (UK)
★★★★★
“Visually astonishing.”
-DAILY EXPRESS (UK)
★★★★
“The production grips and dazzles. Nerve-shreddingly exciting. Still heart-thumpingly thrilling.”
-THE TIMES (UK)
★★★★★
“As fresh and mesmerizing as it was 17 years ago. For first timers it’s a three-act feast of the unexpected.”
-WHAT’S ON STAGE
★★★★★
“A riveting examination of conscience and class.”
-THE SUNDAY EXPRESS
★★★★★
“Superbly tense. Breathtaking, daring, and faultless execution”
-DAILY TELEGRAPH (UK)
“There’ll never be a better production… always speaks to the changing political moment.”
-THE TELEGRAPH (UK)
“Spine-tingling. Lushly operatic, yet hard as steel—grabs you by the throat and won't let you go.”
-THE GUARDIAN (UK)
“EYE-POPPING…remains vital and sharp in 2018.”
-BROADWAYWORLD
“ELEGANT…an evening of many dark and twisting delights.”
-THE WASHINGTON POST
“Feels as thrillingly fresh and disconcerting as when it was first minted almost a quarter of a century ago.”
-THE INDEPENDENT (UK)
“An epic for our epoch, a thrillingly physical piece of theatre—with the power to stir the heart as much as the mind.”
-EVENING STANDARD (UK)
“What a spectacle: this is bold, thinking, populist theatre, designed to entertain but also to boot you up the bum and shake the complacencies out of you.”
-TIMEOUT LONDON
“Spectacular.
If you haven’t seen it, you must. If you have, see it again.”
-THE MAIL
“ASTONISHING…there is no better time to see this production.”
-DC METRO THEATER ARTS