Review: North by Northwest

Review: North by Northwest

North By Northwest (touring) ★★★★

There are many reasons that the movie North By Northwest has retained such popularity since it was released in 1959. In many ways, it’s an anthology of so many familiar Hitchcockian tropes gathered in one film: the mistaken identity of an innocent man, an inscrutable blonde femme fatale, plot reversals you don’t see coming, suspenseful chases, regular locations becoming sinister, and of course, a MacGuffin!But beyond this, there was something un…

North By Northwest Review - Fairy Powered Productions

Theatre Royal, York – until 5th April 2025 Reviewed by Katie Brewerton  5***** Based on the 1959 Alfred Hitchcock film North by Northwest begs the question: “It would be strange, would it not, if, in a city of seven million people, one man were never mistaken for another…” From director Emma Rice and Wise Children the story follows Roger Thornhill (Ewan Wardrop) who finds himself in hot water when he is mistaken for George Caplan, a man who is …