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Press Release

North by Northwest Casting

2 Mar 2015

Melbourne Theatre Company announced today the cast of North by Northwest with acclaimed actor Matt Day in the leading role of man-on-the-run, Roger O. Thornhill, and Amber McMahon as the cool blonde, Eve Kendall, in this stage adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic spy-thriller.

Matt Day, returning to MTC after last appearing in Scarlett O’Hara at the Crimson Parrot, and Amber McMahon, making her MTC debut, will be joined by* Nicholas Bell* (The Speechmaker),* Ian Bliss* (Hamlet), Sheridan Harbridge (The Speechmaker),* Matt Hetherington* (Next to Normal), John Leary (Private Lives),* Tony Llewellyn-Jones* (Realism), Deidre Rubenstein (His Girl Friday), Justin Stewart Cotta (Glengarry Glen Ross), Lucas Stibbard (Boy Girl Wall) and Lachlan Woods (Hamlet).

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Published on 2 March 2015