Details

The repressed desire of beautiful Louisa, trapped in a loveless marriage to Bounderby, a powerful mill-owner, is awakened by the handsome seducer James Harthouse. Thomas Gradgrind, her father, is forced to see love and imagination triumph over hid blind faith in "facts, facts, facts!". With buckets of energy, original new music, mime, movement and puppetry, Icon Theatre bring Dickens' classic novel to life in a powerful new stage adaptation. At age 18, the beautiful Louisa is forced to marry a man she detests, while watching her brother descend into a gambling addiction. Factory worker Stephen Blackpool hides the endless repercussions of a shameful early marriage, while his factory co-workers bay for his blood. The arrival of handsome James Harthouse unleashes the desires of these isolated lives, casting them from the dark mills of Coketown into the high spirited world of the Victorian circus. Fast and furious, this exuberant production celebrates the classic novel in Icon Theatre's distinctive, engaging style.

Cast/Performers

Tom Peters, James Hyland, Raewyn Lippert

Creatives/Company

Book by: Charles Dickens
Company: Icon Theatre
Director: Nancy Hirst
Design(s): Lucille Acevedo-Jones, Angeline Ferguson (film and projection)
Lighting: David Miller
Music: Christopher Warner