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!".| 12 May 97 to 17 May 97 | Theatre Royal Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 28 Apr 97 to 3 May 97 | New Theatre Royal Lincoln, Lincolnshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 22 Apr 97 to 26 Apr 97 | Hackney Empire Outer London, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 14 Apr 97 to 19 Apr 97 | Wycombe Swan High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 24 Mar 97 to 29 Mar 97 | Palace Theatre Manchester, Greater Manchester Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 17 Mar 97 to 22 Mar 97 | Devonshire Park Theatre Eastbourne, East Sussex Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 24 Feb 97 to 1 Mar 97 | Theatre Royal Norwich, Norfolk Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 28 Jan 97 to 1 Feb 97 | Theatre Royal Bath, Bath & North East Somerset Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 26 Nov 96 to 30 Nov 96 | Guild Hall and Charter Theatre Preston, Lancashire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 19 Nov 96 to 23 Nov 96 | Theatre Royal Glasgow Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 11 Nov 96 to 16 Nov 96 | Belgrade Theatre Coventry, West Midlands Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 5 Nov 96 to 9 Nov 96 | Empire Theatre Sunderland, Tyne and Wear Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 21 Oct 96 to 26 Oct 96 | Everyman Theatre Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 14 Oct 96 to 19 Oct 96 | Chelmsford Theatre Chelmsford, Essex Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 7 Oct 96 to 12 Oct 96 | Theatre Royal Brighton, East Sussex Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 3 Oct 96 to 26 Oct 96 | Swan Theatre Worcester, Worcestershire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 1 Oct 96 to 5 Oct 96 | The Hawth Crawley, West Sussex Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 17 Sep 96 to 21 Sep 96 | The Hexagon Reading, Berkshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 3 Sep 96 | Alhambra Theatre Bradford, West Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
