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!".| 11 Dec 00 to 16 Dec 00 | Theatre Royal Bath, Bath & North East Somerset Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 6 Dec 00 to 7 Dec 00 | Gulbenkian Arts Centre Canterbury, Kent Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 22 Nov 00 to 23 Nov 00 | Theatre Royal Wakefield Wakefield, West Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 20 Nov 00 to 21 Nov 00 | Civic Theatre Rotherham, South Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 16 Nov 00 to 18 Nov 00 | ARC Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 7 Nov 00 to 11 Nov 00 | Hull Truck Theatre Hull, Humberside Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 4 Nov 00 | Chelmsford Theatre Chelmsford, Essex Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 1 Nov 00 to 2 Nov 00 | Arena Theatre Wolverhampton, West Midlands Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 31 Oct 00 | Guildhall Theatre Derby, Derbyshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 23 Oct 00 to 24 Oct 00 | New Wimbledon Theatre Outer London, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 3 Oct 00 to 4 Oct 00 | Chipping Norton Theatre Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 27 Sep 00 to 30 Sep 00 | Everyman & Playhouse Liverpool, Merseyside Performance Details => Venue archive |
