Red Shift's production of Nicholas Nickleby breathes fresh life into Dickens' classic story. Retaining the wit and wisdom of the novel, the production is by turns hilarious and deeply moving. It relocates Nicholas's adventures to Britain in the 1950s; the story-tellers are a spectral ensemble - ghosts of Ralph and Squeers' past victims. This framing gives the story a dramatic drive and a sharp contemporary resonance and rediscovers the punch that made Dickens famous in his time as a serious social commentator as well as a master storyteller.| 14 Mar 02 to 16 Mar 02 | Jersey Arts Centre St Helier, Channel Islands Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 9 Mar 02 | Daneside Theatre Congleton, Cheshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 8 Mar 02 | Regal Centre Worksop, Nottinghamshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 6 Mar 02 to 7 Mar 02 | The Wightman Shrewsbury, Shropshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 2 Mar 02 | Queen's Hall Arts Centre Hexham, Northumberland Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 28 Feb 02 to 1 Mar 02 | Phoenix Theatre Blyth, Northumberland Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 25 Feb 02 to 26 Feb 02 | Byre Theatre St Andrews, Fife Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 22 Feb 02 to 23 Feb 02 | Paisley Arts Centre Paisley, Renfrewshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 21 Feb 02 | Lemon Tree Aberdeen Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 20 Feb 02 | Adam Smith Theatre Kirkcaldy, Fife Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 18 Feb 02 | Stantonbury Theatre Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 9 Feb 02 | Trinity Theatre and Arts Centre Tunbridge Wells, Kent Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 8 Feb 02 | De La Warr Pavilion Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 7 Feb 02 | Stahl Theatre Oundle, Northamptonshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 6 Feb 02 | Wakefield Arts Centre Wakefield, West Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 5 Feb 02 | Chipping Norton Theatre Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 2 Feb 02 | Theatr Brycheiniog (Brecon Theatre) Brecon, Powys Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 1 Feb 02 | Arts Centre Aberystwyth, Ceredigion Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 31 Jan 02 | Theatr Mwldan Cardigan, Ceredigion Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 29 Jan 02 to 30 Jan 02 | mac birmingham - Midlands Arts Centre Birmingham, West Midlands Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 25 Jan 02 | Torch Theatre Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 24 Jan 02 | Taliesin Arts Centre Swansea, Glamorgan Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 23 Jan 02 | Queen Elizabeth Hospital Theatre (QEH) Bristol, City of Bristol Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 18 Jan 02 to 19 Jan 02 | Theatre Royal Winchester, Hampshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 17 Jan 02 | Gulbenkian Arts Centre Canterbury, Kent Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 10 Jan 02 to 12 Jan 02 | Leeds Playhouse (formerly West Yorkshire Playhouse) Leeds, West Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 29 Nov 01 | Playhouse Alnwick, Northumberland Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 27 Nov 01 to 28 Nov 01 | Darlington Arts Centre Darlington, County Durham Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 26 Nov 01 | Guild Hall and Charter Theatre Preston, Lancashire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 16 Nov 01 to 17 Nov 01 | The Theatre By The Lake Keswick, Cumbria Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 14 Nov 01 | The Radlett Centre Radlett, Hertfordshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 9 Nov 01 to 10 Nov 01 | Playhouse Norwich, Norfolk Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 8 Nov 01 | Corn Exchange Newbury, Berkshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 25 Oct 01 to 27 Oct 01 | Bloomsbury Theatre Inner London, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 24 Oct 01 | Merlin Theatre Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 12 Oct 01 | Salisbury Arts Centre Salisbury, Wiltshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 11 Oct 01 | Roses Theatre Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 9 Oct 01 | Guildhall Theatre Derby, Derbyshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 4 Oct 01 to 5 Oct 01 | The Maltings Theatre (formely Maltings Arts Centre) St Albans, Hertfordshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
