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!".T1460882629Imagine a world where imagination is forbidden. Coketown is such a place. Thomas Gradgrind will not permit fanciful thoughts in his school or his home. But what effect will this policy have on his own children, Tom and Louisa? How can he protect them from corrupting influences - especially when the circus comes to town? Dark satanic mills, interrupted by the colour and vibrancy of Sleary's Circus, set the stage for a sweeping tale of supressed love, seduction and social mores, peopled with the sharply observed exaggerated characters that Dickens is celebrated for. Conrad Nelson directs Deborah McAndrew's witty adaptation of Charles Dickens' great Northern novel to bring you a joyful juggling and tumbling through this touching and often hilarious tale of repression and longing.Company Northern Broadsides. Adapted by Deborah McAndrew. Director Conrad Nelson. Design Dawn Allsopp. Lighting Mark Howland. Performer Suzanne Ahmet (Sissy Jupe). Performer Paul Barnhill (Mr Sleary). Performer Victoria Brazier (Rachael). Performer Howard Chadwick (Bounderby). Performer Anthony Hunt (Steven Blackpool). Performer Darren Kuppan (Mr Harthouse). Performer Perry Moore (Tom Gradgrind). Performer Andrew Price (Thomas Gradgrind). Performer Vanessa Schofield (Louisa Gradgrind). Performer Claire Storey (Mrs Peglar). | |
| 22 May 18 to 26 May 18 | Leeds Playhouse (formerly West Yorkshire Playhouse), Leeds :: V977 listing details L01825167170 |
| 16 May 18 to 19 May 18 | Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds :: V76 listing details L02130750508 |
| 2 May 18 to 5 May 18 | Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield :: V972 listing details L01552078124 |
| 17 Apr 18 to 21 Apr 18 | Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough :: V949 listing details L1612894984 |
| 4 Apr 18 to 14 Apr 18 | New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme :: V119 listing details L1104392499 |
| 27 Mar 18 to 31 Mar 18 | Everyman & Playhouse, Liverpool :: V535 listing details L26779220 |
| 6 Mar 18 to 10 Mar 18 | The Lowry, Salford :: V0655996499 listing details L0347869176 |
| 27 Feb 18 to 3 Mar 18 | The Dukes, Lancaster :: V523 listing details L1593442250 |
| 16 Feb 18 to 24 Feb 18 | Viaduct Theatre, Halifax :: V1025 listing details L1169413948 |
T1288153240Company Lighthouse Theatre. | |
| 24 Nov 17 | Hafren (formerly Theatre Hafren), Newtown :: V852 listing details L1196457690 |
T01146880282Company Pitlochry Festival Theatre. | |
| 1 Sep 16 to 14 Oct 16 | Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Pitlochry :: V638 listing details L1443292825 |
T02025141766Paper Zoo recreate Dicken's classic tale with their trademark blend of humour and visual inventiveness.Company Paper Zoo Theatre Company. | |
| 23 May 13 | Square Chapel Arts Centre, Halifax :: V1098014226 listing details L01124483459 |
T0717221616Company Mercury Youth Theatrte. Adapted by Stephen Jeffreys. Director Gari Jones. Design Amy Yardley. Lighting Ben Payne. | |
| 22 Aug 12 to 23 Aug 12 | Mercury Theatre, Colchester :: V37 listing details L1151022507 |
T1009675902Company Creative Cow. Adapted by Stephen Jeffreys. | |
| 28 Nov 11 to 3 Dec 11 | New Wimbledon Theatre, Outer London :: V341 listing details L1510513261 |
| 10 Nov 11 to 12 Nov 11 | Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford :: V702 listing details L01797477487 |
| 8 Nov 11 to 9 Nov 11 | The Hawth, Crawley :: V720 listing details L0390699694 |
T988676661Company Library Theatre Company. Adapted by Charles Way. Music Colin Sell. Director Chris Honer. Director Mish Weaver (circus scenes). Music Colin Sell. Director Mish Weaver (circus scenes). Performer David Fleeshman (Thomas Gradgrind). Performer Richard Heap (Josiah Bounderby). Performer David Crellin (Stephen Blackpool / Sleary). Performer Arthur Wilson (Bitzer / Kidderminster). Performer Roberta Kerr (Mrs Gradgrind / Mrs Pegler). Performer Verity May Henry (Sissy). Performer Lynda Rooke (Mrs Sparsit / Stephen Blackpool's wife). Performer Mina Anwar (Rachel). Performer Gareth Cassidy (Tom / Slackbridge). Performer Richard Hand (Mr M'Choakumchild / President / Harthouse). Performer Alice O'Connell (Louisa). Performer Lucy Frost (circus performer). Performer Owen Gaynor (circus performer). | |
| 8 Jun 11 to 2 Jul 11 | General, Manchester :: V1414 listing details L600014724 |
T2050861641Company N1 Theatre Company. Adapted by Steve Jeffrey. | |
| 5 Jun 10 | Courtyard Theatre, Inner London :: V184 listing details L01855862680 |
T01791168587Producer Capitol Theatre. Adapted by Stephen Jeffreys. Director Andy Farrell. | |
| 11 Feb 09 to 14 Feb 09 | The Capitol Theatre, Manchester :: V1006 listing details L775164676 |
T606245584Producer Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Adapted by Stephen Jeffreys. Director Wyn Jones. | |
| 9 Feb 09 to 12 Feb 09 | Bridewell Theatre, Inner London :: V171 listing details L2016712299 |
T1424794460With 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.Company Icon Theatre. Director Nancy Hirst. Design Lucille Acevedo-Jones. Design Angeline Ferguson (film and projection). Lighting David Miller. Music Christopher Warner. Performer Tom Peters. Performer James Hyland. Performer Raewyn Lippert. | |
| 24 Oct 08 to 16 Nov 08 | Warehouse Theatre, Outer London :: V304 listing details L914972108 |
T655346550Company Compass Theatre Company. Adapted by Stephen Jeffreys. Director Neil Sissons. Design Neil Irish. Lighting Jason Taylor. Performer Sonia Beck. Performer Michael Onslow. Performer Chris Porter. Performer Naomi Watts. | |
| 20 Nov 06 to 22 Nov 06 | Arts Theatre, Cambridge :: V19 listing details L0468226091 |
| 16 Nov 06 to 18 Nov 06 | Plowright Theatre, Scunthorpe :: V952 listing details L01197219460 |
| 14 Nov 06 to 15 Nov 06 | Stahl Theatre, Oundle :: V452 listing details L1754142535 |
| 31 Oct 06 to 4 Nov 06 | Coliseum Theatre, Oldham :: V497 listing details L2008681390 |
| 24 Oct 06 to 28 Oct 06 | Brewhouse Theatre and Arts Centre, Taunton :: V918 listing details L0199207394 |
| 17 Oct 06 to 21 Oct 06 | New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich :: V81 listing details L885173025 |
| 12 Oct 06 to 14 Oct 06 | Palace Theatre, Mansfield :: V453 listing details L0569535055 |
| 10 Oct 06 to 11 Oct 06 | Lighthouse (previously known as Poole Arts Centre), Poole :: V910 listing details L01182886219 |
| 3 Oct 06 to 7 Oct 06 | Greenwich Theatre, Outer London :: V308 listing details L01268012432 |
| 27 Sep 06 to 30 Sep 06 | Theatre Royal Wakefield, Wakefield :: V979 listing details L01536947507 |
T880282652Company Sterts Touring Company. Adapted by Stephen Jeffreys. Director Maggie Inchley. | |
| 16 Nov 06 to 18 Nov 06 | Sterts Arts Centre, Liskeard :: V878 listing details L01780535193 |
T1319923942A newly commissioned stage play of the novel by Charles Dickens. Set both in the industrial revolution of the 1850s and now, this timeless tale proves that it still has a point to make about the industrial crises, education and the horrors wreaked by industry on vulnerable workers. The result is a thought-provoking, colourful and very entertaining performance that respects the original text, but asks whether we have made much progress since Dickens revealed the incompatibility of the human spirit with the uncompromising logic of industry.Company Love and Madness Theatre Company. | |
| 17 Nov 04 | Arts Centre, Aberystwyth :: V817 listing details L1601323110 |
| 10 Nov 04 | Square Chapel Arts Centre, Halifax :: V1098014226 listing details L927883814 |
| 9 Nov 04 | Middlesbrough Theatre, Middlesbrough :: V560 listing details L1905797463 |
| 5 Nov 04 | Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline :: V1112 listing details L1889092136 |
| 28 Oct 04 to 29 Oct 04 | Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh :: V633 listing details L165297176 |
| 23 Oct 04 | Hafren (formerly Theatre Hafren), Newtown :: V852 listing details L0921025598 |
| 20 Oct 04 to 21 Oct 04 | The Old Laundry Theatre, Bowness-on-Windermere :: V191 listing details L01500649830 |
| 19 Oct 04 | Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Maidenhead :: V1294444431 listing details L01726700017 |
| 11 Oct 04 to 15 Oct 04 | Bloomsbury Theatre, Inner London :: V170 listing details L334811503 |
| 1 Oct 04 | Guildhall Theatre, Derby :: V994 listing details L2010329889 |
| 29 Sep 04 | Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury :: V99 listing details L639262873 |
| 27 Sep 04 to 28 Sep 04 | Wyvern Theatre, Swindon :: V928 listing details L0426568414 |
| 23 Sep 04 to 25 Sep 04 | Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield :: V425 listing details L01146420356 |
T2129902270Company Torch Youth Theatre. Director Andy Greenhouse. | |
| 15 Mar 02 to 16 Mar 02 | Torch Theatre, Milford Haven :: V820 listing details L049737519 |
T577856696Company Northcott Theatre Company. Adapted by Stephen Jeffreys. Director Richard Baron. Design Sarah-Jane McClelland. Lighting Mark Pritchard. Music Jon Beales. Costume Sarah-Jane McClelland. Performer Geoffrey Abbott (Mr Gradgrind). Performer David Delve. Performer Emily Fairman. Performer Helen Logan. | |
| 15 Nov 01 to 1 Dec 01 | Northcott Theatre, Exeter :: V886 listing details L1076594931 |
T01104426831Company Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Director John Durnin. | |
| 28 Feb 01 to 3 Mar 01 | Westminster Theatre, West End :: V419 listing details L01046640272 |
T01926676128Company Mountview Theatre School. Director John Durnin. Design Paula Gordon. Design John Durnin. | |
| 28 Feb 01 to 3 Mar 01 | Mountview Theatre School, Outer London :: V317 listing details L1997744443 |
T216645974Company Compass Theatre Company. Adapted by Stephen Jeffreys. | |
| 11 Dec 00 to 16 Dec 00 | Theatre Royal, Bath :: V854 listing details L01497558992 |
| 6 Dec 00 to 7 Dec 00 | Gulbenkian Arts Centre, Canterbury :: V673 listing details L01938730201 |
| 22 Nov 00 to 23 Nov 00 | Theatre Royal Wakefield, Wakefield :: V979 listing details L1143596255 |
| 20 Nov 00 to 21 Nov 00 | Civic Theatre, Rotherham :: V961 listing details L1612625391 |
| 16 Nov 00 to 18 Nov 00 | ARC, Stockton-on-Tees :: V01950064742 listing details L01682560823 |
| 7 Nov 00 to 11 Nov 00 | Hull Truck Theatre, Hull :: V935 listing details L0392407264 |
| 4 Nov 00 | Chelmsford Theatre, Chelmsford :: V32 listing details L1012402353 |
| 1 Nov 00 to 2 Nov 00 | Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton :: V160 listing details L20245609 |
| 31 Oct 00 | Guildhall Theatre, Derby :: V994 listing details L1402577294 |
| 23 Oct 00 to 24 Oct 00 | New Wimbledon Theatre, Outer London :: V341 listing details L2089406691 |
| 3 Oct 00 to 4 Oct 00 | Chipping Norton Theatre, Chipping Norton :: V795 listing details L0405536427 |
| 27 Sep 00 to 30 Sep 00 | Everyman & Playhouse, Liverpool :: V535 listing details L1304795567 |
T02017318579Barclays Stage Partners. A new adaptation.Company Clwyd Theatr Cymru (in collaboration with Clwyd Theatr Cymru for Young People Theatr Ardudwy and Theatr Brycheiniog). Design Mark Bailey. Lighting Nick Beadle. Adapted by Tim Baker. Director Tim Baker. Performer Ifan Huw Dafydd. Performer Richard Elis. Performer Marc Frankum. Performer Owen Garmon. Performer Taylor Jones. Performer Valmai Jones. Performer Glyn Pritchard. Performer Catrin Rhys. Performer Tonya Smith. | |
| 27 Nov 00 to 2 Dec 00 | Arts Centre, Aberystwyth :: V817 listing details L1557174392 |
| 20 Nov 00 to 25 Nov 00 | Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd :: V223636397 listing details L01424189635 |
| 16 Nov 00 to 17 Nov 00 | Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea :: V833 listing details L0348357938 |
| 13 Nov 00 to 15 Nov 00 | Theatr Brycheiniog (Brecon Theatre), Brecon :: V1067 listing details L0461806469 |
| 8 Nov 00 | Blackwood Miners' Institute, Caerphilly :: V1424 listing details L587001069 |
| 6 Nov 00 to 11 Nov 00 | General, General :: V01330944710 listing details L01105211820 |
| 30 Oct 00 to 4 Nov 00 | Theatr Harlech, Harlech :: V846 listing details L0313921495 |
| 28 Sep 00 to 21 Oct 00 | Theatr Clwyd, Mold :: V810 listing details L2145913340 |
T122462170Company Leeds Art Theatre. Director Steve Morrell. Adapted by Stephen Jeffreys. | |
| 27 Sep 00 to 30 Sep 00 | Civic Theatre, Leeds :: V974 listing details L96696285 |
T1485314107Adapted by Stephen Jeffreys. Director Guy Retallack. Design Louise Ann Wilson. Lighting Paul Russell. Performer Andrew Bridgmont. Performer John Elmes. Performer Michael Matus. Performer Eleanor Moriarty. Performer Christopher Naylor. Performer Phillippa Waller. | |
| 29 Mar 00 to 6 May 00 | The Watermill Theatre, Newbury :: V733 listing details L380618594 |
T093271902Company Playcraft Theatre Company. Adapted by Stephen Jeffreys. | |
| 13 May 99 to 15 May 99 | Gulbenkian Arts Centre, Canterbury :: V673 listing details L01390947011 |
| 13 May 99 to 15 May 99 | Gulbenkian Arts Centre, Canterbury :: V673 listing details L1507133658 |
T02036812412Company Storytellers. | |
| 15 Oct 98 to 17 Oct 98 | Riverside Theatre, Coleraine :: V556 listing details L2063018307 |
T1901984003Company Channel Theatre Company. Adapted by Stephen Jeffreys. | |
| 30 Apr 98 to 2 May 98 | Plowright Theatre, Scunthorpe :: V952 listing details L890939842 |
| 29 Apr 98 | Town Hall Arts Centre, Haverhill :: V88 listing details L0602008183 |
| 25 Apr 98 | The Maltings Theatre (formely Maltings Arts Centre), St Albans :: V52 listing details L01651982508 |
| 24 Apr 98 | The Angles Theatre and Arts Centre, Wisbech :: V29 listing details L0784028236 |
| 18 Apr 98 | Brewery Arts, Cirencester :: V96 listing details L458050776 |
| 16 Apr 98 to 17 Apr 98 | Camberley Theatre (previously Artslink), Camberley :: V698 listing details L01530766104 |
| 23 Mar 98 | Lovelace Theatre, Northampton :: V1046 listing details L2119016087 |
| 18 Mar 98 | Connaught Theatre, Worthing :: V725 listing details L1367211748 |
T1940896328Adapted by Stephen Jeffreys. Director Bob Carlton. | |
| to 21 Feb 98 | Queen's Theatre Hornchurch, Hornchurch :: V41 listing details L948015277 |
T01785701319Thirteen strong multicultural cast.Director Graham Watts. Design Rachel Oliver. Lighting Zoe Quick. Adapted by Stephen Jeffreys. | |
| 10 Jun 97 to 4 Jul 97 | Courtyard Theatre, Inner London :: V184 listing details L05078391 |
T1718520473Adapted by Dennis Saunders. Director Sue Pomeroy. Company Good Company. Performer Philip Madoc. Performer Janet Brown. Performer Aled Jones. Performer Fenella Fielding. | |
| 12 May 97 to 17 May 97 | Theatre Royal, Nottingham :: V462 listing details L0445002576 |
| 28 Apr 97 to 3 May 97 | New Theatre Royal, Lincoln :: V442 listing details L0656184775 |
| 22 Apr 97 to 26 Apr 97 | Hackney Empire, Outer London :: V309 listing details L2097784556 |
| 14 Apr 97 to 19 Apr 97 | Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe :: V749 listing details L1573136581 |
| 24 Mar 97 to 29 Mar 97 | Palace Theatre, Manchester :: V490 listing details L0953709133 |
| 17 Mar 97 to 22 Mar 97 | Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne :: V665 listing details L611329975 |
| 24 Feb 97 to 1 Mar 97 | Theatre Royal, Norwich :: V72 listing details L2098820100 |
| 28 Jan 97 to 1 Feb 97 | Theatre Royal, Bath :: V854 listing details L0632578880 |
| 26 Nov 96 to 30 Nov 96 | Guild Hall and Charter Theatre, Preston :: V524 listing details L0787622638 |
| 19 Nov 96 to 23 Nov 96 | Theatre Royal, Glasgow :: V623 listing details L0501642572 |
| 11 Nov 96 to 16 Nov 96 | Belgrade Theatre, Coventry :: V153 listing details L02015767229 |
| 5 Nov 96 to 9 Nov 96 | Empire Theatre, Sunderland :: V577 listing details L01674690272 |
| 21 Oct 96 to 26 Oct 96 | Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham :: V90 listing details L02007588280 |
| 14 Oct 96 to 19 Oct 96 | Chelmsford Theatre, Chelmsford :: V32 listing details L01516173925 |
| 7 Oct 96 to 12 Oct 96 | Theatre Royal, Brighton :: V657 listing details L01870728130 |
| 3 Oct 96 to 26 Oct 96 | Swan Theatre, Worcester :: V107 listing details L01709158749 |
| 1 Oct 96 to 5 Oct 96 | The Hawth, Crawley :: V720 listing details L1499794181 |
| 17 Sep 96 to 21 Sep 96 | The Hexagon, Reading :: V734 listing details L59251873 |
| 3 Sep 96 | Alhambra Theatre, Bradford :: V965 listing details L1302956412 |
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| 29 May 99 | Merlin Theatre, Frome :: V916 listing details L900464835 |
| 22 May 99 | Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury :: V99 listing details L0268168034 |
| 22 May 99 | Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury :: V99 listing details L1820520874 |
| 1 Apr 99 to 2 Apr 99 | Theatre Royal, Norwich :: V72 listing details L01426388749 |
| 18 Mar 99 to 27 Mar 99 | Cryer Arts (formerly Charles Cryer Studio Theatre), Outer London :: V293 listing details L1653273503 |
| 1 Apr 97 to 5 Apr 97 | Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury :: V674 listing details L1599510988 |
| 17 Feb 97 to 22 Feb 97 | Richmond Theatre, Outer London :: V327 listing details L1425065523 |
| 3 Feb 97 to 8 Feb 97 | Churchill Theatre, Bromley :: V302 listing details L0994949053 |
