A new play by MATTHEW DUNSTER
Adapted from the novel by CHARLES DICKENS
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair; we had everything before us, we had nothing before us.
Sound familiar? How much more do those in power think Europe’s poor can take? When will the people take to the streets of the cities and roar enough is enough?
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“Dunster and director Timothy Sheader enterprisingly wrestle Dickens away from Sunday tea-time period drama and emphasise that he was a writer who tackled the poverty and injustice of his day.”
“Marième Douf has a COMPELLING stillness as Lucie Manette, Patrick Driver is TOUCHING as her emotionally damaged father, and Kevork Malikyan impresses as the kindly banker who helps them.
British Theatre Guide
“This is no cosy costume Dickens. It is a tale of today with a mixture of clothes from now and the period Dickens was writing about…Yet the story is still Dickens.”
“This is A POWERFUL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE from a strong multicultural cast that is choreographed by Liam Steel into some EXTRAORDINARY VISUAL SCENES.”
“Anyone who loves theatre and craves social justice should see this fine production.”
BroadwayWorld.com
Evening Standard
CREATIVE TEAM
- Lee Curran – Lighting Designer
- Fly Davis – Designer
- Jonathan Holby – Assistant Fight Director
- Barbara Houseman – Season Associate Director (Voice & Text)
- Polly Jerrold – Cassting Director
- Douglas O'Connell – Video Designer
- Nadia Papachronopoulou – Assistant Director
- Tim Sheader – Director
- Christopher Shutt – Sound Designer
- Liam Steel – Movement Director
- Kate Waters – Fight Director
CAST
- Lydia Bradford – Irene / Clemence
- Sean Cernow – Road Mender
- Claire-Louise Cordwell – Madame Defarge
- Marième Diouf – Lucie Manette
- Patrick Driver – Dr Manette
- Nabil Elouahabi – Barsad
- Lorna Gayle – Miss Pross
- Lewis Griffin – Jacques 2
- Nicholas Karimi – Sydney Carton
- Nicholas Khan – Jerry Cruncher / Monseigneur
- Andrew Koji – Jacques 1
- Kevork Malikyan – Jarvis Lorry
- Francesca Mills – Seamstress
- Jude Owusu – Charles Darnay
- Tim Samuels – Monsieur Defarge
- Aliya Ali, Foyinsola Ighodalo, Olivea Puci – Little Lucie
- Evie Buxton, Mia Dalley, Kaitlyn Kou – Irene's Child
