Event info
Start Time: 7.30pm
Tickets: £16.00 Concessions: £13.50
Description
"Joke upon joke landed perfectly"! - NE Theatre
"infectious energy ... clever and delightful" - Prodigal Geordie
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“My life has been an endless procession of trials, setbacks, and conveniently spaced cliffhanger endings.”
Join Sir Philip Bin as he recounts the tale of his youth – how he was sent to boarding school after his father was killed by penguins while on imperial business, then fled to London to make his fortune.
Young Pip’s extraordinary adventures see him dodging dastardly villains, indulging in pulse-quickening romances, and deflecting disaster at every turn!
Based on the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series, this chaotic caper is overflowing with hilarious one-liners, daft comedy and ridiculous melodrama.
It’s the story Charles Dickens might have written after drinking too much gin …!
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Audience information: this production uses haze
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This amateur production of “Bleak Expectations” is presented by arrangement with Nick Hern Books
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Cast
Sir Philip Bin. Roger Liddle
Pip Bin. Thomas Kelly
Pippa Bin. Ellie Carroll
Poppy Bin. Erin Thwaites
Agnes Bin. Helen Parker
Thomas Bin. Glen Kingston
Gently Benevolent. Sam Hinton
Skinflint Parsimonious / Broadly Fecund. Steve Robertson
The Hardthrasher Siblings. Paul Carding
Harry Biscuit. Lauren Allison
Bakewell Havertwitch. Sam Burrell
Ripely Fecund. Emily Jeffrey
Flora Dies Early. Hannah Kisiala
Ensemble. Adam Lowe, Ruariri Reed, Hannah Mitchell
Production Team
Director. Steven Wallace
Assistant Director. Jim Boylan
Stage Managers. Lesley Heckels-Thompson, Lizzie Lingard
Assistant Stage Managers. Ysobel Lloyd Payne, Erin Robinson, Francesca Rombi, Thomas Hodgson
Set Design and Painting. Kaila Moyers
Lighting Designer. Claire Brissenden
Lighting Assistant. Jonathan Goodman
Sound Designer/ Rehearsal Photos. Jess Williams
Sound Assistant. Malavika Adiga
Wardrobe. Linda Girling, Heather Allan
Props Lead. Sam Sanford / Team. Lucy Fletcher, Vanessa Murphy, Holly Wheeler, Hannah Ware, Jim Boylan, Stewart Dives
Rehearsal Prompt. Moira Valentine
Production Photos. Paul Hood
Promotional Video. Ashton Mathews
Gobos supplied by Goboplus.com
