Hard Times - Charles Dickens - We know it's not Shakespeare.....

We are going on Nov 3rd to see this production - More information at the Cygnet New Theatre website

CHARLES DICKENS’

HARD TIMES

ADAPTED BY STEPHEN JEFFREYS


Following CREATIVE COW’s energetic and sharp production of Travels with My Aunt, the theatre company returns with another scintillating adaptation of a classic novel. Stephen Jeffreys’ entertaining and wonderfully inventive adaptation of Charles Dickens’ evocative saga, is set in the north of England at the height of the Industrial Revolution. Four actors will represent the resilient residents of smoke filled Coketown and show how Louisa and Tom Gradgrind are schooled to put their trust in ..facts, facts, facts !They will take on the visiting circus performers, stuffy business men, downtrodden workers, oppressed women, rural rascalsand finally reveal that even in the gloomiest of social landscapes, honesty, loyalty and jollyGOOD TIMES are possible!