- Dates Thu 02 Jun 2022 - Sat 18 Jun 2022
- Location Community Tour
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Ticket Price
Prices vary according to each venue – please check when booking
“Life is made of so many partings welded together.”
By Charles Dickens
Adapted by Jo Clifford
Directed by Jenny Stephens
Production Design by Fiona McKeon
From humble beginnings in the marshlands of Kent, young Pip is determined to make strides in the big city and get a leg-up in society. Pip is caught up in a world of compelling characters – the elderly jilted bride Miss Havisham, the criminal Magwitch and alluring Estella. Can our ambitious protagonist realise his dreams or will life inevitably present itself with obstacles and trickery?
Abounding in trademark Dickensian humour, this wry coming-of-age story has been a landmark of English Literature since its publication in 1861, and continues to charm readers to this day. Teeming with eccentricity, fearsome convicts, stopped clocks, decay and decadence.
Locations
(A) BACKWELL PLAYHOUSE, WEST TOWN Thursday 2 June, Friday 3 June and Saturday 4 June at 7:30pm
23 Mariners Dr, Backwell, West Town, Bristol BS48 3HT
(B) SHAFTSBURY ARTS CENTRE, SHAFTSBURY Friday 10 June at 7:30pm
13 Bell St, Shaftesbury SP7 8AR
(C) TACCHI-MORRIS ARTS CENTRE, TAUNTON Tuesday 14 June at 7:30pm
School Rd, Monkton Heathfield, Taunton TA2 8PD
(D) LYTCHETT MATRAVERS VILLAGE HALL, POOLE Friday 17 June at 7:30pm
High St, Lytchett Matravers, Poole BH16 6DF
(E) THE CASTLE SCHOOL, THORNBURY Saturday 18 June at 7:30pm
Park Rd, Thornbury, Bristol BS35 1HT
Call Armstrong Arts Group to book tickets on 01454 850933 or email AAGThornbury@gmail.com
Cast
Pip Akim Bangura
Gentleman Pip Francis Redfern
Young Pip Melina Sinadinou
Estella Holly Hawgood
Young Estella and Herbert Georgia Cudby
Miss Havisham Sumah Ebele
Joe Samuel Bell
Miss Gargery and Molly Zoe Doughty
Biddy and Wemmick Ellie Jack
Mr Wopsle and Debt Collector 2 Kate Cartwright
Magwitch Tommy McAteer
Jaggers and Judge Chris Williams
Drummle, Compeyson, Sinister Man, Servant, Debt Collector 1 and Solider 1, Tom Gordon,
Herbert Pocket and Solider 2 Dudley O’Shaughnessy
Creatives
Directors Jenny Stephens & Rachel Walsh
Production Design Fiona McKeon
Lighting Designer Chris Davies
Sound Designer Chris Monks
Movement Director Joêl Daniel
Voice and Dialect Coaches Sue Cowen & Charles McCollom-Cartwright
Production Manager Steve O’Brien
Assistant Production Management Joe Culpin
Production Supervisor Ruth Sidery
Stage Manager Matthew Newcombe
Deputy Stage Manager Lydia Morgan
Assistant Stage Manager Elsa Gear
Production Electrician Chris Monks
Sound Operator Lydia Morgan
Construction Manager Andy Scrivens
Carpentry Supervisor Rhys Gillard
Construction Assistants Jocelyn Chen, Iona Hicks, Muir McFadden, Sally Strong, Millie Edinburgh, Chris Monks, Adrianne Broadgate & Willow Digweed
Prop-making Supervisor Jessica Way
Prop-making Assistant Ziva Bucer
Costume Supervisor Ruby Nex
Costume Makers Jasmine Barron & Angelica Robinson
Costume Assistants Bethany Boldero, Shanice Dacres, Eleanor Duncan, Grace Green, Jo Kenney, Charly Riddett, Kimberly White & Arthur Wyatt
Hair and Makeup Advisor Chrissie Bricknell
Scenic Artists Jo Browne & Cliff Thorne
Special thanks to Sam Bailey at Artist Blacksmith and Bristol Design for their support of this production.
Rehearsal photos by Rachel Holman
