GREAT EXPECTATIONS

By Charles Dickens

Adapted by Jo Clifford

Director Ben Twist

Designer Monika Nisbet

Sound Design David Fennessy

Lighting Design Elizabeth Powell

Voice and Dialect Coach Alex Gillon

produced in association with the Byre Theatre

Charles Dickens' classic story of love and mystery makes terrific theatre. Pip longs to be a gentleman. But he is haunted by the memory of the mysterious Magwitch and caught in the web of Miss Havisham's desire for revenge against the man who jilted her at the altar. Pip's love for the beautiful Estella seems to be just another dream.

Jo Clifford's beautiful adaptation uses Dickens' own words to create a classic of modern Scottish theatre. The production will feature a live soundscape created by one of Scotland's finest young composers David Fennessy, a top cast and all the theatricality audiences have come to expect from the company that brought you Sunset Song and Further Than the Furthest Thing.

"Prime Productions has come up trumps again."

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"a first rate cast and production" " an evening of dramatic intensity"

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"Ben Twist's powerful production ...and this beautiful staging"

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