Celebrating 200 years since the nation’s favourite novel was published, a highly praised, sparkling and fresh stage adaptation of Pride and Prejudice will open at Salisbury Playhouse on Thursday 18 September prior to a 2 month UK Tour. On sale now.
The show premiered at Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds in 2013 and offers a brand new interpretation of one of the nation’s favourite love stories. This inventive adaptation sees two actors juggle the full gamut of Austen’s well-loved characters; they journey from the Meryton Assembly to the grounds of Pemberley; and take Darcy and Lizzy from instant dislike to something altogether more different, all in just two hours. Every word that is spoken is Austen’s.
In this imaginative and loving adaptation by Joannah Tincey, two actors bring to life Austen’s words with great skill and agility. Joannah Tincey says: “I wanted to create an adaptation where the characters talk to the audience in the same way that Austen talks to her reader. By addressing the audience directly and allowing the characters to speak for themselves, we are bringing Jane Austen’s unique and witty writing style to life in a truly theatrical context.”
Sure to please Austen fans as well as those looking for a fresh and surprising new piece of theatre, Pride and Prejudice is a production not to be missed.
"A uniquely theatrical experience...an acting tour de force...highly entertaining”
Oxford Times
Oxford Times
“A fantastically quick-witted masterpiece”Oxford Daily Info
Pride and Prejudice is directed by Abigail Anderson with design by Dora Schweitzer, lighting design by Simon Wilkinson and sound design by Mark Melville. It is adapted for the stage by Joannah Tincey and stars Joannah Tinceyand Nicholas Underwood. It is produced by Richard Darbourne Ltd, whose recent productions include the 2014 UK Tour of Avenue Q, Barbershopera’s The Three Musketeers (UK Tour and South Korea) and All That Fall by Samuel Beckett starring Eileen Atkins and Michael Gambon and directed by Trevor Nunn.
UK TOUR LISTINGS
THURSDAY 18 - SATURDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 2014
SALISBURY PLAYHOUSE, Salberg Studio
MONDAY 22 – TUESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2014
EXETER CYGNET THEATRE
WEDNESDAY 24 – FRIDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2014
CROYDON ASHCROFT THEATRE
SATURDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2014
THEATRE HAFREN, POWYS
TUESDAY 30 SEPT – WEDNESDAY 1 OCTOBER 2014
SWANSEA GRAND THEATRE
THURSDAY 2 – SATURDAY 4 OCTOBER 2014
GUILDFORD YVONNE ARNAUD, The Mill Studio
WEDNESDAY 8 – THURSDAY 9 OCTOBER 2014
SOLIHULL ARTS CENTRE
FRIDAY 10 OCTOBER 2014
BASINGSTOKE HAYMARKET
SATURDAY 11 OCTOBER 2014
THE STAG, SEVENOAKS
SUNDAY 12 OCOTBER 2014
THE PLACE, BEDFORD
TUESDAY 14 – WEDNESDAY 15 OCTOBER 2014
NEWBURY CORN EXCHANGE
THURSDAY 16 OCTOBER 2014
CHIPPING NORTON THEATRE
FRIDAY 17 OCTOBER 2014
THE ARTRIX, BROMSGROVE
SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER 2014
WELWYN HAWTHORNE THEATRE
SUNDAY 19 OCTOBER 2014
CANTERBURY MARLOWE THEATRE
WEDNESDAY 22 – SATURDAY 25 OCTOBER 2014
THEATRE ROYAL, BURY ST EDMUNDS
FRIDAY 31 OCTOBER 2014
THE MILL, BANBURY
SUNDAY 2 NOVEMBER 2014
NEWTON ABBEY, NORTHERN IRELAND
TUESDAY 4 NOVEMBER
ARTS DEPOT, NORTH LONDON
THURSDAY 6 – FRIDAY 7 NOVEMBER
RUTLAND UPPINGHAM THEATRE
SATURDAY 8 NOVEMBER
LINCOLN ARTS CENTRE
MONDAY 10 NOVEMBER
THE LIGHTS, ANDOVER
TUESDAY 11 NOVEMBER
WYCOMBE SWAN
WEDNESDAY 12 NOVEMBER
KENDAL BREWERY ARTS
FRIDAY 14 NOVEMBER
THE PHOENIX THEATRE, NORTHUMBERLAND
SATURDAY 15 NOVEMBER
NEWARK PALACE THEATRE
SUNDAY 16 NOVEMBER
HAZLITT ARTS CENTRE, MAIDENHEAD
WEDNESDAY 19 NOVEMBER
THEATRE BY THE LAKE, KESWICK
THURSDAY 20 NOVEMBER
EDGEHILL ROSE THEATRE
FRIDAY 21 – SATURDAY 22 NOVEMBER
YORK THEATRE ROYAL, Studio
