Bill Kenwright Ltd presents
JOE McFADDEN AS ANDY DUFRESNE
BEN ONWUKWE AS ELLIS ‘RED’ REDDING
BILL WARD AS WARDEN STAMMAS
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
Fear will hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.
Adapted by OWEN O’NEILL & DAVE JOHNS
Based on the novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by STEPHEN KING
Directed by DAVID ESBJORNSON
Despite protests of his innocence, Andy Dufresne is handed a double life sentence for the brutal murders of his wife and her lover. Incarcerated in the notorious Shawshank facility, he quickly learns that no one can survive alone.
Andy strikes up an unlikely friendship with the prison fixer Red, and things start to take a slight turn for the better. However, when Warden Stammas decides to bully Andy into subservience and exploit his talents for accountancy, a desperate plan is quietly hatched…
Based on Stephen King’s 1982 novella, this thrilling stage production examines friendship and hope behind the claustrophobic bars of a maximum-security facility. The 1994 feature film was nominated for seven Academy Awards.
JOE McFADDEN’s numerous television credits include PC Joe Mason in Heartbeat, Raf in Holby City and, of course, winning the 2017 series of Strictly Come Dancing. Theatre credits include 2:22 A Ghost Story, The Rocky Horror Show and Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d. BEN ONWUKWE boasts a 30 year stage career including leading roles with the RSC and the Royal Court, and eleven years on TV as Recall McKenzie in London’s Burning. BILL WARD is best known for his long-running performances as Charlie Stubbs in Coronation Street and James Barton in Emmerdale but most recently he has been baring all as Gerald in the UK tour of The Full Monty.
★ ★ ★ ★ ‘Electrifying – it truly is a must-see show’ – The Observer
★ ★ ★ ★ ‘It captures one of the best stories ever told for a new generation’ – Manchester Theatres
★ ★ ★ ★ The Herald
★ ★ ★ ★ The Scotsman
★ ★ ★ ★ The Chronicle