OLD CURIOSITY SHOP

NORTHUMBERLAND TOURING COMPANY

By Charles Dickens
Adapted by Stewart Howson

It’s not about a shop at all.  It’s a journey, a flight undertaken by the girl Nell and her gambling-addicted Grandfather.  A flight from demons and enemies.  Dogging their footsteps are the bad guys, Quilp and the crooked lawyer Brass.  Also hard on their trail is the Single Gentleman, mysterious and rich.  Along the road Nell and Grandfather meet a whole Fun and Horror House set of characters who help and hinder, amuse and bemuse, sucker and succour them.

True to the inner life of the book this adaptation shows Dickens at his best, funniest and as a master of the grotesque.

Thursday 23 September 7.30pm
£11 (concessions £9)

The Angel Hotel Pre-Theatre Menu is available. For reservations call 01873 857121.

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