Opening on 18th November and operating till 2nd February, 2020, Sally Cookson’s manufacturing is the theatre’s first ever household Christmas present.
The adaptation of C. S. Lewis’ a lot-beloved fantasy novel ran to nice acclaim at Leeds Playhouse in 2017 and was the second manufacturing by Marianne Elliott and Chris Harper’s new manufacturing firm which has gone onto produce Death of a Salesman and Company.
School rates
Reduced ticket costs of £22.50 can be found for Tuesday-Thursday performances (excluding Christmas holidays).
The solid, who started rehearsals this week, options Laura Elphinstone (Chernobyl, Line of Duty, Young Marx) as the White Witch/Mrs Macready, Will Johnson (Sweat, Rosencrantz and Guildernstern are Dead) as Aslan and Professor Kirk in addition to Keziah Joseph as Lucy (As You Like It, Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear).
They are joined by Stuart Neal as Mr Tumnus, John Leader as Edmund, Femi Akinfolarin as Peter, Beverly Rudd as Mr and Mrs Beaver and Shalisa James-Davis as Susan in addition to host of others.
The magical story
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was the first ebook revealed in The Chronicles of Narnia in 1950 and went on to turn out to be considered one of the hottest youngsters’s books of all time; nonetheless often topping reader votes on the finest books practically 70 years later, together with final month being voted the UK’s favorite ebook.
About the Bridge Theatre
Founded by Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr on leaving the National Theatre after 12 years, The Bridge opened in October 2017 to give attention to the commissioning and manufacturing of recent reveals, in addition to staging the occasional traditional.
The 900-seat theatre is situated between City Hall and Tower Bridge with a free coach bay close by off Tooley Street for teams.
