Event

Great Expectations

For the very first time, the Charles Dickens classic Great Expectations has beenstaged
in London's West End, and audiences around the world will be able to
share the historic opening night experience here at the Cinema Arts Centre. Although
Great Expectations has been adapted for film on two separate occasions,once by David Lean in 1946 and most recently by Mike Newell, it has never been
produced for The West End or Broadway, widely believed to be too difficult to translate to stage. However, this Jo Clifford adaptation has been universally acclaimed
as a triumph on its sellout tour of the UK ahead of its West End debut. Dickens' amazing tale of Pip, an orphan whose life is transformed by his encounters with an escaped convict, a mentally unhinged rich woman, a bewitching girl, and a mysterious patron who gifts him with the great expectations of wealth is brought
to rich life in this dazzling production. This production forms part of the global celebrations surrounding the 200th Anniversary of Dickens' birth.
Captured live on February 7, 2013 at the Vaudeville Theatre - West End, London Directed by: Graham McLaren / Starring: Jack Ellis as Jaggers, Chris Ellison as Magwitch, Paula Wilcox as Miss Havisham, Paul Nivison as Adult Pip, Grace Rowe as Estella, Taylor Jay-Davies as Young Pip / Running Time: 150 min