The Shawshank Redemption

Based on Stephen King’s 1982 novella.

Tue 30 Sep - Sat 4 Oct 2025
2:30pm / 7:30pm
£52.50 - £31.00 Includes maximum applicable per ticket booking fee.

Recommended for Ages 14+

Running Time: 2hrs 10mins (includes interval)

This production contains a content warning,

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, the 2017 winner of Strictly Come Dancing. Theatre credits include 2:22, 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 has been baring all as Gerald in the UK tour of The Full Monty.

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Groups 10+: £3 off per ticket

Applies to Tue & Wed performances, band i only.
Groups: 20+: £5 off per ticket

Applies to Tue & Wed performances, band i only.

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Captioned Thursday 02 October 2025 at 7:30pm

“Electrifying – it truly is a must-see show”

The Observer

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