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Dickens in
Darlington launched
by Darlington Civic Theatre
Darlington
Civic Theatre has launched Dickens in Darlington, a series of events
telling the story of the strong connections Charles Dickens had to Darlington and to the world of
theatre, music hall and the railways. Dickens in Darlington will include
performances, workshops, talks, a book club, storytelling and an exhibition in Crown Street Art Gallery at Darlington’s Crown Street Library
from Saturday 1 October through to Wednesday 21 December.
The
Dickens in Darlington Exhibition will run from October 1 to November 3 in the
Crown Street Gallery at Darlington’s Crown Street Library.
The free exhibition will include images form the Charles Dickens Museum, a reconstruction of
Dickens’ famous reading desk, footage from an early Dickens film as well as the
display of an amazing dolls’ house based on Dickens’ home in Doughty Street, London, which is now the Charles Dickens Museum.
Join
actor and storyteller Chris Connaughton on Saturday 8 October as he performs
two spooky tales from the pen of Charles Dickens – a master of suspense. Chris
will read The Signal-Man, an eerie tale of a railway worker haunted by a
ghostly figure on the rail and The Trial for Murder, a ghost story with a chilling
twist. The readings will take place at 2pm and 7pm in the Crown Street Art Gallery.
Tickets
are £5 with discounts at £2.50 with a recommended age of 8+.
On
Monday 17 October at 1.30pm Margaret Watson tells
the fascinating story of how she made a lifelong dream come true, by creating
and owning a dolls’ house – a 1:12 scale model of 48 Doughty Street, the London home of Charles Dickens,
now the Charles Dickens Museum. The dolls’ house will be
on permanent display throughout the Dickens in Darlington exhibition.
For
avid readers there will be a book group on Tuesday 25 October with two sessions
at 1.30pm and 7pm in the Crown Street Art Gallery. Here you will be able
to discuss Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities. The book group is intended to
complement the community production of A Tale of Two Cities taking place in the
Dolphin Centre in November and are open to people who have purchased a ticket for
the production. Free copies of the book can be provided.
The
Forum on Borough Road will be the venue for a
showing of the classic Dickens tale Great Expectations on Monday 3 October at 8pm. Darlington Civic Theatre
and Darlington Film Club will present a showing of the 1946 film directed by
David Lean and starring John Mills, Valerie Hobson and Jean Simmons. Tickets
are priced £3 and are available by emailing darlingtonfilmclub@gmail.com
The
community cast production of A Tale of Two Cities will run on Saturday 19 and
Sunday 20 November in Central Hall, the Dolphin Centre in Darlington. In partnership with the
Touring Consortium Theatre Company, this will be a promenade performance where
the audience will follow, on foot, all of the action between the two cities of
London and Paris (seating will be available for people if required). Dickens
considered A Tale of Two Cities to be the best story he had ever written. Interweaving
one family’s intensely personal drama with the terror and chaos of the French Revolution,
it is an epic story of love, sacrifice and redemption amidst horrific violence
and world changing events. This thrilling new adaptation by Mike Poulton will
feature a community cast of 30 actors alongside a professional production team
led by directing rising star, Eduard Lewis. Tickets* are £18, discounts £16,
under 16s £10.
In
the final run up to Christmas, what better way to spend an evening than
listening to Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol – devised and performed by
Chris Connaughton. Chris presents a thrilling, funny and imaginative re-telling
of what is arguably Charles Dickens’ most popular tale, all in the atmospheric
setting of St Cuthbert’s Church in Darlington on Wednesday 21 December
at 7pm.
Join
Tiny Tim, The Ghost of Jacob Marley, Bob Cratchit, and a trio of memorable
ghosts as tight-fisted miser Scrooge learns kindness and generosity and fills
his heart with the true spirit of Christmas. Chris will end the evening with a
seasonal episode from The Pickwick Papers, (Mr Pickwick on the ice) and maybe
even some carolling to send you on your way. Tickets are £10, under 16s £5 –
recommended age 8+.
Tickets:
To
book or for further information on any of the Dickens in Darlington events contact the Box
Office on 01325 486 555 or visit www.darlingtoncivic.co.uk
*Includes
£1 restoration levy
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