Set in the Deep South, Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel sees racial injustice envelop a small-town community. Through courage and compassion, lawyer Atticus Finch seeks the truth and his feisty daughter, Scout - a young girl on the cusp of adulthood - brings new hope to a neighbourhood in turmoil. Read more …
This utterly enchanting and enthralling production from London’s award winning Regent’s Park Theatre captures the warmth and poignancy of this best loved classic with genuine heart and emotional depth. A story as moving and magical as you could ever hope to find.
Bravo to this wonderful production for giving Lee’s story and characters such humane theatrical life.
I re-read the book at the end of last year but now look forward to enjoying it again in the near future, thanks to this wonderful production reigniting the love I have for the novel.
At the play's moral centre is Scout's lawyer father Atticus, played with quiet compassion by Daniel Betts. There are similarly exquisite performances throughout.
The standing ovation was well earned; but the biggest cheer of all came when the company picked up their battered copies of the book and held them high, in a tribute to the enduring power of the right words, at the right time, to change heart and minds for good.
Regent’s Park Theatre’s production of To Kill a Mockingbird is both harrowing and heart-warming. The emotional depth of the story cleverly accentuated and drawn out through innovative framing and outstanding acting. The only complaint is that, with its limited run, it is likely to sell-out before it can be enjoyed by all.
The clear story-telling of Regent Park’s Theatre’s production allows such thoughts, as well as moving moments, to subtly reach its audience, with people responding strongly and talking of how they were moved following the final rapturous applause.
The pace throughout is as languid as a hot summer’s day in the Deep South and whilst the subject matter merits full and careful attention, there’s a danger that the lack of variation in pace and tone leads the viewer to lose focus. It does however engender the right amount of outrage in the audience: there are frequent and audible sharp intakes of breath from the auditorium at the injustices played out onstage.
To Kill a Mockingbird--Timothy Sheader on staging Harper Lee's classic novel
Theatre Royal, Glasgow from Tuesday February 3, 2015, until Saturday February 7, 2015. More info: www.theambassadors.com/theatreroyalglasgow/
King's Theatre, Edinburgh from Monday February 9, 2015, until Saturday February 14, 2015. More info: http://www.edtheatres.com/kings
His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen from Monday February 16, 2015, until Saturday February 21, 2015. More info: www.hmtaberdeen.com