The revival of the Broadway musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood transfers to the West End after a successful run at the Landor Theatre in south London. For a limited season - 35 performances - the play within a play is at the Arts Theatre, Great Newport Street, London WC2H 7JB.
Discount tickets (£20) are available 18th,19th, 20th May, quote 'Preview Offer'. Group discounts are available for groups of 6+ (£20) throughout the run (May 18th-June 17th)
On Saturday July 7 at The Britannia Theatre, Dickens World, Chatham at 8pm, Miriam Margolyes reprises her acclaimed one-woman show. For one night only as part of its year-long world tour see Miriam portray over 23 Dickens's best loved characters.
Tickets - premier reserved seating £24, standard seating £21 tel no 01634 890421 or email bookings@dickensworld.co.uk
A Southwark Cathedral guide will lead an escorted walk on Saturday 9 June to some of the places associated with Pickwick Papers, The Old Curiosity Shop, David Coperfield and Little Dorritt. The tour will include a visit to St George the Martyr Church where Amy Dorritt was baptised and married.
It will commence at 2pm from the Cathedral and conclude with an Afternoon Tea (Fairtrade tea or coffee with scones filled with jam and cream) in the Cathedral's Garry Weston Library.
April 11 - May 5 at the Landor Theatre, Clapham, London , Aria Productions are presenting the London revival of the Tony winning Broadway musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood. The story follows the exploits of the Theatre Royale Music Hall Company who set about completing the story of Edwin Drood - with help from the audience along the way! Tickets and further details available from www.landortheatre.co.uk, tel no 020 7737 7276
The Historic Dockyard Chatham is the venue chosen by Gerald Dickens for the premiere of his brand new show "The Complete Works of Charles Dickens" featuring extracts from all the major novels in chronological order.
The premere takes place on Wednesday 16 May at 2.30 pm in the Royal Dockyard Church within the Historic Dockyard Chatham.
Tickets are £15 for the Show plus Questions and Answers and £25 for the Show plus Q & A followed by Afternoon Tea and Dickens Dockyard Tour, please phone 01634 823815
Submitted by evelluet on 18 February 2012 - 5:06pm
James Hyland presents his one-man show on a UK tour - this will include Richmond,Yorkshire (Feb 25), Leamington Spa (March 24), Darlington ( May 10), Peterborough (May 17) and Dulwich, London (May 19). Further dates will be added during the year.
Submitted by evelluet on 18 February 2012 - 1:03pm
"Dickens, The People's Man" is being transmitted on BBC News Channel today Saturday 18th February at 14.30 and 21.30. Also Sunday at 21.30. Members of the Rochester and Chatham Branch helped in the filming of this Special.
Submitted by evelluet on 10 February 2012 - 8:49pm
An Oxford primary school of 7/8 year olds 'reduced' the Christmas Carol into a 6 minute play and then created puppets and scenery to make a movie version.
Wiley-Blackwell are hosting a free online discussion about the social, cultural and technological milieu in which (and of which) Dickens wrote. Conference features include video addresses by prominent Dickens scholars, free scholarly papers with discussion forum and reading room with free articles and book chapters. On 7 or 8 March log on to http://dickensworld.wordpress.com/ whenever it suits you - everyone is welcome to participate.
