adapted and directed by Liz Love
presented by VandL Productions

A Tale of Two Cities is set in a time of uncertainty, injustice and violence.

Dickens classic tale follows the lives of British and French subjects, whose fates become knitted together by bonds of love and hate, driven by the seismic social changes around them.

After being falsely imprisoned in the Bastille for 18 years, Doctor Manette is released to the care of his daughter, Lucie. On their return to London, a fateful encounter with a young Charles Darnay leads to being witnesses in a court case on which his life depends. The case, defended by the enigmatic Sydney Carton, begins a sequence of entanglements of the heart.

Meanwhile in Paris, Madame Defarge and her husband battle the oppression from the aristocracy, having suffered unimaginable cruelty at the hands of the wicked Marquis dEvremonde.

As the French Revolution culminates, both British and French find themselves dragged to Paris and the fury it has unleashed. All in the shadow of the looming guillotine.

Who will survive? Who will be held accountable? How easy is it to forgive? And what will they sacrifice for love?

Tuesday 19 Saturday 23 May 2026 at 7.30pm
No performances: Sundays and Mondays
Tickets: 17, 15 conc, suitable for 13+
Terms and conditions apply when booking.

Content advice:please note this productioncontains loud sounds, use of haze and descriptions of violence.

Ourconcessionary price ticketsare for: full-time students, over 65s, registered unwaged, under 18s and Equity Members.
Please bring proof of status.