By Charles Dickens
Adapted by Pat Whymark & Julian Harries

Little Nell Trent lives with her devoted grandfather in his London shop, a magical place filled from wall to wall with dust-laden treasures.  He keeps his nocturnal gambling a secret but becomes deeply in debt to the villainous loan shark Quilp. When he gambles away what little money they have, The Old Curiosity Shop is seized by Quilp as payment and Nell and her grandfather are forced to flee London. On the run and with Quilp on their trail, the pair fall in with a succession of colourful characters, some friendly, some ominous.

In The Old Curiosity Shop, Dickens gave to the world some of his most enduring fictional characters, such as the almost demonic Daniel Quilp, the rakish but good-hearted Dick Swiveller and “The Marchioness”

This production will feature original folk music by Pat Whymark, played and sung by a talented troupe of actor-musicians.

There is a Captioned Performance on Sat 11 Nov at 3pm.