Great Expectations

As Pip journeys from boy to man he pursues that which is eternally out of reach. He yearns for a family and a place to belong to, he longs to be a gentleman, and he strives to do what is right. But above all else, he craves the love of one woman.

Entangled in Miss Havisham’s tragic web of self-pity and pitiless desire for revenge, Estella is raised to be admired, to be gawped, smelt and pawed at. Her emotions are frozen; she is trained to hurt, only to be hurt in return.

Jo Clifford’s remarkable adaptation uses Dickens’ own words from this devastating and darkly beautiful novel, to create a classic piece of modern British theatre.