THE Shawshank Redemption is a thrilling stage production examining the desperation, injustice, friendship and hope behind the claustrophobic bars of a maximum security facility.
Despite protests of his innocence, Andy Dufresne is handed a double life sentence for the brutal murder of his wife and her lover.
Incarcerated at the notorious Shawshank facility, he quickly learns that no one can survive alone.
Andy strikes up an unlikely friendship with the prison fixer Red, and things take a slight turn for the better.
However, when Warden Stammas decides to bully Andy into subservience and exploit his talents for accountancy, a desperate plan is quietly hatched.
The star-studded cast includes Paul Nicholls (Andy Dufresne), who burst onto TV screens two decades ago as teenage heart-throb Joe Wicks in EastEnders, Ben Onwuke (Red) who spent 11 years playing Recall McKenzie in London’s Burning and Jack Ellis (Warden Stammas), who is best-known for his portrayal of villainous prison warden Jim Fenner in Bad Girls.
The show will run at Wolverhampton's Grand Theatre from September 27 to October 1.
Tickets start at £16 and are available via www.grandtheatre.co.uk or by calling the box office on 01902 429212.
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