EVENTS
The Shawshank Redemption // 10-15 Oct
Paul Nicholls , Jack Ellis and Ben Onwukwe will star in the 2016 UK tour of The Shawshank Redemption . Following a hugely successful 2015 tour , Bill Kenwright ’ s production , inspired by the classic film and based on the short novel by Stephen King , comes to The Hawth from Monday 10th – Saturday 15th October . Directed by award-winning Broadway director , David Esbjornson , this powerful and acclaimed production is adapted from Stephen King ’ s novella , Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption , which was made into the 1994 Oscar-winning film , The Shawshank Redemption , and is regularly voted as the nation ’ s favourite film .
The Shawshank Redemption follows Andy Dufresne , a banker handed a double life sentence for the brutal murder of his wife and her lover , who finds himself incarcerated in the notorious Shawshank penitentiary . Unflinching in his protests of innocence , Andy strikes up an unlikely friendship with the prison fixer , Red , and things take a slight turn for the better . However , when prison warden , Stammas decides to bully Andy into subservience and exploit his talents for accountancy , a desperate plan is quietly hatched . The play examines desperation , injustice , friendship and hope behind the claustrophobic bars of a maximum security facility . The movie starred Tim Robbins as Andy Dufresne and Morgan Freeman as Ellis ' Red ' Redding and was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture , Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor for Freeman .
7.30pm ( Wednesday and Saturday matinee 2.30pm ). Price : from £ 23.50 The Hawth Theatre , Hawth Avenue , Crawley RH10 6YZ www . hawth . co . uk / 01293 553636
Sour Grapes // 11 Oct Rudy Kurniawan , it was rumoured , was a wine savant , who made millions of dollars from the sale of rare wines – until a French wine producer realised that wine from his family ’ s domain was being sold from a year they hadn ’ t produced it . Featuring obsessive collectors , outraged wine producers , suspect auction houses , and specialist FBI sleuths , this is an ‘ emperor ’ s new clothes ’ fable for the modern age ; a tale of an unassuming young man who bamboozled the wine world elite .
Local director , Jerry Rothwell , will be at The Picture House in person to present his humorous and suspenseful tale of an ingenious con , and will be answering any questions after the screening .
6.30pm . Price : £ 20 ( film only £ 13 ). The Picture House , High Street , Uckfield TN22 1AS www . picturehouseuckfield . com / 01825 764909
HAUNTED ABBEY
Sat 22 – Sun 30 October 10am – 4pm
Feeling brave enough to take on the haunted abbey ruins ? Be prepared to be scared this autumn half term as a frighteningly great day out awaits you .
Battle , East Sussex TN33 0AE
The English Heritage Trust is a charity , no . 1140351 , and a company , no . 07447221 , registered in England .
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