A stage version of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill A Mockingbird starts Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre spring–summer season.
Christopher Sergel’s acclaimed adaptation tells one of the most enduring and well-known stories—a tale of prejudice, deep inequalities and bigotry with powerful lessons of tolerance and justice.
The play follows Scout Finch as she grows up during the 1930s depression in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama. Her idyllic childhood innocence is shattered when her father, Atticus Finch, defends a young black man accused of rape and the family becomes the target of abuse.
This new production is directed by guest director Max Webster who was recently based at the Exchange as part of the ITV Regional Theatre Young Directors Scheme working as assistant director on several productions.
The fifteen-strong cast is supplemented by an eight-strong ensemble of students from local drama schools.
It runs from February 20 –March 30.
Details: www.royalexchange.co.uk