Everyone should read To Kill A Mocking Bird, no matter what the people on the GCSE syllabus might say, and for anyone that’s as much of a fan of the Harper Lee classic, the good news is that you’ll be able to see it at a theatre near you with 2014 and 2014 UK tour dates announced. Bringing the Pulitzer Prize winning novel to regional theatres throughout Britain, the Regent’s Park Theatre transfer should be as much of a hit on the road as it has been for its London shows.
Full details of all of the tour dates are below, but things will be kicking off on the 16th September 2014 at The Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury following the close of the Open Air Theatre performances on the 13th September 2014. It will go on to show at another 19 theatres around the UK as part of the tour, including Cardiff’s New Theatre, The Wycombe Swan Theatre in Wycombe, the Cambridge Arts Theatre, the New Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham, Bath’s Theatre Royal, King’s Theatre in Edinburgh and Salford’s The Lowry.
The Christopher Sergel adapted production first took to the stage in 2013 at the Open Air Theatre in London’s Regent’s Park and following critical acclaim and a pretty packed park every night of the show, it was confirmed that the play would be returning to the venue in 2014 (find out more about the Open Air Theatre production of To Kill A Mocking Bird). It’s also inspired the extended UK tour, which takes the show right the way through until May 2015.
The play is an adaptation of Harper Lee’s Deep South story of racial injustice and victimisation in the small town of Maycombe, Alabama. When lawyer Atticus Finch is appointed to represent a man falsely accused of rape he does so with all of his litigation abilities, drawing his daughter, Scout, and son, Jem, into the turmoil of the events. With the vicious town drunk, Bob Ewell, along with a mop of townspeople against him and the presence of the mysterious Boo Radly watching over it all, it’s a dark tale with a strong heart.
The cast for the Regent’s Park production saw Robert Sean Leonard taking on the role of Atticus, Richie Campbell playing Tom Robinson, Daniel Tuite playing Boo Radley and Simon Gregor as the git Bob Ewell. They’re added to by a mix of either Lucy Hutchinson, Izzy Lee or Eleanor Worthington-Cox as Scout and Gus Barry, Callum Henderson or Adam Scotland as Jem. It’s looking like the cast for the UK tour will be the same as the Open Air Theatre production of To Kill A Mockingbird to, so if you’re not able to make the London performances, the regional plays will be very close equivalents.
Tickets prices for the UK tour dates vary depending on which theatre you’re planning to see it at, but in general they range between the £20 and the £30 mark.
To Kill A Mockingbird UK Tour 2014 / 2015
Canterbury, The Marlowe Theatre
16 – 20 September 2014
Call 01227 787787
Norwich, Theatre Royal
22 – 27 September 2014
Call 01603 630000
Malvern, Malvern Theatre
29 Sep – 4 October 2014
Call 01684 892277
Woking, New Victoria Theatre
7 – 11 October 2014
Call 0844 871 7645
Leicester, Curve Theatre
13 – 18 October 2014
Call 0116 242 2595
Cardiff, New Theatre
21 – 25 October 2014
Call 029 2087 8889
Hull, New Theatre
27 October – 1 November 2014
Call 01482 300300
High Wycombe, Wycombe Swan Theatre
3 – 8 November 2014
Call 01494 512000
Cambridge, Arts Theatre
17 – 22 November 2014
Call 01223 503333
Birmingham, New Alexandra Theatre
25 – 29 November 2014
Call 0844 871 3011
Bath, Theatre Royal
12 – 17 January 2015
Call 01225 448844
Sheffield, Lyceum
26 – 31 January 2015
Call 0114 249 6000
Edinburgh, King’s Theatre
9 – 14 February 2015
Call 0131 529 6000
Aberdeen, His Majesty’s Theatre
16 – 21 February 2015
Call 01224 641122
Nottingham, Theatre Royal
23 – 28 February 2015
Call 0115 989 5555
Dartford, Orchard Theatre
3 – 7 March 2015
Call 01322 220000
Southampton, Mayflower
17 – 21 March 2015
Call 01280 711811
Newcastle, Theatre Royal
20 – 25 April 2015
Call 08448 11 21 21
Cheltenham, Everyman Theatre
27 Apr – 2 May 2015
Call 01242 572573
Salford, The Lowry
19 – 23 May 2015
Call 0843 208 6000
