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Treasure Island

Derby Theatre, Derby
From: Saturday, 24th November 2007
To: Saturday, 2 February 2008

Our Review: starstarstarstarstar

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Synopsis

Stevenson's story of pirates, double crossing and treasure. Treasure Island follows Young Jim Hawkins and his motley crew across the ocean in their search for hidden pirate spoils. With mutiny in the air they soon face deadly peril from the most ruthless pirate to ever terrorise the seven seas - Long John Silver! So can young 'Jim Lad' out-wit the scoundrel and live to claim the treasure?

Our Review: starstarstarstarstar

30 November 2007

In recent years a major Christmas pleasure has been the outstanding adaptations of classic stories by Derby Playhouse’s Joint Artistic Director, Karen Louise Hebden, always staged in a brilliant fusion of the verbal, the visual and the musical. Treasure Island follows in that tradition, but the packed house which greeted the Press Night performance with such enthusiasm was also responding to a much sadder scenario.

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Cast

Maurice Clarke (Dr Livesey)
Gregory Gudgeon (Ben Gunn)
James Head (Squire Trelawney)
Daniel Hinchliffe (Jim Hawkins)
Conrad Kemp (Black Dog/Georg Merrily)
Glyn Kerslake (Long John Silver)
Jay Reynolds (Israel Hands)
Christopher Rickerby (Tom Morgan)
Ben Roberts (Captain Billy Bones/Captain Smollett)
Genevieve Walsh (Mrs Hawkins)

Creative

Robert Louis Stevenson (Author)
Derby Playhouse (Producer)
Karen Louise Hebden (Adaptation)
Karen Louise Hebden (Director)
Brian Protheroe (Music)
Faroque Khan (Associate Director - Movement) (Director)
Sara Perks (Design)
Kelvin Towse (Musical Director)
Johanna Town (Lighting)
Colin Pink (Sound)
Kate Waters (fight) (Director)


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