The Shawshank Redemption
18th February - 21st February
Tickets from £23.50
Running time approx 2 hours 15 minutes
Age guidance: 14+ recommended
Content warnings: This show contains partial nudity, mature adult themes, sexual and violent content and offensive language
Production warnings: Haze and guns
Due to unprecedented demand, The Shawshank Redemption is returning to Theatre Royal Windsor this February!
BILL KENWRIGHT LTD PRESENTS…
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
Fear will hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.
THE ACCLAIMED STAGE PRODUCTION OF THE HIT MOVIE RETURNS
Despite protests of his innocence, Andy Dufresne is handed a double life sentence for the brutal murders of his wife and her lover. Incarcerated in 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 start to 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…
Based on Stephen King’s 1982 novella, this thrilling stage production examines friendship and hope behind the claustrophobic bars of a maximum-security facility. The 1994 feature film was nominated for seven Academy Awards.
Joe McFadden stars as Andy Dufresne, Ben Onwukwe as Ellis ‘Red’ Redding and Bill Ward as Stammas. Joining them are Graham Elwell (Bryan Hadley), Ashley D Gayle (Rooster), Jeffrey Harmer (Entwistle), Kyle Harrison-Pope (Tommy Williams), Kenneth Jay (Brooksie), Sean Kingsley (Bogs Diamond), Fernando Mariano (Rico), Aein Nasseri (Nelson) and Owen Oldroyd (Dawkins).
JOE McFADDEN’s numerous television credits include PC Joe Mason in Heartbeat, Raf in Holby City and, of course, the 2017 winner of Strictly Come Dancing. Theatre credits include 2:22, The Rocky Horror Show and Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d. BEN ONWUKWE boasts a 30 year stage career including leading roles with the RSC and the Royal Court, and eleven years on TV as Recall McKenzie in London’s Burning. BILL WARD* is best known for his long-running performances as Charlie Stubbs in Coronation Street and James Barton in Emmerdale but most recently has been baring all as Gerald in the UK tour of The Full Monty.
*Please be advised that the role of Stammas will be performed by Owen Oldroyd on Wed 18th & Thu 19th Feb, with Bill Ward returning to the role for the remainder of the run.
ADAPTED BY OWEN O’NEILL & DAVE JOHNS, BASED ON THE SHORT NOVEL BY STEPHEN KING, DIRECTED BY DAVID ESBJORNSON
“Electrifying – it truly is a must see show” – The Observer
★★★★ – The Herald
★★★★ – The Scotsman
★★★★ – The Chronicle
Watch The Trailer
Production Shots
Photography Credit: Jack Merriman