Wed 4 April - Sat 5 May
Mon - Sat 7.45pm
Wed & Sat mats 3pm*
Tickets Mon eve £15
Tue - Sat eves & mats £22.50
Concessions £15
(exc Fri/Sat eves)

*no mat on Wed 4 April

Ashley Herman and Sean Sweeney present the Creative First production of

The Elephant Man

By Bernard Pomerance

Directed by Bruce Guthrie

"Marc Pickering's riveting Merrick engages, and frequently moves"
Times

"It is a superb story .... and the revival is worth its place in this intriguing Trafalgar season of guest productions"
Whats on stage

"A Giant of a play!"
Clive Barnes, New York Post

Bernard Pomerance's acclaimed play is based on the brief life of John Merrick. Abandoned as a child and shunned by society the horribly deformed Merrick survives as a freak show attraction until a famous young doctor rescues him from his life on the streets. Evolving from a sensational object of pity to the urbane and witty favourite of the aristocracy and literati, his belief that he can become a man like any other is a dream tragically never realised.

The Elephant Man is still as powerful and contemporary as when it first received critical acclamations for the 1979 Broadway production, winning all major drama awards including three Tonys, three Obies, the Drama Desk Award and the New York Drama Critics award.

The cast is led by Marc Pickeing as Merrick and Ayden Callaghan as Treaves with Leon Bearman, Katie Bonna, Ronald Fernee, Stephan Mc Gill and Jennifer Taylor.