21 - 25 April 2026
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
Produced by Bill Kenwright LTD
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2 hours and 10 minutes including one interval
‘Fear will hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free’. The acclaimed stage production of the hit movie- THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION returns to Bord Gáis Energy Theatre in April 2026!
SPECIAL EFFECTS: This production may contain Strobe Lighting, Flashing Lights, Smoke and Haze. Replica rifles feature on the stage but no shots are fired. Stage effect cigarettes are smoked during the performance. Includes strong language, scenes of a sexual nature and some adult male nudity.
AGE GUIDANCE: 12+. Under 16’s must be accompanied by a parent/guardian aged 18+. No under 3’s permitted in the auditorium.
*Performance schedule and times are subject to change and may be affected by illness or events beyond the producers’ or venues’ control. Performers, dates, times, prices, and fees are subject to change without notice.
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’s numerous television credits include PC Joe Mason in Heartbeat, Raf in Holby City and, of course, winning the 2017 series of Strictly Come Dancing. Theatre credits include 2:22 A Ghost Story, 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 he has been baring all as Gerald in the UK tour of The Full Monty.
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