Great Expectations Gallery
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
First devised and performed in 2013, Great Expectations was David’s first foray into the world of solo performance! The show received a WILDFIRE Critics’ Choice Award Exeter Ignite Festival, 2013, and was nominated for Best Show What’s On Cornwall Awards, 2014. It was reworked for a short run in Los Angeles, February 2019.
Christmas Eve, 1803...
Pip, a seven year-old orphan boy, visits his mother’s grave.
A frightening encounter with an escaped convict begins a series of events that will change his life forever.
Written by one of England’s greatest authors, Charles Dickens, 'Great Expectations' is the profound and complex story of Pip’s journey through life.
Some of his most memorable characters – the terrifying Magwitch; Joe Gargery, the kind and generous blacksmith; the eccentric Miss Havisham; the cold and beautiful Estella; Mr Jaggers, the pompous lawyer and Pip’s dear friend Herbert Pocket – are vividly brought to life in this anarchic and joyful telling of this wonderful tale.
Using Dickens’ original text (well, mostly!), David Mynne takes you on a journey that brings you a ‘cast of thousands’ in a skilful, one-man adaptation of this epic story.
Be prepared to be frightened and amazed; to be moved to tears and laughter!
Deft, daft delightful... and definitely Dickens!
Suitable for adults and accompanied children over 10
Initial promo video, created during rehearsals 2013. Watch here
Written by Charles Dickens and adapted by Andrew McPherson
Script by Simon Harvey and David Mynne
Director: Simon Harvey
Performer: David Mynne
This unique version of Great Expectations is both mesmerising and joyful, and I loved every second of it. Faultless.
Sue Cade: Wildfire
...this hugely entertaining one-man version of Great Expectations.
Clive Davis: The Times
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