NEW PICTURES RELEASED OF
ACTORS PLAYING
JANE EYRE & ROCHESTER
ON NATIONAL THEATRE TOUR
Nadia Clifford and Tim Delap, the actors playing Jane Eyre and Rochester in Sally Cookson’s energetic and imaginative new adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s masterpiece Jane Eyre took time out of rehearsals this week to visit the atmospheric Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth in Yorkshire prior to opening a major UK tour at the Lowry in Salford on 8 April. Jane Eyre, a co-production between the National Theatre and Bristol Old Vic, will tour the UK from April – September 2017.
Manchester born Nadia Clifford and Tim Delap were in costume as Jane Eyre and Rochester outside the famous Parsonage where Charlotte Bronte wrote the much loved story.
Rebecca Yorke, from the Brontë Parsonage Museum said: ‘We are delighted to be working in partnership with the National Theatre on their tour of Jane Eyre and are thrilled to be welcoming the actors to Haworth for a glimpse at the house where the novel was written.’
2017 marks the 170th anniversary of the first publication of Jane Eyre – a significant time to be touring Charlotte Brontë’s classic and much loved story. The highly acclaimed co-production between the National Theatre and Bristol Old Vic opens at The Lowry in Salford on 8 April 2017 and will continue its journey around the country to Sheffield, Aylesbury, Plymouth, Southampton, Edinburgh, York, Woking, Glasgow, Richmond, Canterbury, Cardiff, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Milton Keynes, Norwich, Brighton, Leeds, Belfast, Aberdeen, Birmingham and Hull, where it will be part of the City of Culture programme from 18-23 September 2017.
This exciting new stage version of Jane Eyre was originally presented in two parts at Bristol Old Vic, and then transferred to the National Theatre, re-imagined as a single performance, playing to sold out houses at the NT’s Lyttelton Theatre. The production was devised by the original company, with set designs by Michael Vale, costumes by Katie Sykes, lighting by Aideen Malone, music by Benji Bower, sound by Dominic Bilkey, movement by Dan Canham and dramaturgy by Mike Akers.
Jane Eyre Tour Dates
The Lowry, Salford 8-15 April, 2017
Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield 18-22 April 2017
Aylesbury Waterside Theatre 24-29 April 2017
Theatre Royal Plymouth 1-6 May 2017
Mayflower Theatre, Southampton 9-13 May 2017
Festival Theatre, Edinburgh 15-20 May 2017
York Grand Opera House 22-27 May 2017
New Victoria Theatre, Woking 29 May-3 June 2017
Theatre Royal, Glasgow 5-10 June 2017
Richmond Theatre 12-17 June 2017
Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury 19-24 June 2017
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff 27 June-1 July 2017
Theatre Royal, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 3-8 July 2017
Milton Keynes Theatre 10-15 July 2017
Norwich Theatre Royal 17-22 July 2017
Brighton Theatre Royal 24-29 July 2017
Grand Theatre, Leeds 31 July-5 August 2017
Belfast Theatre Royal 21 – 26 August 2017
His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen 28 August-2 September 2017
Birmingham Repertory Theatre 4-16 September 2017
Hull New Theatre 18 – 23 September 2017
Further dates and venues to be announced