A Tale of Two Cities - Trailer - The Q 2014

Produced by Queanbeyan City Council
Directed by Adam Spreadbury-Maher

Cast: Calen Robinson; Peter Dark; David McNamara; Daniel Greiss; Donald Smith; Barbara Denham; Hannah Ley; Dim Ristevski; and Laura Dawson

The Australian Premiere of Terence Rattigan and John Gielgud's adaption of the Charles Dickens classic.

One of the darkest and most romantic of Dickens' novels, A Tale of Two Cities was adapted for the stage by the dream-team of Terence Rattigan and John Gielgud, and recently had its London/world premiere in a daring production by King's Head Theatre artistic director Adam Spreadbury-Maher.

In a time when governments all over the world are facing down political unrest and fierce protests, this revolutionary story has never been more relevant.

Retaining the thrill and tension of the French Revolutionary setting but merging it with a modern aesthetic, the production reimagines Dickens' dangerous and doomed antihero Sydney Carton as a member of the 27 Club.