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  • Great Expectations

  • 2 hours 15 minutes (20 minute interval)
  • Garrick Theatre
  • 4.5/5 based on 4 reviews
  • Recommended for
  • Families (100%)
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  • Booking details
  • Booking until: Saturday, 1 July 2023
  • Running time: 2 hours 15 minutes (20 minute interval)

Great Expectations description

About Eddie Izzard Great Expectations

This one-person performance has already wowed audiences over the Atlantic, with glowing reviews from respected sources like the HollywoodSoapbox website, the Wall Street Journal and the news channel CNN. This is, by all accounts, an epic performance and Izzard herself says she’s “going for it like crazy”. This is Dickens’ Great Expectations, but not as we know it. Performed one-handed by one of the nation’s best-loved comedians, actors and activists, Suzy Eddie Izzard, it’s going to rock the West End.

What's the story of Eddie Izzard Great Expectations?

This solo epic runs for a limited 6 week season at the Garrick Theatre from 24th May to 1st July 2023. Adapted by Suzy’s brother Mark Izzard, it isn’t just faithful to the Dickens original. It’s also very funny – and not always in the places you’d expect. That’s the beauty of the actor, she’s known and loved for being unexpected in so many ways, unexpectedly becoming a multiple marathon runner, unexpectedly learning to be a pilot to fix a fear of flying, and more.

The show wowed New York in late 2022, where it gathered a collection of glowing critics reviews. We’re fully expecting the same kind of critical acclaim in the UK, a place where differences are valued and eccentricity is everyday fare. And it’s a visual feast too, thanks to Izzard’s extraordinary presence. Known and loved for her stand-up routines, this is a perfect role for the actor. As TheatreMania’s reviewer said, “Miss Havisham never looked so good."

The plot? Buy cheap tickets for Eddie Izzard Great Expectations and meet young Pip, an apprentice to a rural blacksmith who comes into money, a fortune that arrives thanks to a mysterious benefactor. Pip moves to London and joins high society, where he meets and falls in love with Estella. But his benefactor turns out to be someone completely unexpected and however much he loves her, Estella can’t return Pip’s feelings.

Who is starring in Eddie Izzard Great Expectations?

Suzy Eddie Izzard plays 19 of Dickens’ famous characters with aplomb, style and significant humour. This is masterful storytelling at its best.

Who is on the Eddie Izzard Great Expectations creative team?

The show is directed by Selina Cadell, who said “I find the combination of Eddie Izzard’s idiosyncratic wit and Charles Dickens’ ingenious storytelling irresistible and am looking forward to sharing it with UK audiences."

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Playing at Garrick Theatre (venue info)

2 Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0HH GB

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Performance Times for Great Expectations

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Fri - 19:30
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