Fresh from playing Howard Bellamy in BBC One’s Doctors, it has been announced that Ian Kelsey will star as Andy Dufresne in a new touring production of The Shawshank Redemption.
The cast also includes Casualty star Patrick Robinson as Ellis ‘Red’ Redding. The Shawshank Redemption opens at the Theatre Royal Windsor on 18th August 2015; full tour dates below.
Bill Kenwright's production is directed by David Esbjornson, adapted by Owen O’Neill and Dave Johns with design by Gary McCann and lighting by Chris Davey.
Kelsey's screen credits also include: Patrick Spiller in Casualty, Dave Glover in Emmerdale, Matt Brewer in Down To Earth, DI Richard Mayne in Blue Murder and Jack Clayton in Where The Heart Is. On stage he has played Billy Flynn in Chicago and Danny Zuko in Grease.
Unflinching in his protests of innocence, Andy strikes up an unlikely friendship with the prison fixer Red, played by Robinson, and things 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…
2015 Tour Dates
Theatre Royal, Windsor
18th – 29th August
Leeds Grand
31st Aug -5th Sept
Brighton Theatre Royal
7th-12th Sept
Richmond Theatre
14th-19th September
Bath Theatre Royal
21st-26th September
Birmingham New Alexandra Theatre
28th Sept-3rd October
Edinburgh Kings Theatre
5th-10th October
Aberdeen His Majesty's Theatre
12th-17th October
Newcastle Theatre Royal
19th-24th October
Norwich Theatre Royal
26th-31st October
Cheltenham Everyman Theatre
2nd-7th November
Woking New Victoria
9th-14th November
Milton Keynes Theatre
16th-21st November
Cardiff New Theatre
23rd-28th November
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