

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Shawshank Redemption, Birmingham Alexandra
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 30 May, 2026 at 10:15 am – Sat, 30 May, 2026 at 05:30 pm (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: Despite protests of his innocence, Andy Dufresne is handed a double life sentence for the brutal murders of his wife and her lover. Incarcerated in the notorious Shawshank facility, he quickly learns that no one can survive alone.

Andy strikes up an unlikely friendship with the prison fixer Red, and things start to 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...

Based on Stephen King’s 1982 novella, this thrilling stage production examines friendship and hope behind the claustrophobic bars of a maximum-security facility. The 1994 feature film was nominated for seven Academy Awards.

Joe McFadden's numerous television credits include PC Joe Mason in Heartbeat, Raf in Holby City and, of course, winning the 2017 series of Strictly Come Dancing. Theatre credits include 2:22 A Ghost Story, The Rocky Horror Show and Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d.

Ben Onwukwe  boasts a 30 year stage career including leading roles with the RSC and the Royal Court, and eleven years on TV as Recall McKenzie in London’s Burning.

Bill Ward is best known for his long-running performances as Charlie Stubbs in Coronation Street and James Barton in Emmerdale  but most recently he has been baring all as Gerald in the UK tour of The Full Monty.

Adapted by OWEN O’NEILL &amp; DAVE JOHNS.

Based on the novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by STEPHEN KING.

Directed by DAVID ESBJORNSON.

Age guidance:  12+ years

*Please note that casting is not guaranteed, and could be subject to change, on date of visit in case of sickness etc.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cheltenham/the-shawshank-redemption-birmingham-alexandra/200029420142000
- **Event Categories**: art, theatre, entertainment, coronation-weekend, rocky-horror-picture-show
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.marchants-coaches.com/Tour/The-Shawshank-Redemption-Birmingham-Alexandra?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=cheltenham-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Cheltenham
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: 61 Clarence Street, GL50 3LB Cheltenham, United Kingdom
- **lat**: 51.90164
- **long**: -2.0788
- **full address**: 61 Clarence Street, GL50 3LB Cheltenham, United Kingdom, 61 Clarence Street, Cheltenham, GL50 3LB, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Marchant's (https://allevents.in/org/marchants/11910964)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 30 May, 2026 at 10:15 am (+01:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 61 Clarence Street, GL50 3LB Cheltenham, United Kingdom, 61 Clarence Street, Cheltenham, GL50 3LB, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Marchant's
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, theatre, entertainment, coronation-weekend, rocky-horror-picture-show
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about The Shawshank Redemption, Birmingham Alexandra ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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