Shawshank Redemption

Join the Whangarei Theatre Company as they bring you their latest production, Shawshank Redemption.

Based on the 1982 novella Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption the play examines desperation, injustice, friendship and hope behind the claustrophobic bars of a maximum-security facility. It achieved international fame when the 1994 feature film, starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman, was nominated for seven Academy Awards.

Despite protests of his innocence, Andy Dufresne is handed a double life sentence for the brutal murder of his wife and her lover. Incarcerated at 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 take a slight turn for the better. However, when Warden Stammas decides to bully Andy into subservience and exploits his talents for accountancy, a desperate plan is quietly hatched…

This is the first production of the play in the southern hemisphere.

Accessibility information:  Wheelchair access, accessible parking, accessible toilets, viewing area.

 

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Whangarei Theatre Company, The Riverbank Centre, 71 Reyburn House Lane, Whangārei, 0110, View Map