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First Look: Ben Hur at The Barn Theatre Cirencester

by Staff Writer
March 9, 2020
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Ben Hur at Barn Theatre

Ben Hur at Barn Theatre

The Barn Theatre have released production photos of their new Built by Barn production of the comedy Ben Hur by Olivier award-winning playwright Patrick Barlow.

The production, which runs in the historic Roman town of Cirencester from 4 March to 18 April 2020, stars James Dinsmore (Great Expectations) as Edgar T Chesterfield, Liam Horrigan (The Play That Goes Wrong) as Daniel Veil, Devarnie Lothian (Grandpa’s Great Escape) as Omar Lord and Bronte Tadman (A Christmas Carol) as Crystal Singer.

Joseph O’Malley returns to direct, following his previous direction on the Barn Theatre’s successful Built by Barn productions of Hound of the Baskervilles and The 39 Steps. Bronte Tadman also returns to the Barn Theatre after appearing in their 2019 production of A Christmas Carol.

       

Based on the best-selling novel, General Lew Wallace’s Ben-Hur:A Tale of the Christ and the 11-time Academy award-winning 1959 film adaptation starring Charlton Heston, this stage adaptation asks the question: can four actors in an amateur theatre company pull off this epic tale? Will the backstage drama ruin the show? One thing that can be certain… audiences will be laughing uncontrollably by the end of the evening!

Complete with chariot races, sea battles, and stage combat, Patrick Barlow weaves his compressed style popularised by The 39 Steps into one of the largest stories ever told.

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This Built by Barn production marks the second time the award-winning theatre has produced a play by Patrick Barlow, following their successful 2019 production of The 39 Steps, which transferred to Theatre Royal Windsor in August 2019.

The production will feature direction by Joseph O’Malley, choreography by Off-West End Awards 2019 finalist Zak Nemorin (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), set design by Off-West End Awards 2019 finalist Justin Williams (Soho Cinders, Brooklyn), costume design by Penn O’Gara, lighting design by Sam Rowcliffe-Tanner and Justin Farndale and sound design by Harry Smith.

Bronte Tadman Crystal Singer James Dinsmore Edgar T Chesterfield Photo Credit John Webb Carter
Bronte Tadman Crystal Singer James Dinsmore Edgar T Chesterfield Photo Credit John Webb Carter
Bronte Tadman Crystal Singer Photo Credit John Webb Carter
Bronte Tadman Crystal Singer Photo Credit John Webb Carter
Devarnie Lothian Omar Lord Liam Horrigan Daniel Veil Photo Credit John Webb Carter
Devarnie Lothian Omar Lord Liam Horrigan Daniel Veil Photo Credit John Webb Carter
James Dinsmore Edgar T Chesterfield Photo Credit John Webb Carter
James Dinsmore Edgar T Chesterfield Photo Credit John Webb Carter
Liam Horrigan Daniel Veil Devarnie Lothian Omar Lord Photo Credit John Webb Carter
Liam Horrigan Daniel Veil Devarnie Lothian Omar Lord Photo Credit John Webb Carter
Liam Horrigan Daniel Veil Photo Credit Benjamin Collins
Liam Horrigan Daniel Veil Photo Credit Benjamin Collins
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