Of Mice and Men

On the wrong side of The American Dream, friendship is all you have.

In Steinbeck’s gripping masterpiece, two migrant field workers travel through California in search of their very own piece of the American Dream.

Armed with nothing but hope, and the dream of one day living and working on their own land, George and his childishly innocent companion Lennie start work on a ranch.

New friendships are made and at first life looks good, until gentle Lennie, unaware of his own immense strength, unwittingly shatters their dreams in one disturbingly tragic act.

This is theatre at its most powerful.

Lyceum Associate Artist John Dove (A View From The Bridge,The Price,The Man Who Had All the Luck, Living Quarters) returns to direct a timely revival of this story of how the vulnerable fare when society has no safety net and economic hardship bites hard.

His new production features a strong cast with first time appearances at The Lyceum for two well known faces from televison William Ash and Steve Jackson.

William Ash most recently played Chris Mead in the popular BBC series Waterloo Road. He has also been in many other popular dramas including Shameless, Casualty, Doctor Who and Lapland and was recently on stage in The Globe Mysteries at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. Steve Jackson has also been in many popular TV series – Casualty, Doctors, Extras, Dalziel and Pascoe to name a few, but he is best known for his fairly recent appearance in Coronation Street as bin man and Janice Battersby’s lodger Trevor Dean.

Making a fond return to The Lyceum stage are actors Greg Powrie who has been a stalwart of John Dove productions over the last few years (The Price, The Man Who Had All the Luck) , Liam Brennan (Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth) , Peter Kelly (The Winter’s Tale, Monks, If Only ), Melody Grove (The Importance of Being Earnest), Garry Collins (My Romantic History, Comedy of Errors, Romeo and Juliet) , John Macaulay (To Kill a Mockingbird, Still Game, River City) , Mark McDonnell (Beauty and The Beast ,The Importance of Being Earnest and soon to be seen in the film Electric Man ).

Cast:
George William Ash
Lennie Steve Jackson
Candy Peter Kelly
The Boss/Whit Greg Powrie
Curley Garry Collins
Curley’s Wife Melody Grove
Slim Liam Brennan
Carlson Mark McDonnell
Crooks John Macauley

Creative Team:
John Dove Director
Colin Richmond Set and Costume Designer
Jeanine Davies Lighting Designer
Lynn Bains Voice Coach
Malcolm Shields Fight Director

LYCEUM TICKETS & PERFORMANCES:
Booking Office 0131 248 4848 or online at www.lyceum.org.uk
Performances: 17 February – 17 March
Evenings: Tuesday – Saturday at 7.45pm
Matinees: 22, 25 and 29 February and 3, 7 and 10 March at 2.30pm
Curtain Raiser: Tuesday 21 February at 6pm ( £5, Under 18’s FREE ) with Dr Ken Millard, Dept of English Literature, University of Edinburgh
Theatre Class Wednesday 22 February at 10.30am with Owen Dudley Edwards
Post-show discussion with members of the cast: (FREE) Tuesday 28 February after performance
Matinee Discussion Group Wednesday 29 February , after matinee (FREE but ticketed)
Touch Tours for the visually impaired: Thursday 1 March at 6.15pm & Saturday 3 March at 1pm
Audio described performances: Thursday 1 March at 7.45pm & Saturday 3 March at 2.30pm
BSL Interpreted performance: Wednesday 7 March at 7.45pm
Captioned Performance: Saturday 10 March at 2.30pm
Evening performances (full price): £13 – £29
Matinee Performances: Wednesday and Saturday Matinees £13 – £16
Over 60’s /Concessions: £2 off full price for all Tuesday – Thursday shows
School Groups: £8 (stalls & grand circle). £7 (upper circle). Matinees – all seats £7. One teacher FREE with every ten pupils.
Registered unemployed: (Tues – Fri evenings: all seats £10); Wed matinees: all seats £5; Tue-Thur: £1 Stalls tickets available on the day (max 20 per show, stalls only). ID required.
Students/ people with disabilities/Under 18s: Sat evenings :all seats £15; Tue-Fri evenings : all seats £10; Sat matinees :all seats £10 and £5 for Wed matinees. Wheelchair spaces are available in the stalls boxes. Students – full time only – ID required.
Groups discounts for 8 or more people:
Evenings: Stalls/Grand Circle £5 off and Upper Circle £3 off full price tickets plus one FREE ticket for every 20 paid for.
Matinees: £3 off full price tickets plus one FREE ticket for every 20 paid for.