Great Expectations Tickets
Book tickets for Great Expectations starring Eddie Izzard (and Eddie Izzard, and Eddie Izzard) at London's Garrick Theatre today!Children under the age of 15 are required to be accompanied by a responsible adult in seats adjacent to each other
Performance dates
24 May - 01 July 2023
Run time: 2 hours 15 minutes (including interval)
Includes interval
51 reviews
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Following a sold-out New York run Eddie Izzard returns to the West End stage for six weeks only playing 19 characters in Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, a classic tale of convicts, mystery, friendship, rivalry, unrequited love, revenge, and redemption.
Actor, comedian, and multi-marathon runner Eddie Izzard’s boundary-pushing career spans all of these with record-breaking comedy tours and critically acclaimed film, TV, and theatre performances. But few know that acting was her first love. This show offers the chance to see Eddie in a solo performance of the master storyteller’s beloved epic, Great Expectations.
Eddie, who is dyslexic, had never read a great work of literature, but knowing that she was exactly 150 years younger than Dickens (7 Feb 1812 to 7 Feb 1962) decided to start by reading Great Expectations. She was then inspired to develop it as a solo performance for the stage.
Dickens’ novel was adapted for the stage by Mark Izzard. Director Selina Cadell said, “I find the combination of Eddie Izzard’s idiosyncratic wit and Charles Dickens’ ingenious storytelling irresistible and am looking forward to sharing it with audiences.
Recent Reviews
Absolutely brilliant. Eddie izzard so talented . Best show I have seen.
Amazing!!!
Sadly un-entertaining and rather dull.
Wonderful Eddie, as always
Excellent show, don’t know how Eddie remembered all the words!
Absolutely spellbinding
Eddie was amazing! The venue was comfortable and very hospitable.
Absolutely brilliant from start to finnish
What an Excellent show. How Eddie managed to create this amazing novel on stage, with music, humour and incredible story, telling was a delight to witness. Lee (Westcliff-on-Sea)
Eddie Izzard was exactly the right person to take this on! Very good indeed!
Izzard’s performance was great. Only drawback was the underground trains rumbling across the stage every 3 minutes.
What a talent. A truly remarkable performance, in every respect. A privilege to have caught this London performance. Brilliant.
Critics Reviews
'⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Eddie Izzard’s glorious solo Great Expectations is a witty, respectful take on Dickens.''
'⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Eddie Izzard seduces in charismatic one-woman show… Izzard winds us in intelligently and expertly so that this familiar story casts its spell over us anew.''
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