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Great Expectations in the Raj: In conversation with Tanika Gupta

Great Expectations in the Raj: In conversation with Tanika Gupta

The Mancunion spoke to playwright Tanika Gupta about her newest adaptation of Dickens’s Great Expectations – a re-imagining which casts new historical and political light on the literary classic
Review: Great Expectations

Review: Great Expectations

Tanika Gupta’s rendition of Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations kicks off the Royal Exchange Theatre’s Autumn/Winter season with an exciting Bengali twist on a British classic
Great Expectations launches with Pooja Ghai, Esh Alladi, and Tanika Gupta MBE FRSL

Great Expectations launches with Pooja Ghai, Esh Alladi, and Tanika Gupta MBE FRSL

Samina Ali hosted a launch event for the Royal Exchange and Tamasha’s South Asian reimagining of Charles Dickesn’ Great Expectations, with a panel made up of Pooja Ghai, Esh Alladi, and Tanika Gupta MBE FRSL
The Lowry gets it twisted

The Lowry gets it twisted

The stage adaptation of Michael Rosen’s Unexpected Twist, itself a reimagining of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist, comes to The Lowry as part of its UK tour
Review: Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol

Review: Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol

Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol, currently having its European premiere at Southbank Centre, is a warm, Appalachian reimagining of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol
Octagon is visited by three ghosts

Octagon is visited by three ghosts

Octagon gets into the (spooky) Christmas spirit with a brand-new stage adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol
Review: The Astonishing Times of Timothy Cratchit

Review: The Astonishing Times of Timothy Cratchit

Kayleigh Crawford reviews The Astonishing Times of Timothy Cratchit, a musical sequel to Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol

Preview: The Invisible Woman

Film Editor Sophie James previews Ralph Fiennes’ next directing venture

Why Anthony Trollope is a Better Version of Charles Dickens

Elizabeth Mitchell argues that one of the most prolific writers of all time deserves the same reputation as his overexposed contemporary, Dickens

Book Club is back!

Harriet Hill-Payne, The Mancunion’s own Arts editor, talks to Books about Great Expectations

Read it again; take a spin on the literary jukebox

Count down your days with a quote and a tune

Preview: ‘Great Expectations’

Samuel Parr previews Mike Newell’s latest film