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Bleak Expectations

Play · English · 2022

Play text: Mark Evans

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About the work

A comic stage parody of Victorian melodrama and Dickensian fiction, following the orphaned Pip Bin, his sisters and his loyal friend Harry Biscuit as they face the schemes of the villainous Mr Gently Benevolent. Mark Evans adapted the play from his BBC Radio 4 comedy series of the same name.

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December 2026
11
DEC
Fri
19:45 · Nantwich PlayersAward-winning group · Nantwich Players Theatre · Nantwich · United Kingdom
15
DEC
Tue
19:45 · Chelmsford Theatre Workshop · Chelmsford · United Kingdom
16
DEC
Wed
19:45 · Chelmsford Theatre Workshop · Chelmsford · United Kingdom
17
DEC
Thu
19:45 · Chelmsford Theatre Workshop · Chelmsford · United Kingdom
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DEC
Fri
19:45 · Chelmsford Theatre Workshop · Chelmsford · United Kingdom
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DEC
Sat
19:45 · Chelmsford Theatre Workshop · Chelmsford · United Kingdom
19
DEC
Sat
19:45 · Nantwich PlayersAward-winning group · Nantwich Players Theatre · Nantwich · United Kingdom
April 2027
12
APR
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Chorley Amateur Dramatic & Operatic Society · Chorley Theatre · Chorley · United Kingdom
13
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Chorley Amateur Dramatic & Operatic Society · Chorley Theatre · Chorley · United Kingdom
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Chorley Amateur Dramatic & Operatic Society · Chorley Theatre · Chorley · United Kingdom
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Chorley Amateur Dramatic & Operatic Society · Chorley Theatre · Chorley · United Kingdom
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Chorley Amateur Dramatic & Operatic Society · Chorley Theatre · Chorley · United Kingdom
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Chorley Amateur Dramatic & Operatic Society · Chorley Theatre · Chorley · United Kingdom
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Bleak Expectations

Bleak Expectations

Nantwich PlayersAward-winning group
Play

Dec 2026

Nantwich · United Kingdom

Bleak Expectations

Bleak Expectations

Chelmsford Theatre Workshop
Play

Dec 2026

Chelmsford · United Kingdom

Bleak Expectations

Bleak Expectations

Chorley Amateur Dramatic & Operatic Society
Play

Apr 2027

Chorley · United Kingdom

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