Vidar Hjardeng MBE - Twelve Angry Men, AD Theatre Review

Season 2, Episode 569,   Jun 14, 02:00 PM

RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey is joined again by Vidar Hjardeng MBE, Inclusion and Diversity Consultant for ITV News across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands for the next in his regular Connect Radio theatre reviews.

This week Vidar is reviewing the very powerful courtroom thriller, straight from a very successful run in London’s West End as ’Twelve Angry Men’ visited the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre. 

About Twelve Angry Men:

A life in the balance. Twelve men. One verdict.

Following a record-breaking West End season, this powerful production of Twelve Angry Men is back in session! Reginald Rose’s gripping courtroom thriller stars Jason Merrells (Casualty, Emmerdale), Gray O’Brien (Coronation Street, Peak Practice), Tristan Gemmill (Coronation Street, Casualty), Michael Greco (EastEnders), Ben Nealon (Soldier Soldier) and Gary Webster (Minder, Family Affairs), alongside and all-star ensemble.   

Twelve Angry Men has been hailed ‘the classiest, most intelligent drama playing in the West End’. It brings the 1957 three-time Academy Award nominated film, considered one of the great ‘must-sees’ of all time, to the stage.

A jury has murder on their minds and a life in their hands as they decide the fate of a young delinquent accused of killing his father. But what appears to be an open and shut case soon becomes a huge dilemma, as prejudices and preconceived ideas about the accused, the trial, and each other turn the tables every which way, until the nail-biting climax…

For more about access at the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre including details of audio described performances do visit the access pages of the theatre’s website - https://www.grandtheatre.co.uk/access/ 


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