JEKYLL & HYDE to play Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum Theatre in January 2024

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The Reading Rep Theatre production of Gary McNair’s adaptation of Jekyll & Hyde, directed by Michael Fentiman, will transfer to Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum Theatre from 13–27 January 2024, following its critically-acclaimed world premiere run in Reading in Autumn 2022.

Founding Artistic Director of Reading Rep Theatre, Paul Stacey, said: “It is wonderful news that our production of Jekyll and Hyde will have a new chapter at the Royal Lyceum in Edinburgh. It’s lovely to know that more people will be able to see this bold one-woman adaptation which breathes new life into this classic. Being able to share the work of Reading Rep with the rest of the country is a great step in helping shine a positive light on Reading and placing Reading on the map as a cultural powerhouse.”

Artistic Director of the Royal Lyceum Edinburgh, David Greig, said on the transfer: “I’ve wanted to have a Jekyll and Hyde on stage at The Lyceum for a long time, and I was really thrilled when I saw that Gary McNair, who’s one of my favourite Scottish playwrights, had done a one-woman version of that story – a very good version as well – which premiered in Reading last year. I think it will be the perfect palette cleanser after the festive season - an antidote to saccharine Christmas - an eerie, spooky, Wintery story.”

Casting for the production will be announced at a later date.

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