Hard Times in Tweets by @_ohjoey

Joey‏ @_ohjoeyNov 9

Sheer backdrops are so effective... always! #hardtimeslighthouse

Joey‏ @_ohjoeyNov 9

The whole cast portrayed by only 4 people is amazing!! #hardtimeslighthouse

Joey‏ @_ohjoeyNov 9

'TOM GRADGRIND'S DAUGHTER' HAS A NAME!!!! I don't like these men. #hardtimeslighthouse

Joey‏ @_ohjoeyNov 9

Everyone loves a wedding... though I feel like Louisa isn't that keen #hardtimeslighthouse

Joey‏ @_ohjoeyNov 9

I love how the fourth wall is occasionally broken so that the story is narrated directly to the audience... it's done so well #hardtimeslighthouse

Joey‏ @_ohjoeyNov 9

Gradgrind is hiding something #hardtimeslighthouse

Joey‏ @_ohjoeyNov 9

Moral of the story here: don't get married! #hardtimeslighthouse

Joey‏ @_ohjoeyNov 9

Such an innovative and constantly surprising set!! Was not expecting that! #hardtimeslighthouse

Joey‏ @_ohjoeyNov 9

Loving how the cast are responsible for changing scene/costume/prop arrangement on stage. #hardtimeslighthouse

Joey‏ @_ohjoeyNov 9

Did he just refer to her as a pet?! #hardtimeslighthouse

Joey‏ @_ohjoeyNov 9

I do love me a multi-role play! Shows real talent! #hardtimeslighthouse

Joey‏ @_ohjoeyNov 9

Clever use of set & props already, and we're only on the 4th minute #hardtimeslighthouse

Joey‏ @_ohjoeyNov 9

We're ready! @LighthouseTheat #hardtimeslighthouse

A Taste of "Hard Times"

Hard Times: A Peek at the Production

Dickens Fellowship Publicises "Hard Times"

http://www.dickensfellowship.org/content/hard-times-wales

Character Diaries: Tom Gradgrind

Coketown…..a triumph of fact….a place devoid of fancy...a town inhabited by children all very like one another...stripped of all fancy… turned out in that great factory of fact… My Gradgrind’s model school. (Charles Dickens)

Wednesday September 13th, 1834.

After one week, I can say school is so boring.

Papa makes us learn facts all the time. Just facts. No play-time. The other children at least get to play when they go home.

A new girl arrived today. Her name is Cecelia Jupe. But she says her name is Sissy. Father says this is stupid as her name is Cecelia we must call her Cecilia. Aren’t I Thomas?

Father confuses me all the time.

Friday December 17th 1836

I managed to play a new game of dice with Makepeace and Hartley today. I was really good. At last I have found something I enjoy and which Father can’t tell me off for. I am thinking that I could excel. Must find somewhere to hide the dice: perhaps I can keep it with my diary.

After school, Father told me Mr. Bounderby was coming to our house for Christmas dinner because he had lost his family. If I was in his family, I would stay lost.

Tuesday June 20th 1838.

I must keep an eye on Mr. Bounderby. I think it might be good for me.

"Hard Times" in the South Wales Evening Post

Hard Times: Rehearsal Shots

Just a brief glimpse of all the wonderful characterisations in store!