The title immediately caught my attention, as Miss Havisham has fascinated me since I was a kid. With "Re(dressing) Miss Havisham," John Minigan crafts a witty, intelligent, and emotionally resonant exploration of Charles Dickens, Miss Havisham, and the stories we inherit about love, ambition, and solitude. By intertwining scholarship with lived experience, the play becomes a moving meditation on identity, artistic purpose, and the choices that shape a life.

A brilliant script and a challenging role for any actor lucky enough to be cast.

I love how (Re)Dressing Miss Havisham is not just a feminist twist on an old story but a delving into her character - to the most minute details and coming up with a theory that Dickens may not have meant - but he clearly wrote. Beginning with a criminologist investigation and using excerpts from the book, Minigan skillfully weaves a tale of how Miss Havisham came to be, how she gambled and won and lost - as gamblers do. A tour de force for an actress and a compelling mystery.