The Shawshank Redemption
Location: Theatre Royal
The stage production of one of the UKs best loved movies, The Shawshank Redemption, is coming to Glasgow’s Theatre Royal in 2026
The Shawshank Redemption, the stage production, is heading out on tour around the UK late this year and will play at Glasgow’s Theatre Royal from the 24th to 28th March 2026.
Fear will hold you prisoner, hope can see you free.
Bill Kenwright presents this stage production inspired by the classic film The Shawshank Redemption, based on the short novel by Stephen King.
Based on the 1982 novella Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption, the play examines desperation, injustice, friendship and hope behind the claustrophobic bars of a maximum security facility. The 1994 feature film, regularly voted Britain’s favourite ever movie, starred Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman and was nominated for seven Academy Awards.
Despite protests of his innocence, Andy Dufresne is handed a double life sentence for the brutal murder of his wife and her lover. Incarcerated at the notorious Shawshank facility, he quickly learns that no one can survive alone. Andy strikes up an unlikely friendship with the prison fixer Red, and things take a slight turn for the better. However, when Warden Stammas decides to bully Andy into subservience and exploit his talents for accountancy, a desperate plan is quietly hatched…
Adapted by Owen O’Neill and Dave Johns, directed by David Esbjornson
