Cast List

Mr Gradgrind, proprietor of the model school, later MP Tom, Gradgrind's son Slackbridge, a trade union delegate	Keith Hill
Josiah Bounderby, a self-made man, friend to Gradgrind Mr Sleary, proprietor of Sleary's Horse-Riding A Waiter	Michael Hislop
Bitzer, a pupil, later light porter at the bank Stephen Blackpool, a weaver James Harthouse, a young man of means	Daniel Watson
Louisa, Gradgrind's daughter Emma Gordon, a performer in Sleary's Horse-Riding Chairwoman	Jo-Ann Lyons
Mrs Gradgrind, Gradgrind's wife Mrs Sparsit, keeper of Bounderby's house Rachael, a weaver	Fiona Morrison
Sissy Jupe, a stroller's daughter Mrs Blackpool, Stephen's wife Mrs Pegler, an old woman Mary Stokes, a weaver	Tess Walsh

Production Team

Director : John McSpadyen
Set Design : John McSpadyen
Lighting Design : Stella Okafor
Costume Design : Christine Foster

Stage Managers : Nick Bakker, Patricia McDonagh
ASM : Tom Brown
Lighting operators : Robert Ward, Moira McSperrin
Sound tape : Simon Humphries
Sound operator : Simon Kane
Wardrobe : Christine Foster, Elaine Goulden
Set construction : Radius Case Makers, Denis Turner, Graham Widger, Keith Syrett, Dominic Turner, Robert Myer & members of the cast and crew