CHARLES Dickens’s masterpiece A Tale Of Two Cities comes to the stage at Bradford Alhambra, from October 4 to 8.

Dickens considered his novel the best story he had ever written, interweaving one family’s intensely personal drama with the terror and chaos of the French Revolution.

The epic story of love, sacrifice and redemption amidst horrific violence and world-changing events was first produced in Northampton in 2014 to great critical and public acclaim.

It has been directed by James Dacre from an adaptation by Mike Poulton, writer of Wolf Hall for the Royal Shakespeare Company,

Dacre said: “Dickens wrote A Tale of Two Cities in 1859 as a meditation on politics and power, the individual versus the system and the private versus the public.

“Mike Poulton, Rachel Portman and I first mounted this adaptation in the aftermath of the Arab Spring to cast a light on the protests, fanaticism and political unrest that were spreading across the world at that time.

“Our decision to revisit the production during this year of elections, referendums and revolutions across the world is motivated by a shared belief that great historical dramas can play an important role in contemporary political conversations.

“We can emotionally engage audiences in human stories, countering the disaffection that seems to dominate so much of today's political debate.

“Theatre and music can be imbued with a passion that a novel cannot capture. A Tale of Two Cities aims to focus on the humanity of Dickens’ novel in a way that gives the historical events an immediacy and urgent relevance for today’s audiences.”

Visit bradford-theatres.co.uk or call 01274 432000 to book tickets.