Abused, unwashed and unwanted, Huck Finn decides to escape “sivilisation” and his violent, drunken father. He teams up with Jim, an escaping slave. In their epic raft voyage down the mighty Mississippi River, they encounter all sorts of rogues and scoundrels in a South committed to slavery. For Huck, it becomes a journey of self-discovery, as he finds his own humanity through friendship.

Ernest Hemingway called Huckleberry Finn “the best book we’ve ever had. There was nothing before. There’s been nothing as good since.”

Independent Theatre’s new theatrical version stars Will Cox and Shedrick Yarkpai (Jem Finch and Tom Robinson in Independent Theatre’s 2007 smash hit To Kill a Mockingbird).

Bernard Shaw’s famous 1905 comedy portrays the conflict between spiritual and worldly power.

Barbara Undershaft is a dedicated young major in the Salvation Army, working among the poor of London’s East End. Andrew Undershaft, the father she has never known, is a millionaire manufacturer of armaments.

Barbara and her Machiavellian father meet and challenge each other to visit their respective places of employment.

Following its 2005 success with Pygmalion, Independent Theatre is delighted to present this most brilliant of social comedies, which will star Anna Steen (Anna Karenina) as Barbara and David Roach (Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird) as Undershaft.