Irene Kelleher’s play puts a modern twist on Dickens character Miss Havisham, writes Colette Sheridan

IF YOU love antiques and shadowy vintage atmosphere but cling to bold modernity, there is room for both this season.

Expectations were certainly great when Mike Newell announced this lavish retelling of Dickens to coincide with the bicentenary of the writer’s birth.

Helena Bonham Carter is in negotiations to star as Miss Havisham in a movie version of Charles Dickens' 'Great Expectations'.