The Talented Mr Ripley

Name: The Talented Mr Ripley | What's On
Start: 2025-11-22T20:00:00+00:00
Location: Lowry

Mon 17 Nov 2025 - Sat 22 Nov 2025

Mon 17 Nov 2025

8:00PM

Quays Theatre

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Tue 18 Nov 2025

8:00PM

Quays Theatre

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Wed 19 Nov 2025

8:00PM

Quays Theatre

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Thu 20 Nov 2025

2:30PM

Quays Theatre

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- Thu 20 Nov 2025
  
  8:00PM
  
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- Fri 21 Nov 2025
  
  8:00PM
  
  Quays Theatre
  
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- Sat 22 Nov 2025
  
  2:30PM
  
  Quays Theatre
  
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- Sat 22 Nov 2025
  
  8:00PM
  
  Quays Theatre
  
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"I never wanted to murder anyone. It was necessary."

Step into a world of deception, desire, and deadly ambition. How far would you go to become someone else?

Tom Ripley is a nobody - scraping by in New York, forging signatures, telling little white lies - until a chance encounter changes everything. When a wealthy stranger offers him an all-expenses-paid trip to Italy to bring home his wayward son, Dickie Greenleaf, Tom leaps at the opportunity.

But in the sun-drenched glamour of 1950s Italy, surrounded by shimmering waters and whispered secrets, Tom is seduced by the life Dickie leads - the freedom, the wealth, the effortless charm. Fascination turns to obsession, and as his grip tightens on Dickie’s world, the lines between truth and deception begin to blur. What starts as an innocent opportunity spirals into a chilling game of lies, identity theft, and murder.

The ten-strong ensemble cast is led by Ed McVey as Tom Ripley. Ed was one of the stars of The Crown. Bruce Herbelin-Earle from Netfix’s Free Rein is Dickie Greenleaf, and EastEnders regular and Strictly Come Dancing finalist Maisie Smith stars as Marge Sherwood.

This electrifying new stage adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley brings Patricia Highsmith’s iconic psychological thriller, which inspired the acclaimed movie and Netflix series to life like never before. With razor-sharp dialogue, simmering tension, and a dangerously charismatic antihero, this gripping production will pull you into Ripley’s intoxicating world—where nothing is quite as it seems.