A new life beckons for Lucy Snowe, who leaves behind her past and flees from England. As a teacher in a school in the town of Villette, Lucy is faced with a world of coquettish schoolgirls, a fierce headmistress and stories of a ghostly nun who haunts the dormitories. It is enough to push her fevered imagination to the edge, enduring fire, storms and unrequited love. But could a happy ending be in her grasp?

Charlotte Bronte's gothic novel is a thinly disguised version of her own adventure to the continent as a young woman where she fell passionately and dangerously in love.

This powerful, classic masterpiece was given a distinctive twist by the SJT and Frantic Assembly and ran for three weeks at the Stephen Joseph Theatre.