A powerful new stage adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's classic novel Jane Eyre opens at Storyhouse next month.

Jane Eyre, one of several adaptations of classics under the Storyhouse Originals banner, will run from Tuesday 10 November to Saturday 21 November.

Orphaned as a young girl, the passionate and sensitive Jane Eyre longs to escape the clutches of her cruel aunt.

Freedom beckons when she is offered the job of governess in the house of the brooding and secretive Mr Rochester. As intrigue turns to attraction, Jane finds herself drawn in by Rochester's mercurial charm.

However, when the truth finally comes out, she will be forced to choose between the man she wants and the woman she wants to be.

"Excitement is building with just two weeks to go until this thrilling new adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's much-loved masterpiece opens on the Storyhouse stage, as one of the undoubted highlights of our autumn season," said Storyhouse creative director Suzie Henderson.

"It has been an exhilarating collaboration, creating a very special piece of live theatre which under Lily Dible's exciting direction is both powerful and utterly compelling."

Actor and writer Olivia Marcus plays Jane Eyre, and has appeared in Disney Plus's Extraordinary and Channel 4's Everyone Else Burns.

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Mr Rochester is played by Gabriel Akuwudike, who's work in theatre includes Arcadia (Old Vic); Macbeth (Lyric Hammersmith); Hamnet (RSC); King Lear (the Globe) and My Father's Fable (Bush Theatre).

Jane Eyre was directed by Lily Dyble, the winner of last year's RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award.

The annual RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award is designed to provide an up-and-coming director with a first opportunity to direct a fully funded production at a leading regional UK theatre.

Jane Eyre is a Storyhouse, Mercury Theatre Colchester, and Rose Theatre co-production, in association with Northern Stage, supported by a grant from the Royal Theatrical Support Trust (RTST).

Set designer is Anna Yates, costume designer is Khadija Raza, lighting design is by Lucia Sanches Roldan, and Joseff Harris is sound designer and composer. Movement director is Natasha Harrison, Fight director is Rachid Sabitri and intimacy director is Haruka Kuroda. Casting is by Helena Palmer.

Jane Eyre is one of several adaptations of classics under the Storyhouse Originals banner for 2026, the venue's strand of vibrant and imaginative homegrown productions.

For more details on Jane Eyre visit www.storyhouse.com