Adrian Dunbar

Girl with a Pearl Earring (which was made into a film in 2003) tells the story of Johannes Vermeer (Dunbar), the greatest painter of his time, who hires a young girl, Griet, to work in his house. She soon becomes more than a servant, helping him in his studio, learning the art of painting by watching the master. Then, secretly, Vermeer begins to paint Griet, as she becomes the model and muse for his greatest masterpiece “Girl With A Pearl Earring.”

Best known for his roles in films such as My Left Foot and The Crying Game, Dunbar’s theater credits include The Shaughraun and Exiles at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre, Real Dreams and The Danton Affair at the Royal Shakespeare Company and King Lear, Pope’s Wedding, Saved and Up to the Sun and Down to the Centre at the Royal Court among others. On television, he starred in the first episode of Cracker, and has been in many British TV productions, including Tough Love, Inspector Morse, Kidnapped, Murphy’s Law and Murder in Mind. He also recently directed a critically acclaimed stage production of Philadelphia Here I Come! and is prepping the long-awaited screen adaptation of Connolly about Irish labor union organizer James Connolly as seen through the eyes of his daughter, Nora.

Joining Dunbar is Kimberley Nixon (recently seen as Sophy in the television adaptation of Cranford) as Griet, Sara Kestelman (The Shape of Metal, All About Me) as Maria Thins, Niall Buggy (Translations on Broadway) as Van Ruijven and Lesley Vickerage (Betrayal, The Lemon Princess) as Catherina. Rounding out the cast is Maggie Service, Jonathan Bailey and Flora Spencer-Longhurst.

The production features set and lighting design by Peter Mumford, costume design by Fotini Dimou, sound by Matt McKenzie and original music by Christopher Gunning.