Forged introduced for twentieth anniversary manufacturing of THE HISTORY BOYS

Casting is introduced for the 20^th Anniversary manufacturing of Alan Bennett’s fashionable basic The Historical past Boys which can open at Theatre Royal Bathtub with performances from Thursday 22 August – Saturday 31 August previous to a nationwide tour, together with dates in Truro, Nottingham, Plymouth, Cheltenham, Cambridge, Coventry, Malvern, Aberdeen and Richmond.

The place and when?

Thursday 22 August – Saturday 31 August 2024
Theatre Royal Bathtub

Tuesday 3 September – Saturday 7 September 2024
Corridor For Cornwall

Tuesday 10 September – Saturday 14 September 2024
Nottingham Theatre Royal

Tuesday 17 September – Saturday 21 September 2024
Plymouth Theatre Royal

Tuesday 24 September – Saturday 28 September 2024
Cheltenham Everyman Theatre

Tuesday 1 October – Saturday 5 October 2024
Cambridge Arts Theatre

Tuesday 8 October – Saturday 12 October 2024
Coventry Belgrade Theatre

Tuesday 15 October – Saturday 19 October 2024
Malvern Theatre

Tuesday 22 October – Saturday 26 October 2024
His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen

Tuesday 29 October – Saturday 2 November 2024
Richmond Theatre

Who’s within the solid?

The solid will embody Simon Rouse as Hector, Milo Twomey as Headmaster, Gillian Bevan as Mrs. Lintott and Invoice Milner as Irwin. The scholars are performed by Archie Christoph-Allen as Dakin, Lewis Cornay as Posner, Teddy Hinde as Timms, Yazdan Qafouri as Scripps, Ned Costello as Rudge, Mahesh Parmar as Akthar, Tashinga BePete as Crowther, Curtis Kemlo as Lockwood and Zrey Sholapurkar as ensemble, a lot of whom are making their skilled stage debuts.

Inventive staff

Alan Bennett has been a family title in British theatre for greater than fifty years. His quite a few performs embody Habeas Corpus, Single Spies, The Insanity of George III, Speaking Heads and The Girl within the Van.

This artistic staff for this well timed revival consists of Director Seán Linnen, Set and Costume Designer Grace Good, Lighting Designer Ryan Day, Composer, Arranger & Sound Designer Russell Ditchfield, Motion Director Chi-San Howard, Casting Director Matilda James CDG, Musical Director Eamonn O’Dwyer, Assistant Director Emily Oulton.

What’s the present about?

A-Degree outcomes day. Cutlers’ Grammar Faculty. Eighties Sheffield.

Eight unruly youngsters burst into maturity with one of the best grades their college has ever seen, and their sights are set on one thing larger: to review on the most well-known Educational establishments on this planet – Oxford and Cambridge. However their lecturers can’t agree how greatest to tutor them. There’s Hector – the maverick English instructor who believes in tradition for its personal sake; Irwin – the shrewd provide instructor filled with soundbites; Felix – the headmaster obsessive about league tables and Mrs Lintott – the Historical past instructor who thinks her colleagues are all fools.

The Historical past Boys follows this vivid bunch of boys in pursuit of intercourse, sport and a spot at college, lifting the lid on staffroom rivalries and the anarchy of adolescence.

The Historical past Boys is the winner of over 30 main worldwide awards. The unique manufacturing on the Nationwide Theatre which opened in 2004 earlier than worldwide tour and movie adaptation, starred the late Richard Griffiths and launched the careers of James Corden, Dominic Cooper, Russell Tovey, and Jamie Parker amongst others.

Assisted performances

See particular person venue web sites for particulars.