David Walliams’ heart-warming comedy came to the stage for the first time in a musical adapted by Mark Ravenhill, new songs from Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers, directed by Gregory Doran.

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‘I think I might be different. I might not be the same’

 

Dennis is 12 years old and his school football team’s star striker. But when Mum leaves home, life is tough. The only reminder Dennis has of Mum is a photo of her in a beautiful yellow dress. A dress rather like the one on the cover of Vogue on sale at Raj’s newsagents. And also a bit like the one that Lisa James, the coolest girl in the school, is sketching in her note book. What do you do if you like both football and dresses? And what will Mr Hawtrey the headteacher do when he discovers that his strict uniform code has been broken by a boy in a dress?

David Walliams’ heart-warming comedy was brought to the stage for the first time in a musical with all new songs from Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers, script by former RSC playwright in residence Mark Ravenhill and in a production for all the family directed by RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran.

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CAST & CREATIVES

CAST

David Birch – Maudlin Street Captain
Hannah Fairclough – Ensemble
Max Gill – Big Mac
Ahmed Hamad – Ensemble
Ryan Heenan – Rory
Rufus Hound – Dad
Irvine Iqbal – Raj
Charlotte Jaconelli – Lorna
Alim Jayda – Ensemble
Natasha Lewis – Darvesh’s Mum
Forbes Masson – Mr Hawtrey
Christina Modestou – Miss Bresslaw
Alexander Moneypenny – Gareth
Clancy Ryan – Ensemble
Cilla Silvia – Ensemble
Jack Anthony Smart – Swing
Ben Thompson – Oddbod
Jamie Tyler – St Kenneth’s Captain
Charlotte Wakefield – Miss Windsor
Georgie Westall – Swing
Grace Wylde – Louise

 

Creatives

David Walliams – Novel
Mark Ravenhill – Book
Robbie Williams, Guy Chambers and Chris Heath – Music and Lyrics
Gregory Doran – Director
Robert Jones – Designer
Aletta Collins – Choreographer
Mark Henderson – Lighting
Bruce O’Neil – Musical Supervisor and Arrangements
Alan Williams – Musical Director and Arrangements
Tom Deering and Guy Chambers – Orchestrators
Paul Groothuis and Tom Marshall – Sound
Laura Cubitt – Puppetry Director
Pippa Hill – Dramaturg
Sarah Tipple – Associate Director
Carl Harrison – Associate Choreographer
Laura Bangay – Associate Musical Director
Paul Atkinson – Associate Designer

 

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