Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Presents LORD OF THE FLIES
CASTING AND FULL TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED
Casting and full tour dates are announced today for Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s critically acclaimed production of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, adapted for the stage by Nigel Williams, which will return following its 2011 sell-out premiere for a limited run from Thursday 3 to Saturday 12 September 2015 prior to a major UK tour.
The cast of young actors will feature Freddie Watkins (Nativity) as Jack, Luke Ward-Wilkinson (Wild at Heart, Beautiful People) as Ralph, Anthony Roberts as Piggy, Keenan Munn-Francis (The Scottsboro Boys, The Lion King) as Simon, Matthew Castle as Roger, Dylan Llewellyn as Henry, Michael Ajao as Maurice, Yossi Goodlink as Bill and Jonathan Holby as Naval Officer. Twin brothers Thiago Pigatto and Fellipe Pigatto will play twins Sam and Eric. The role of Perceval will be shared by David Evans, Guy Abrahams and Benedict Barker.
The tour will open at Woking New Victoria Theatre on Wednesday 16 September and continue until March 2016, with a press night at Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre on Wednesday 30 September at 7.00pm.
After a group of schoolboys survive a plane crash, what starts as a classic desert island adventure quickly descends into a struggle for survival in a darkly sinister world of superstition and immorality. William Golding’s 20th century classic explodes onto the stage in this remarkable production, returning to the award-winning Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre.
First published in 1954, Lord of the Flies was William Golding’s debut novel. His other works including Free Fall, The Spire, Rites of Passage (Booker Prize winner), The Paper Men and Fire Down Below. In 1983 Golding was awarded The Nobel Prize in Literature.
Lord of the Flies is directed by Timothy Sheader and co-directed by Liam Steel, with design by Jon Bausor, composition and sound score by Nick Powell, lighting design by Paul Keogan and sound design by Avgoustas Psillas for Autograph. Lord of the Flies is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England’.
TOUR SCHEDULE
Thursday 3 – Saturday 12 September 2015
REGENT’S PARK OPEN AIR THEATRE
Box Office 0844 826 4242 | www. openairtheatre.com
Wednesday 16 – Saturday 19 September 2015
WOKING New Victoria Theatre
Box Office: 0844 871 7645 | www.atgtickets.com/venues/new-victoria-theatre
Tuesday 22 – Saturday 26 September 2015
BELFAST Grand Opera House
Box Office 028 9024 1919 | www.goh.co.uk
Tuesday 29 September – Saturday 3 October 2015
SOUTHAMPTON Mayflower Theatre
National Press Night: Wednesday 30 September, 7.00pm
Box Office 023 8071 1811 | www.mayflower.org.uk
Tuesday 6 – Saturday 10 October 2015
CAMBRIDGE Corn Exchange
Box Office 01223 357851 | www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk
Tuesday 13 – Saturday 17 October 2015
EDINBURGH Festival Theatre
Box Office 0131 529 6000 | www.edtheatres.com
Tuesday 20 – Saturday 24 October 2015
TRURO Hall for Cornwall
Box Office 01872 262466 | www.hallforcornwall.co.uk
Tuesday 3 – Saturday 7 November 2015
BIRMINGHAM Rep Theatre
Box Office 0121 236 4455 | www.birmingham-rep.co.uk
Tuesday 10 – Saturday 14 November 2015
SHEFFIELD Lyceum Theatre
Box Office 0114 249 6000 | www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk
Tuesday 17 – Saturday 21 November 2015
HIGH WYCOMBE Swan Theatre
Box Office 01494 512000 | www.wycombeswan.co.uk
Tuesday 24 – Saturday 28 November 2015
DUBLIN Bord Gais Theatre
Box Office +353 1 677 7999 | www.bordgaisenergytheatre.ie
Tuesday 1 – Saturday 5 December 2015
SALFORD The Lowry
Box Office 0843 208 6000 | www.thelowry.com
Tuesday 12 – Saturday 16 January
BATH Theatre Royal
Box Office 01225 448844 | www.theatreroyal.org.uk
Tuesday 19 – Saturday 23 January
RICHMOND Theatre
Box Office 0844 871 7651 | www.atgtickets.com/venues/richmond-theatre
Tuesday 26 – Saturday 30 January
GUILDFORD G Live
Box Office 01483 369350 | www.glive.co.uk
Tuesday 2 – Saturday 6 February
LIVERPOOL Playhouse
Box Office 0151 709 4776 | www.everymanplayhouse.com
Tuesday 9 – Saturday 13 February
LEICESTER Curve Theatre
Box Office 0116 242 3560 | www.curveonline.co.uk
Tuesday 23 – Saturday 27 February
WARWICK Arts Centre
Box Office 024 7652 4524 | www.warwickartscentre.co.uk
Tuesday 1 – Saturday 5 March
BRADFORD Alhambra Theatre
Box Office 01274 432000 | www.bradford-theatres.co.uk
Tuesday 8 – Saturday 12 March
NEWCASTLE Theatre Royal
Box Office 0844 811 2121 | www.theatreroyal.co.uk
Tuesday 15 – Saturday 19 March
BROMLEY Churchill Theatre
Box Office 0844 871 7620 | www.atgtickets.com/venues/the-churchill-theatre-bromley