Fiery Angel, The Ambassador Theatre Group, CFT Enterprises, Fiery Dragons & The Children’s Touring Partnership present the Chichester Festival Theatre Production of
Goodnight Mister Tom
By David Wood
From the classic novel by Michelle Magorian
- 2016 UK tour of Goodnight Mister Tom announced
- The Olivier award-winning Chichester Festival Theatre production of this much loved children’s classic novel will open in Spring 2016 visiting Manchester, Milton Keynes, Glasgow, Birmingham, Oxford, York, Richmond, Aylesbury, Woking, Bath, Cambridge, Cardiff and Newcastle
- Full casting is announced, led by David Troughton playing the central role of Tom Oakley
The producers of Chichester Festival Theatre’s production of Goodnight Mister Tom are delighted to announce today that the Oliver award-winning stage adaptation of Michelle Magorian’s classic novel will embark on a UK Tour in 2016 after its strictly limited West End run at the Duke of York’s Theatre this Christmas.
The production will open at Manchester Opera House and continue on to Milton Keynes Theatre, Glasgow Theatre Royal, Birmingham New Alexandra Theatre, Oxford New Theatre, York Grand Opera House, Richmond Theatre, Aylesbury Waterside, Woking New Victoria, Bath Theatre Royal, Cambridge, Cardiff New Theatre and Newcastle Theatre Royal.
The previously announced David Troughton will play the central role of Mister Oakley joined by an ensemble cast featuring Clark Devlin, Elisa de Grey, Guy Lewis, Simon Markey, Abigail Matthews, Jane Milligan, Martha Seignior, James Staddon, Melle Stewart, Georgina Suttonand Hollie Taylor.
Six talented young performers have been cast in the key roles of William and Zach. Joe Reynolds,Freddy Hawkins and Alex Taylor-McDowall will alternate the role of William and Sonny Kirby,Harrison Noble and Oliver Loades will alternate as Zach.
David Wood’s stage adaptation enjoyed great critical acclaim in 2012/13, winning the Olivier Award for Best Entertainment and Family.
Angus Jackson leads a stellar creative team that includes designer Robert Innes Hopkins(Oppenheimer; RSC/ West End), lighting designer Tim Mitchell (King and Country: Henry IV Part I And Part II; RSC/ Barbican) and sound designer Gregory Clarke (The Boy in the Striped Pajamas; Chichester Festival Theatre & Children’s Touring Partnership). They are joined bycomposer Matthew Scott (Taken at Midnight; Chichester Festival Theatre/ West End), puppetmaker and director Toby Olié (associate puppetry director of War Horse; West End) andchoreographer Lizzi Gee (Future Conditional; Old Vic).
The novel Goodnight Mister Tom is now a modern classic and is celebrating its 35th anniversary. Michelle Magorian’s wonderfully uplifting tale is brought gloriously to life in this magical stage adaptation by David Wood. Set during the dangerous build up to the Second World War, Goodnight Mister Tom follows young William Beech, who is evacuated to the idyllic English countryside and forges a remarkable and heart-warming friendship with the elderly recluse, Tom Oakley.
Winner of the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize and commended for the Carnegie Medal, Goodnight Mister Tom is now a world-wide literary favourite and BAFTA award-winning TV film (starring John Thaw), and continues to inspire audiences and bring generations together.
David Troughton is currently playing the role of Tony Archer on BBC Radio 4’s long-running British contemporary rural drama, The Archers (since 2014). He has performed numerous times with both the RSC (The Shoemaker’s Holiday, Macbeth, Macbett, Henry IV: parts 1 and 2, Richard II andRichard III, The Cherry Orchard, The Tempest, King Lear, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Venetian Twins) and the National Theatre (Season’s Greetings, Playing with Fire, Measure for Measure, Peter Pan and Fool For Love). He is also a regular on TV where his appearances includeGrantchester, Unforgotten, The Hollow Crown and many more.
Goodnight Mister Tom is adapted for the stage by David Wood OBE, the country’s leading writer and director of plays and musicals for children. This Christmas David also his Olivier nominated stage production of The Tiger Who Came to Tea running at the Lyric Theatre and The Witchesrunning in Leicester.
Author Michelle Magorian was inspired to write Goodnight Mister Tom after hearing her mother’s tales about her time as a nurse in the war. Published in 1981, it has been translated into 11 languages and won awards in the UK, America and Australia. Her novel Just Henry won the Costa Award for children’s fiction in 2008, was adapted for television in 2011, and starred Sheila Hancock who appears briefly as her younger self in Michelle’s latest novel, Impossible! Michelle is currently working with the composer Stephen Keeling on the musical Sea Change.
The production is directed by Angus Jackson, whose work includes Oppenheimer for the RSC Swan and Vaudeville Theatre, King Lear for Chichester and the Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Browning Version for Chichester and the Harold Pinter Theatre, Bingo for the Young Vic and Chichester, The Power Of Yes for the National’s Lyttleton theatre, and Elmina’s Kitchen for the National’s Cottesloe theatre and the Garrick Theatre. Forthcoming work includes Don Quixote in a new version by James Fenton for the RSC’s 400th anniversary season, starring David Threlfall and Rufus Hound.
WEST END LISTINGS:
Fiery Angel, The Ambassador Theatre Group, CFT Enterprises, Fiery Dragons & The Children’s Touring Partnership present the Chichester Festival Theatre Production of
GOODNIGHT MISTER TOM
11 December 2015 – 20 February 2016
Duke of York’s Theatre
St Martin’s Lane, London, WC2N 4BG
The press performance will be on 17 December 2015 at 2.30pm
PERFORMANCE TIMES
Mon – Sat eves 7.30pm, Wed*, Thu & Sat mats at 2.30pm
Tue 22 Dec & Tue 29 Dec at 2.30pm
*Except Wed 20 Jan, Wed 27 Jan, Wed 3 Feb, Wed 10 Feb at 1.30pm
Running time: 2 hours 15 minutes
BOX OFFICE
08448717623
http://www.atgtickets.com/venues/duke-of-yorks/
UK TOUR LISTINGS:
23 – 27 February 2016
Manchester Opera House
3 Quay St, Manchester, Lancashire M3 3HP
www.atgtickets.com/venues/opera-house-manchester/
1 – 5 March 2016
Milton Keynes Theatre
500 Marlborough Gate, Buckinghamshire MK9 3NZ
www.atgtickets.com/venues/milton-keynes-theatre/
8 – 12 March 2016
Glasgow Theatre Royal
282 Hope St, Glasgow G2 3QA
www.atgtickets.com/venues/theatre-royal-glasgow/
15 – 19 March 2016
Birmingham New Alexandra Theatre
Suffolk Street Queensway, Birmingham, West Midlands B5 4DS
www.atgtickets.com/venues/new-alexandra-theatre-birmingham/
22 – 26 March 2016
Oxford New Theatre
George St, Oxford OX1 2AG
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29 March – 2 April 2016
York Grand Opera House
Cumberland St, York YO1 9SW
www.atgtickets.com/venues/grand-opera-house-york/
5 – 9 April 2016
Richmond Theatre
Little Green, Richmond, Surrey TW9 1QJ
www.atgtickets.com/venues/richmond-theatre/
12 – 16 April 2016
Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
Exchange St, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP20 1UG
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19 – 23 April 2016
Woking New Victoria Theatre
The Ambassadors, Peacocks Centre, Woking, Surrey GU21 6GQ
www.atgtickets.com/venues/new-victoria-theatre/
Booking line for all ATG venues: 0844 871 3051
26 – 30 April 2016
Bath Theatre Royal
Theatre Royal Bath, Saw Cl, Bath BA1 1ET
www.theatreroyal.org.uk/
01225 448844
*Will go on sale on December 2015 – check website for details
3 – 7 May 2016
Cambridge Arts Theatre
6 St Edward’s Passage, Cambridge CB2 3PJ
www.cambridgeartstheatre.com/
01223 503333
*Will go on sale on 14 December 2015 – check website for details
10 – 14 May 2016
Cardiff New Theatre
Park Pl, Cardiff CF10 3LN
www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk/
029 2087 8889
17 – 21 May 2016
Newcastle Theatre Royal
100 Grey St, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 6BR
www.theatreroyal.co.uk/
0844 811 2121
*Will go on sale on 13 November 2015 – check website for details