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Jonathan Harvey

About the Production

DIRECTOR Hettie Macdonald
WRITER Jonathan Harvey
DESIGNER Liz Ascroft
LIGHTING DESIGNER Colin Grenfell
SOUND DESIGNER Jason Barnes
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Dan Ayling


OLDER RUSSELL
DR MCKINNON

Sean Gallagher
OLDER TOM/ ROBIN
MARY WHITEHOUSE
Philip Voss
ELLIE
MRS THATCHER
Paula Wilcox
YOUNG TOM Philip McGinley
BILLY Kevin Trainor
MELANIE/ SUE
YOUNG ELLIE
Jodie McNee
MICKEY Ben Allen
YOUNG RUSSELL Ryan Sampson


An English Touring Theatre, Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, and Hampstead Theatre production

In 1960’s Liverpool Tom and Billy hide in the closet, then go their separate ways.  As pits close and the dole queues grow, Mickey and Russell escape to find Heaven in 1980’s London.  But today the paparazzi turn judge and jury over a love story that could tear this family apart.  And then Ellie gets lost up a mountain with a vicar...

A deeply moving, funny, uplifting and often magical story about love, honesty and being brave enough to sing out at the top of your voice.  With style.

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An English Touring Theatre, Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, & Hampstead Theatre production

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Latest Reviews

  • Saw the play on the last night of its tour! The interwoven stories of the characters as they gradually reveal past connections set against a background illustrating the change in the political climate is expertly drawn. It captures the feeling of an entire generation of Gay men to the attitude of the younger generation's laissez faire attitude, which is in fact purely a product of the struggles that were faced by the older generation.. What seems at first a dated piece of theatre reveals itself to be a historical document with a very relevant message at the climax. The speed of the drama is exhilirating and keeps you on the edge of your seat throughout. The use of the characters apearing alongside their selves in the past and trying to offer guidance in hindsight is a brilliant vehicle for illustrating how the human mind will revisit past actions that we are suvconsciously, unhappy with or ashamed of. The powerful cast created an eveing of spellbinding drama

    Adrian Willis
  • Quite simply one of the best plays I have seen. Quite outstanding. Funny yet hard to watch in equal measures. Thought provoking. Also outstanding acting by everyone, but especially Ryan Sampson.

    Marion Giddings

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Tour Dates

  • 24 Apr - 15 May 2010
    Liverpool Playhouse
    Liverpool
  • 19 May - 12 Jun 2010
    Hampstead Theatre
    London
  • 15 Jun - 19 Jun 2010
    Cambridge Arts Theatre
    Cambridge
  • 22 Jun - 26 Jun 2010
    Malvern Theatres
    Malvern
  • 29 Jun - 3 Jul 2010
    Theatre Royal Brighton
    Brighton


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