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Up in the Yorkshire mining towns of 1960s Britain, a little hope was a dangerous thing. Social disintegration and disenchantment taught you to accept your lot; or else get the spirit kicked out of you. Yes, back then, life was certainly grim up North... Especially for our hero; streetwise school-kid Billy Casper. Emotionally neglected - bullied at school and at home - his is a pretty bleak existence; smoking, cadging money and getting into scraps...Until, that is, Kes comes along. Kes is a kestrel that Billy rears and trains; Kes is hope. Together, their friendship shines amid the gloom; but how long can it last...?

Cast/Performers

Tom Allen, Ross Armstrong, James Britton, Nikolai Calcoen, Joel Cottrell, Lara D'Arcy, Jo English, Martin Gray, Rachel Hepworth, Katie Hewitt, Helena Johnson, David Judge, Daniel Kirrane, Lucy McCall, Joseph Morris, Sarah Price, Luke Roberts, Deep Saunders, Felix Scott, Raphael Shirley, Olivia Sweeney, Zoe Thorne, Zena White, Shane Zaza

Creatives/Company

Book by: Barry Hines (A Kestrel for a Knave)
Company: National Youth Theatre
Adapted by: Lawrence Till
Director: John Hoggarth
Design: Simon Daw
Lighting: Matthew Eagland
Costume: Belinda Palmer
Music: Tristran Parkes