Details
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
William Beck,
Jane Hazlegrove,
Fiona Clarke,
Andrew GarfieldCreatives/Company
Book by:
Barry Hines (A Kestrel for a Knave)
Producer:
Royal ExchangeDirector(s):
Sarah Frankcom,
Kate Waters (fights),
Cheryl Martin (assistant)
Design:
Becky HurstLighting:
Colin GrenfellSound:
Pete RiceMusic:
Richard Atkinson