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Kes archiveUp 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

Jake Dunn (Billy Casper), Harry Egan (The Man), Nishla Smith (The Singer)

Creatives/Company

Book by: Barry Hines (A Kestrel for a Knave)
Producer(s): Octagon Theatre, Theatre by the Lake
Adapted by: Robert Alan Evans
Director(s): Atry Banerjee, Jennifer Jackson (movement), Eilidh Gibson (assistant)
Design: Anisha Fields
Costume: Anisha Fields
Lighting: Jamie Platt
Sound: Alexandra Faye Braithwaite
Other: Natalie Grady (dialect coach)

Kes

Kes (Play) production archive for QTIX code T750173830. Details of all Kes archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S1168769125

Archive Listings

6 Apr 22
  to
30 Apr 22
The Theatre By The Lake
Keswick, Cumbria
Performance Details => Venue archive
10 Mar 22
  to
2 Apr 22
Octagon Theatre
Bolton, Greater Manchester
Performance Details => Venue archive

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