Details

In 1930s Germany, young orphan Liesel stands next to her brother's grave and picks up a book abandoned in the snow - her first act of book thievery. As Liesel's appetite for books grows, so does the Nazis' regime and the shadow of Death is never far away. When her foster family hide a Jewish man in the basement, danger creeps nearer and Liesel's life will change forever. The Book Thief website.

Cast/Performers

Obioma Ugoala (Narrator), MIna Anwar (Rosa Hubermann), Jack Lord (Hans Hubermann), Daniel Krikler (Max Vandenburg), Matthew Caputo (Referee), Katy Clayton (Liesel's Mother), Oonagh Cox (Nurse), Mark Dugdale (Alex Steiner), Michal Horowicz (Max's Mother), Thomas-Lee Kidd (Mayor Hermann), Anu Ogunmefun (Swing), Simon Oskarsson (Swing), Corinna Powlesland (Social Worker), Purvi Parmar (Barbara Steiner), Wendy Somerville (Ilsa Hermann), Edwin Ray (Walter Kugler), Lee V G (Gravedigger), Russell Wilcox (Wolfgang Edel), Tilly-Raye Bayer (Young Liesel Meminger - some dates), Mollie Casserley (Young Liesel Meminger - some dates), Eirini Louskou (Young Liesel Meminger - some dates), Rudy Steiner (Thommy Bailey Vine - some dates), Thommy Bailey Vine (Thommy Bailey Vine - some dates), Preston Cropp (Thommy Bailey Vine - some dates), Oliver Gordon (Thommy Bailey Vine - some dates)

Creatives/Company

Book by(s): Timothy Allen McDonald, Jodi Picoult
Music: Elyssa Samsel
Lyrics: Kate Anderson (based on the novel by Markus Zusak)
Producer: Octagon Theatre Bolton
Director: Lotte Wakeham
Choreographer: Tom Jackson Greaves
Musical Director: Matthew Malone
Design(s): Good Teeth (James Perkins and Victoria Smart), Samuel Wilde (Puppets)
Lighting: Nic Farman
Sound: Andy Graham