The Boy in the Dress

Details

Dennis is 12 years old and his school football team's star striker. But when Mum leaves home, life is tough. The only reminder Dennis has of Mum is a photo of her in a beautiful yellow dress. A dress rather like the one on the cover of Vogue on sale at Raj's newsagents. And also a bit like the one that Lisa James, the coolest girl in the school, is sketching in her note book. What do you do if you like both football and dresses? And what will Mr Hawtrey the headteacher do when he discovers that his strict uniform code has been broken by a boy in a dress?

Cast/Performers

Rufus Hound (Dennis' Dad), Irvine Iqbal (Raj - the shopkeeper), Natasha Lewis (Darvesh's Mum), Forbes Masson (Mr Hawtrey - headmaster), Oliver Crouch (Dennis - some dates), Jackson Laing (Dennis - some dates), Tom Lomas (Dennis - some dates), Toby Mocrei (Dennis - some dates), Ethan Dattani (Darvesh - some dates), Shivain Kara-Patel (Darvesh - some dates), Kassian Shae Ahktar (Darvesh - some dates), Arjun Singh Khakh (Darvesh - some dates), Asha Banks (Lisa James - some dates), Tabitha Knowles (Lisa James - some dates), Miriam Nyarko (Lisa James - some dates), Alfie Jukes (John - some dates), Zachary Loonie (John - some dates), Charlotte Wakefield (Miss Windsor), David Birch (Maudlin Street Captain), Hannah Fairclough (ensemble), Max Gill (Big Mac), Ahmed Hamad (ensemble), Ryan Heenan (Rory), Charlotte Jaconelli (Lorna), Alim Jayda (ensemble), Christina Modestou (Miss Bresslaw), Alexander Moneypenny (Gareth), Clancy Ryan (ensemble), Cilla Silvia (ensemble), Jack Anthony Smart (Swing), Ben Thompson (Oddbod), Jamie Tyler (St Kenneth's Captain), Georgie Westall (Swing), Grace Wylde (Louise)

Creatives/Company

Book by: David Walliams
Adapted by: Mark Ravenhill
Music(s): Robbie Williams, Guy Chambers
Lyrics(s): Robbie Williams, Guy Chambers
Company: Royal Shakespeare Company
Director: Gregory Doran
Design: Robert Jones
Choreographer: Aletta Collins
Lighting: Mark Henderson
Sound(s): Paul Groothius, Tom Marshall