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It's time to change the game. The country that gave the world football has since delivered a painful pattern of loss. Why can't England's men win at their own game? With the worst track record for penalties in the world, Gareth Southgate knows he needs to open his mind and face up to the years of hurt to take team and country back to the promised land.

Cast/Performers

Joseph Fiennes (Gareth Southgate), Dervla Kirway (Pippa Grange), Denzel Baidoo (Bukayo Saka), Josh Barrow (Jordan Pickford), Gunnar Cauthery (Gary Lineker), Will Close (Harry Kane), Crystal Condie (Alex Scott), Will Fletcher (Jordan Henderson), Darragh Hand (Marcus Rashford), John Hodgkinson (Greg Clarke), Lloyd Hutchinson (Sam Allardyce), Albert Magashi (Jadon Sancho), Kel Matsena (Raheem Sterling), Lewis Shepherd (Dele Alli), Griffin Stevens (Harry Maguire), Paul Thornley (Mike Webster), Tony Turner (Greg Dyke), Ryan Whittle (Eric Dier), Nick Barclay, Tashing Bepete, Kate Kelly Flood, Will Harrison-Wallace, Miranda Heath, Tom Mahy, Tristan Waterson

Creatives/Company

Author: James Graham
Producer: National Theatre
Director(s): Rupert Goold, Ellen Kane (movement), Bryony Jarvis-Taylor (casting), Elin Schofield (associate director)
Design(s): Es Devlin, Ash J Woodward (video)
Costume: Evie Gurney
Lighting: Jon Clark
Sound(s): Dan Balfour, Tom Gibbons
Other: Richard Ryder (dialect coach)