New Boy

Details

An adaptation of the best-selling William Sutcliffe novel of the same title. All is not easy for sixth former Mark in his North London boys secondary school and his sexual identity is sent hay wire with the arrival of a 'new boy', Barry - who soon has most of the teachers and pupils male and female, under his spell. Mark sets about helping his new best friend to conquer the girls school as a means of researching the opposite sex meanwhile dealing with his own growing attraction to Barry. The hormonally charged world of the male adolescent is very well presented in this will they/won't they, is he/isn't he comedy which directly addresses the complexity of people's emotional and physical reactions to each other.

Cast/Performers

Nicholas Hoult (Barry), Mel Giedroyc, Ciara Janson, Gregg Lowe (Mark), Phil Matthews

Creatives/Company

Book by: William Sutcliffe
Producer(s): Jason Haigh-Ellery, Stuart Piper
Adapted by: Russell Labey
Director: Russell Labey
Design: Jason Denvir
Lighting: Roger Firth