Boys From The Blackstuff

80s Liverpool. Chrissie, Loggo, George, Dixie and Yosser are used to hard work and providing for their families. But there is no work and there is no money. What are they supposed to do? Work harder, work longer, buy cheaper, spend less? They just need a chance.

The cast will feature George Caple (Boys From The Blackstuff) as Chrissie, Jurell Carter (Emmerdale) as Loggo, Jay Johnson (Greasy Spoon) as Yosser, Ged McKenna (The Tower) as George, Mark Womack (Romeo and Julie) as Dixie, Reiss Barber (Bull) as Snowy, Amber Blease (Guardians of the Galaxy – Secret Cinema) as Angie, Kyle Harrison-Pope (Harvey) as Kevin, Sean Kingsley (Bindweed) as Malloy, Jamie Peacock (Boys From The Blackstuff) as Moss, and Sian Polhill-Thomas (Beginning) as Ms Sutcliffe.

They are joined by Graham Elwell (The Independent Socialist Republic of the Upper End of The Lower Breck Road), Elliot Kingsley (The Tempest), and Victoria Oxley (Much Ado About Nothing).

Gizza job. Go on, gizzit

Life is tough but the lads can play the game. Find jobs, avoid the ‘sniffers’ and see if you can have a laugh along the way.

James Graham’s powerful new adaptation of Alan Bleasdale’s BAFTA award-winning TV series Boys From The Blackstuff is directed by Kate Wasserberg and comes to Blackpool direct from the National Theatre and the West End.

Bill Kenwright Ltd presents the Liverpool’s Royal Court and National Theatre production of Alan Bleasdale’s BOYS FROM THE BLACKSTUFF by James Graham.

Audio Described/BSL Interpreted Performance Sat 08 Mar 2:30pm.

Please note some scenes include violence, strong language, and depictions of grief and death

★★★★★ ‘The audience hangs on every syllable’ Daily Mail
★★★★ ‘Tremendously powerful. Bleasdale’s characters are wonderful’  Time Out
★★★★ ‘Funny, punchy, humane. It comes roaring across the footlights. A wonderful play crackling with humour’  Financial Times

★★★★ ‘Richly enjoyable, funny, incendiary and humane’  The Guardian

Writer Alan Bleasdale said: “I never expected Boys from the Blackstuff to be quite the sell-out sensation it has become at Liverpool’s Royal Court, at The National Theatre and then in London’s West End. What I always hoped was that the rest of the country might have a chance to see this magnificent adaptation by James Graham. Now, that has been made possible by Bill Kenwright Ltd who have staged my theatre work since Are You Lonesome Tonight over forty years ago! “

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