NICOLE CHARLES
director
Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads - Chichester Festival Theatre, Speigeltent
theatreSing Yer Heart Out for the Lads - Chichester Festival Theatre, Speigeltent
theatre
drama, comedy, tragedy
Opened October 2019 at Chichester Festival Theatre, Speigeltent
Saturday 7 October. Gina, landlady of The King George pub, has a lot on her plate. The England vs Germany World Cup qualifying match is about to start, the pub football team is about to charge in and the TV's on the blink.
Over the next few hours, national defeat looms and xenophobic tensions rise, fuelled by the inarticulate fury of the pub team captain, Lawrie, and the insidious propaganda of right-wing extremist Alan. And while policeman Lee struggles to keep the peace, disillusioned squaddie Mark and Gina's bullied son Glen are fighting their own demons.
Premiered at The National Theatre in 2002, Roy Williams's ferocious, funny and disturbing play takes aim at what it means to be black, white and English in twenty-first century Britain. Scoring high on foul language, threat and vulgar humour, Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads is definitely not for the faint of heart.
Cast: Harold Addo, Makir Ahmed, Dajay Brown, Alexander Cobb, Rob Compton, Kirsty J Curtis, Jennifer Daley, Martyn Ellis, Michael Hodgson, Jack James Ryan, Billy Kennedy, Sian Reese-Williams, Richard Riddell and Mark Springer
Writer: Roy Williams
Producer: Daniel Evans, Amelia Ferrand-Rook
Set Designer: Joanna Scotcher
Costume Designer: Amelia Jane Hankin
Choreographer: Chris Whitaker
Lighting Designer: Josh Carr
Sound Designer: George Dennis
Video Designer: Isaac Madge
Assitant Director: Joanna Bowman
Production photographer: Manuel Harlan