Bill Kenwright Ltd to tour BOYS FROM THE BLACKSTUFF in 2025

Photo credit: Alistair Muir

It has been announced that James Graham’s acclaimed adaptation of Alan Bleasdale’s Boys from the Blackstuff will tour the UK in 2025, following sell-out runs at Liverpool’s Royal Court and The National Theatre, and its current run in London’s West End at the Garrick Theatre.

This is 1980s 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. Life is tough but the lads can play the game. Find the 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-wnning television drama, directed by Kate Wasserberg, has been picking up rave reviews since it premiered at Liverpool’s Royal Court last September. The tour will begin at Theatre Royal Windsor on 29 January 2025 and will visit theatres throughout the country including a return to its home city at the Liverpool Empire from 25 – 29 March 2025.

James Graham said: “Alan Bleasdale's masterpiece is, infamously, a story proudly forged in the humour and voice of Liverpool, and it was a real honour and a thrill to open it to packed houses there last year, before bringing our show to London and the West End.

“But Boys From the Blackstuff remains such a story of national significance, with a lasting impact on British culture, that taking it on the road, to communities around the country, feels like the most important thing we could be doing with our story next, and I'm delighted by the support and the belief from Bill Kenwright Ltd, and Liverpool’s Royal Court that birthed it."

Boys from the Blackstuff has set and costume design by Amy Jane Cook, lighting by Ian Scott, movement direction by Rachael Nanyonjo, original music composed and sound by Dyfan Jones, and video design by Jamie Jenkin.

To book tickets for select touring venues, please click here.