Casting announced for national tour of PRIVATE PEACEFUL

Nottingham Playhouse have announced the full cast for Simon Reade’s adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s award winning First World War novel, Private Peaceful, which runs at the venue from 12-26 February before embarking on a national tour.

The cast includes: Daniel Boyd (Oppenheimer, Royal Shakespeare Company) as Charlie, John Dougall (The Girl on The Train, National tour) as Father, Colonel and Chaplain, Robert Ewens (Mothership, Birmingham Rep) as Big Joe, Tom Kanji (Home I’m Darling, Stephen Joseph Theatre) as Munnings, Doctor and Grandma Wolf, Emma Manton (As You Like It, Watermill Theatre) as Miss McAllister, Daniel Rainford (Once Upon a Time in Nazi Occupied Tunisia, Almeida Theatre) as Thomas “Tommo” Peaceful, and Liyah Summers (Henry VI Part 1, RSC) as Molly. Other parts are played by members of the cast, and Abigail Hood (Beneath The Blue Rinse / The Answer, Park Theatre) is understudy.

Set in rural Devon and the battlefields of Northern France, Private Peaceful tells the story of the Peaceful brothers, Tommo and Charlie, whose tough rural childhood, framed by the loss of their father, forges an irrevocable sibling loyalty. Until one day they both fall for the same girl. And then the Great War comes. Here we join 18-year-old Private Tommo Peaceful in the trenches as he takes us on a journey through his most cherished memories and tells his story of courage, devotion, family and friendship on what may be his last night on earth.

Private Peaceful is directed by Elle While, with design by Lucy Sierra, lighting by Matt Haskins, sound by Dan Balfour, movement by Neil Bettles, and composition by Frank Moon.

After Nottingham, the production will visit Chichester, Bromley, Cambridge, Oxford, Hayes, Hull, Bath, Birmingham, Salisbury, Blackpool, Malvern, Coventry, Guildford, Crewe, Norwich, Richmond, Southend and Cheltenham.

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