Pilot Theatre to tour award-winning stage production of Malorie Blackman's NOUGHTS AND CROSSES

Photo credit: Robert Day (2019 cast)

Pilot Theatre have announced that they will tour their award-winning 2019 production of Sabrina Mahfouz’s exciting adaptation of Malorie Blackman’s Noughts & Crosses from 16 September.

The production opens at York Theatre Royal, playing until 24 September, before embarking on a national tour through to Spring 2023.

Sephy is a Cross and Callum is a Nought. Between Noughts and Crosses there are racial and social divides. A segregated society teeters on a volatile knife edge.

As violence breaks out, Sephy and Callum draw closer, but this is a romance that will lead them into terrible danger.

Told from the perspectives of two teenagers, Noughts & Crosses is a captivating love story set in a volatile, racially segregated society and explores the powerful themes of love, revolution and what it means to grow up in a divided world. 

Sabrina Mahfouz said: “It's brilliant that after being paused for so long, this play will go back on stages across the country and get people of all ages talking about racism, love, the power of youth, injustice and all the issues Malorie Blackman's story brings to the forefront of her characters' lives.”

After York, the production will visit Richmond Theatre (27 September - 1 October); Exeter Northcott (4- 8 Oct); Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford (11- 15 Oct); Northern Stage, Newcastle (18 - 22 Oct); Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield (1-5 Nov); New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich (8-12 Nov); and Liverpool Playhouse (22- 26 Nov). Dates in 2023 will be announced in the coming months.

For more information on Noughts & Crosses, please click here.