Boys from the Blackstuff: UK tour
Alan Bleasdale’s Boys from the Blackstuff by James Graham
Bill Kenwright Ltd presents the Liverpool’s Royal Court and National Theatre production
Booking and details
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Gizza job. Go on gizza.
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.
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 is directed by Kate Wasserberg and is now touring the UK direct from the National Theatre and the West End.
Reviews
‘Richly enjoyable, funny, incendiary and humane’
The Guardian
‘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
Cast
Snowy
Reiss Barber
Reiss Barber
Angie
Amber Blease
Amber Blease
Chrissie
George Caple
George Caple
For the National Theatre: Boys from the Blackstuff (also Liverpool’s Royal Court and Garrick)
Loggo
Jurell Carter
Jurell Carter
Ensemble
Graham Elwell
Graham Elwell
Kevin
Kyle Harrison-Pope
Kyle Harrison-Pope
Yosser
Jay Johnson
Jay Johnson
Ensemble
Elliott Kingsley
Elliott Kingsley
For the National Theatre: Boys from the Blackstuff (also Garrick)
Molloy
Sean Kingsley
Sean Kingsley
George
Ged McKenna
Ged McKenna
Ensemble
Victoria Oxley
Victoria Oxley
For the National Theatre: Boys from the Blackstuff (also Garrick)
Moss
Jamie Peacock
Jamie Peacock
For the National Theatre: Boys from the Blackstuff (also Liverpool’s Royal Court and Garrick)
Ms Sutcliffe
Sian Polhill-Thomas
Sian Polhill-Thomas
Dixie
Mark Womack
Mark Womack
For the National Theatre: Boys from the Blackstuff (also Liverpool’s Royal Court and Garrick)
Artistic team
Director
Kate Wasserberg
Kate Wasserberg
For the National Theatre: Boys from the Blackstuff (also Liverpool’s Royal Court and Garrick)
Set and Costume Design
Amy Jane Cook
Amy Jane Cook
For the National Theatre: Boys from the Blackstuff (also Liverpool’s Royal Court and Garrick) and Jellyfish (also the Bush)
Lighting Design
Ian Scott
Ian Scott
For the National Theatre: Boys from the Blackstuff (also Liverpool’s Royal Court and Garrick), Oh! What a Lovely War and Frogs
Original Music and Sound Design
Dyfan Jones
Dyfan Jones
For the National Theatre: Boys from the Blackstuff (also Liverpool’s Royal Court and Garrick)
Movement Direction
Rachael Nanyonjo
Rachael Nanyonjo
For the National Theatre: Boys from the Blackstuff (also Liverpool’s Royal Court and Garrick), Trouble in Mind (as choreographer and movement director) and An Alternative Musical (as director)
Video Design
Jamie Jenkin
Jamie Jenkin
For the National Theatre: Boys from the Blackstuff (also Liverpool’s Royal Court and Garrick)
Fight Direction
Rachel Bown-Williams for Rc-Annie Ltd
Rachel Bown-Williams for Rc-Annie Ltd
For the National Theatre: A Tupperware of Ashes, The Father and the Assassin, The Welkin, Three Sisters, ANNA, When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other, Peter Pan, The Threepenny Opera, The James Plays (co-produced with National Theatre of Scotland and Edinburgh International Festival) and Cleansed
Associate Director
Tim Welton
Tim Welton
Associate Movement Director
Jess Ellen Knight
Jess Ellen Knight
2025 cast photograph by Seamus Ryan