Dear England at The Lowry
by James Graham
Booking and details
All ticket requests for performances at The Lowry are managed by The Lowry.
The Olivier Award-winning smash hit is coming to Salford
The country that gave the world football has since delivered a painful pattern of loss. Why can’t England’s men win at their own game?
The team has the worst track record for penalties in the world, and manager Gareth Southgate knows he needs to open his mind and face up to the years of hurt to take team and country back to the promised land.
James Graham‘s ‘new stage epic’ (Telegraph) comes to The Lowry for 4 weeks only next May, following a record-breaking run in the West End and a triumphant return to the National Theatre. Directed by Rupert Goold, this multi award-winning production is a ‘gripping’ (Times) examination of nation and game.
Please note this is a fictionalised account of the struggles and successes of England’s football teams, based on extensive research and interviews. It features characters inspired by some real-life individuals, and some composite characters entirely imagined by the author.
‘A theatrical spectacle as uplifting as any England victory.’
Telegraph
★★★★★
‘A back-of-the-net winner’
The i
★★★★★
‘The beautiful game in a beautiful play’
WhatsOnStage
‘A winning team in a tale of football, fear and England. Exquisite.’
Broadway World
‘Uplifting, funny, and more entertaining than a World Cup final’
Tatler
Suitability
Please note: This performance contains offensive language, strobe lights, bright lights directly focused at the audience and loud noises throughout.
Supporters
The commissioning of this production was supported by the Sir Peter Shaffer Charitable Foundation.
The original production at the National Theatre was generously supported by the Dear England Team of Production Champions.
Cast to be announced
Production team
Writer
James Graham
James Graham
For the National Theatre: Boys from the Blackstuff (also Liverpool’s Royal Court and Garrick), Dear England and This House (both also West End)
Director
Set Designer
Es Devlin
Es Devlin
Es Devlin trained in English literature, art and music, before attending the Motley theatre design course.
Costume Designer
Evie Gurney
Evie Gurney
Lighting Designer
Jon Clark
Jon Clark
Jon Clark is a Tony and Olivier award-winning lighting designer. He has designed extensively in the West End, on Broadway, for the National Theatre, Royal Opera House, Royal Shakespeare Company and with many other companies in the UK and internationally.
Co-Movement Director
Co-Movement Director
Hannes Langolf
Hannes Langolf
Hannes Langolf is a German-born physical theatre artist, based in London.
Co-Sound Designer
Co-Sound Designer
Tom Gibbons
Tom Gibbons
Tom Gibbons is a sound designer and composer for theatre, musical theatre, film and live installation.
Video Designer
Ash J Woodward
Ash J Woodward
Ash J Woodward specialises in video and projection design for live performance.
Casting Director
Bryony Jarvis-Taylor
Bryony Jarvis-Taylor
Dialect Coach
Richard Ryder
Richard Ryder
Richard Ryder has been working as a voice coach for more than 20 years. He has an accent app for actors called ‘The Accent Kit’, a free download for iPhone and Android.
Voice Coach
Cathleen McCarron
Cathleen McCarron
For the National Theatre: Mnemonic (2024), a co-production with Complicité, Nye (also Wales Millennium Centre), Till the Stars Come Down, The House of Bernarda Alba, The Confessions, Dear England, The Motive and the Cue, Death of England: Closing Time and Romeo and Julie
Voice Coach
Tamsin Newlands
Tamsin Newlands
For the National Theatre: Nye (also Wales Millennium Centre), Till the Stars Come Down, Jekyll & Hyde and The House of Bernarda Alba
Associate Director
Elin Schofield
Elin Schofield
Elin Schofield is a director, writer and movement director.