Duckegg Theatre Company are touring their brand new family musical, Leave Hitler To Me, Lad, by award winning playwright Haley Cox and L.A. composer Ben Pringle (previous credits include Buffy the Vampire Slayer), designed by the critically acclaimed Barney George.
The show will visit The Liverpool Actors Studio Theatre on 4th March. During its premiere run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival the piece was named “…the most sensitive and well-written family show at the festival” by Broadway Baby. The show began its life as a result of a Research and Development week supported by Arts Council England. The cast mixes four professional actors (including Spotlight Prize nominee James Mountain and Kivan Dene of Emmerdale fame) with six of the company’s youth theatre members. Sean Green of the Bill Kenwright Company leads musical direction of this ambitious show.
Based on a true story, Leave Hitler To Me, Lad tells the untold tale of a lost generation of children in the aftermath of World War Two.
Brian’s Dad is a war hero and he’s coming home any day! He’s been coming home for 7 years…
It’s 1952 and the country is rebuilding itself. King George is dead and Rock ‘n’ Roll is here to stay. Brian builds his own little family at the school with his rabbit Pandy, friends Gladys, an orphan, George, who doesn’t know where his parents are either and Mr Bill his Welfare Officer. Then there is Miss Bates, the Headmistress of Great Stony who rules the school with an iron fist.
The children look forward to Sports Day – a day off Bates’ rules and sanctions. However, heads turn when a glamorous teenager appears to unravel the past and reveal a shocking secret that will turn Brian’s world upside down, forever.
The production, written by Haley Cox, is based on the real experiences of her father and his school friends during their time at Great Stony residential school during and after World War Two. “We didn’t all go back home on trains to London. We didn’t even know what our parents looked like”.
Leave Hitler To Me, Lad stars Kivan Dene, Leanne Rowley, James Mountain, Rachael O’ Hare, Jonah Kensett and Myles Brumby.
Tickets are priced at £10 with concessions available at £8.