News: Casting And Tour Dates Announced For The History Boys

Alan Bennett’s modern classic, The History Boys, will open at Theatre Royal Bath before embarking on a UK tour. Casting for this 20th anniversary celebratory production has been announced today along with the tour locations and dates. 

The cast will include Simon Rouse as Hector, Milo Twomey as Headmaster, Gillian Bevan as Mrs. Lintott and Bill Milner as Irwin. The students are played by Archie Christoph-Allen as Dakin, Lewis Cornay as Posner, Teddy Hinde as Timms, Yazdan Qafouri as Scripps, Ned Costello as Rudge, Mahesh Parmar as author, Tasinga Bepete as Crowther, Curtis Kemlo as Lockwood and Zrey Sholapurkar as ensemble. 

A-Level results day. Cutler’s Grammar School. 1980s Sheffield. 

Eight unruly teenagers burst into adulthood with the best grades their school has ever seen, and their sights are set on something higher: to study at the most famous academic institutions in the world – Oxford and Cambridge. But their teachers can’t agree how to tutor them. There’s Hector – the maverick English teacher who believes in culture for its own sake; Irwin – the shrewd supply teacher full of soundbites; Felix – the Headmaster obsessed with league tables and Mrs Lintott – the History teacher who thinks her colleagues are all fools.

The History Boys follows this bright bunch of boys in pursuit of sex, sport and a place in University, lifting the lid on staffroom rivalries and the anarchy of adolescence. 

The History Boys is the winner of over 30 major international awards. The original production at the National Theatre opened in 2004, prior to an international tour and film adaptation. 

Alan Bennett has been a household name in British theatre for more than fifty years. His numerous plays include Habeas Corpus, Single Spies, The Madness Of George III, Talking Heads and The Lady In The Van. 

The creative team for this revival includes Director Sean Linnen, Set and Costume Designer Grace Smart, Lighting Designer Ryan Day, Composer, Arranger and Sound Designer Russell Ditchfield, Movement Director Chi-San Howard, Casting Director Mailtda James CDG, Musical Director Eamonn O’Dwyer, Assistant Director Emily Oulton. 

Tour Dates: 

22nd August – 31st August: Theatre Royal Bath 

3rd September – 7th September: Hall For Cornwall 

10th September – 14th September: Nottingham Theatre Royal 

17th September – 21st September: Plymouth Theatre Royal 

24th September – 28th September: Cheltenham Everyman Theatre 

1st October – 5th October: Cambridge Arts Theatre

8th October – 12th October: Coventry Belgrade Theatre 

15th October – 19th October: Malvern Theatre 

22nd October – 26th October: His Majesty’s Theatre Aberdeen 

29th October – 2nd November: Richmond Theatre