Eastern Angles has announced the full cast for its new touring production of The Go-Between, a stage adaptation of L.P. Hartley’s acclaimed novel adapted by Ben Musgrave.
Opening at The Food Museum in Stowmarket on 13 August 2026, the production will tour across the East of England until 19 September, bringing Hartley’s haunting story of memory, class and lost innocence to audiences throughout the region.
Featuring live music and visuals inspired by the Norfolk landscape, The Go-Between follows Leo Colston during the summer of 1900 as he becomes embroiled in a web of secrets and forbidden love. When he is asked to carry letters between two lovers, his actions set in motion events that will shape the rest of his life.
Howard Saddler, whose previous credits include Grace, EastEnders and The Witcher, takes on the role of Leo Colston.
He is joined by Hilary Greatorex (The Dumping Ground, Friday Night Dinner, Waterloo Road) and Jack Solloway (While the Sun Shines, See How They Run, Speculation) as the forbidden lovers Marian Maudsley and Ted Burgess.
The cast also includes Emily Outred as Mrs Maudsley, Isaac Franklin as Marcus Maudsley, Sophie Crawford as Balladeer, and Jake Ashton-Nelson as Hugh Trimingham.
The adaptation is written by Ben Musgrave, winner of the Bruntwood Playwriting Competition for Pretend You Have Big Buildings, and directed by Jake Smith.
Musgrave said: “What makes The Go-Between extraordinary is its understanding of memory, of how the past never really leaves us. It is a novel about looking back, about how a single summer can echo across an entire lifetime, and about the damage that can be done at a formative age and carried quietly for decades. That emotional truth still feels painfully contemporary…
“I want this production to speak across generations, to thirteen-year-olds encountering the story for the first time, to thirty-year-olds in the midst of forming their adult selves, and to older audiences who recognise the ache of looking back and wondering how the past shaped who they became.
“More than seventy years after its publication, L.P. Hartley’s novel remains one of the great British stories of memory, class, desire and lost innocence.”
The production is recommended for audiences aged 14+ and will visit venues including Norwich Theatre Stage Two, New Wolsey Theatre, Chelmsford Theatre, Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds and Stamford Arts Centre during its run.
Listings and ticket information can be found here.
