Rose Theatre announce today their Spring 2024 season continuing their commitment to international collaboration and supporting artist development:
The world premiere stage adaptation of the multi award-winning children’s book The Boy at the Back of the Class opens at the Rose on 8 February and then embarks on a UK tour with the Children’s Theatre Partnership. Based on the novel by Onjali Q. Raúf, adapted by Nick Ahad and directed by Monique Touko, The Boy at the Back of the Class is a timely, humorous and heart-warming story about the power of kindness, engaging children and their families in discussions around refugee rights.
New play Succession Theme is My Ringtone by Joe Kerridge plays from 15 – 17 February in the Rose Studio, directed by 2021/22 Peter Hall Emerging Artist Fellow Layla Madanat.
Zinnie Harris’ acclaimed production of Macbeth (An Undoing) comes to the Rose in March in an international collaboration with The Royal Lyceum Edinburgh and Theatre for a New Audience in New York.
– Based on Rachel Bright and Jim Field’s bestselling children’s story about finding your roar, The Lion Inside runs at the Rose from 28 March in a brand-new adaptation for the stage by Sarah Punshon, who directs, with music and lyrics by Eamonn O’Dwyer.
Atri Banerjee’s bold reimagining of Tennessee Williams’ semi-autobiographical masterpiece, The Glass Menagerie, plays in April as a co-production with Alexandra Palace Theatre and Belgrade Theatre in association with the Royal Exchange Manchester.
Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler favourite Zog and the Flying Doctors, returns to the Rose, and a new stage adaptation of their beloved book Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book will also delight young audiences.
The Rose also announces the Rose Directing Fellowship, a new talent development scheme in partnership with the Drama League in New York which will form the basis for a long-term exchange program for emerging directors between the UK and the US.
