The Ocean at the End of the Lane to return to The Lowry following UK tour
The National Theatre’s production of The Ocean at the End of the Lane will return to The Lowry following its ongoing UK tour.
The hit show opened at the Salford venue last December and will be back this October due to popular demand.
Based on the best-selling novel by Neil Gaiman, adapted by Joel Horwood and directed by Katy Rudd, the production will run 4 – 7 October following stops in Leicester. Plymouth, Sunderland, Bath, Belfast, Dublin, Bradford, Wimbledon, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Sheffield, Birmingham, Cardiff, Nottingham, Oxford, Milton Keynes, Southampton, Newcastle, Canterbury, Southend, Bristol, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Norwich, Stoke-on-Trent, Truro and Wolverhampton
Steve Cowton, The Lowry’s Head of Theatre Operations, said: “We were absolutely blown away by the response from audiences when we presented this show at Christmas – and we’re delighted that the National Theatre have agreed to extend their tour by a week so that we can bring the show back. It means that the tour of The Ocean at the End of the Lane will begin and end in Salford.”
Returning to his childhood home, a man finds himself standing beside the pond of the old Sussex farmhouse where he used to play. He’s transported to his 12th birthday when his remarkable friend Lettie claimed it wasn’t a pond, but an ocean – a place where everything is possible… Plunged into a magical world, their survival depends on their ability to reckon with ancient forces that threaten to destroy everything around them.
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The current 17-strong ensemble cast are: Charlie Brooks (Ursula), Daniel Cornish (alternate Boy), Trevor Fox (Dad), Emma-Jane Goodwin (understudy), Paolo Guidi (ensemble), Millie Hikasa (Lettie Hempstock), Lewis Howard (understudy), Kemi-Bo Jacobs (Ginnie Hempstock), Jasmeen James (understudy), Ronnie Lee (ensemble), Aimee McGoldrick (ensemble), Laurie Ogden (Sis), Keir Ogilvy (Boy), Domonic Ramsden (ensemble), Joe Rawlinson-Hunt (understudy), Risha Silvera (understudy) and Finty Williams (Old Mrs Hempstock).
Charlie Brooks is scheduled to perform in Woking, Leicester, Plymouth, Sunderland, Bath, Belfast, Dublin, Bradford, Wimbledon, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Sheffield, Birmingham and Cardiff, with further venues to be confirmed.
