Cast Announced
Awful Auntie
Sunderland Empire
Thursday 28th June – Sunday 1st July 2018
The
Birmingham Stage Company are delighted to announce casting for
the world premiere of David Walliams’ Awful Auntie which is set
to play Sunderland Empire 28 June – 1 July 2018 as part of
an eighteen-month UK tour.
Great news in store for Harry Potter fans as Georgina Leonidas, who
played Katie Bell in three of the Harry Potter films will play Stella Saxby
alongside Timothy Speyer (The Witches,
James and the Giant Peach,
Fantastic Mr Fox
and The BFG) as Aunt Alberta, Stella’s awful auntie.
Awful Auntie
tells the
story of Stella, who when she sets off to visit London with her parents has no idea her life
is in danger. Waking up from a coma three months later, only her Aunt Alberta
can tell Stella what has happened. But not everything Aunt Alberta tells her turns out to be true and
Stella quickly discovers she’s in for the fight of her life against her very
own awful Auntie. David Williams’ amazing tale of frights, fights and
friendship features a very large owl, a very small ghost and a very awful
Auntie!
Awful Auntie follows the BSC’s record-breaking tour of David
Walliams’ Gangsta Granny and we are delighted to welcome back to the Sunderland
Empire stage Ashley Cousins (Soot) and Richard James (Gibbon), Ashley and
Richard recently appeared at the venue in the triumphant run of Gangsta Granny.
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| David Walliams |
On announcing the new production, David Walliams said: "The Birmingham Stage Company's Gangsta
Granny is truly brilliant, so I’m hugely excited that they’re now bringing Awful
Auntie to the stage. It promises to be a thrilling show and a total hoot -
Wagnar the owl and I can’t wait to see it!”
Awful Auntie
was
published in September 2014 and went to No.1 in the children’s book chart for
seven weeks. The paperback was published in February 2016 and sold 212,000
copies, making it the best-selling children’s paperback of the year. Combined
sales of the hardback and paperback have reached over a million copies. It has
helped to make Walliams one of the country’s best-selling children’s authors,
with four of his books charting in the 2016 children’s top ten. They have also
been translated into over 50 languages, bringing worldwide sales to 16.7
million.
Awful Auntie will mark the Birmingham Stage Company’s 25th
anniversary, starting life at The Old Rep Theatre in Birmingham, the company’s productions now
regularly visit Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Dubai and Singapore. For twelve years they have produced
all the Horrible Histories stage shows which now regularly feature in the West End.
Families
around the country will not want to miss Awful Auntie, which promises to
be awfully thrilling fun for everyone over 5!
Tickets
Tickets available
from the Box Office on High Street
West, via the
ticket centre 0844 871 3022* or online from our affiliate ATG
Sunderland Empire Tickets Link*calls cost up to 7p per minute plus
standard network charges. Booking and transaction fees may apply to telephone
and online bookings.
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