Betty! A Sort Of Musical written by and starring Maxine Peake and Seiriol Davies and directed by former Manchester Royal Exchange artistic director Sarah Frankcom, opens at the Exchange December 3–January 14.
Peake and Frankcom worked together before on The Skriker, The Masque Of Anarchy and The Nico Project. Joining them this time is writer, composer and performer Seiriol Davies. The cast is completed by Carla Henry, Lena Kaur, Joan Kempson and Eva Scott.
In a village hall, The Dewsbury Players have come together to celebrate their most eminent local hero, Dewsbury-born Betty Boothroyd, the first female Speaker of the House.