A new production of Lauren Gunderson’s award-winning comedy The Book of Will is coming to UK audiences this year in its European première.
This love letter to theatre is a co-production from Octagon Theatre Bolton, Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch and Shakespeare North Playhouse.
Opening at Hornchurch from April 27–May 13, before transferring to Bolton from May 17–June 3 and Shakespeare North October 19–November 11.
The cast includes Hollyoaks stars Jessica Ellis and Helen Pearson alongside Zach Lee and Tomi Ogbaro.
They will be joined by Radio 4 favourite Carrie Quinlan, Russell Richardson, Callum Sim, Tarek Slater, Bill Ward and Andrew Whitehead.
The play tells the story of The King’s Men as they band together for a near-impossible plan: to collect all of Shakespeare’s plays and compile the First Folio. No easy feat, and what follows is a race against time through 1620s London.