Billy is useless. That’s what everyone tells him. His mother is more interested in finding a man, his brother bullies him, his teachers humiliate him and he’s always the last to be picked at football. For boys like Billy, there’s no escape.
But one day he adopts a fledging kestrel and cares for it with a tenderness so absent in his own life.
As the bird soars above him and swoops onto his gloved hand, Billy dares to dream of a life away from his run-down estate and a job in the coal mine.
Set in South Yorkshire in the 1960s the original book and later film have a timeless popularity. In a new version for Doncaster we build on the smash hit success of our first homegrown production, The Glee Club, and present a faithful adaptation of this much-loved modern classic.
Featuring a full professional ensemble including Jacob James Beswick as Billy and Sally Carman (best known as Kelly Maguire in Channel 4's Shameless) as Mum, the production also features a community ensemble.
