Rufus Hound among cast for Jack and Sarah stage adaptation

Rufus Hound will head the cast of the world premiere stage adaptation of Jack & Sarah at the Mill at Sonning.

The romantic comedy is based on the 1995 film written and directed by Tim Sullivan, which starred Richard E Grant and Judi Dench. The story follows a workaholic lawyer whose life is disrupted when he is left to raise his baby daughter alone, before forming an unexpected bond with a free-spirited au pair who enters his household.

The stage version has been adapted by Duncan Abel and will be directed by Abigail Pickard Price. Alongside Hound, George Banks will play Jack, with Anya De Villiers as Amy. Sarah Moyle will appear as Phil and Doula, Neil Roberts as Michael, Lucy Doyle as Sarah and Anna, and Lee White as Nat and Alain.

The creative team includes set designer Terry Parsons, lighting designer Mark Dymock, costume and hair designer Natalie Titchener, sound designer and composer Ella Wahlström, movement director Amy Lawrence and casting director Andrew Lynford.

The show will be running from 23 April to 14 June, with press performances on 1 and 2 May.