About the Show

Dennis is 12 years old and his school football team’s star striker. But when Mum leaves home, life is tough. The only reminder Dennis has of Mum is a photo of her in a beautiful yellow dress. A dress rather like the one on the cover of Vogue on sale at Raj’s newsagents. And also a bit like the one that Lisa James, the coolest girl in the school, is sketching in her note book. What do you do if you like both football and dresses? And what will Mr Hawtrey the headteacher do when he discovers that his strict uniform code has been broken by a boy in a dress?

David Walliams’ heart-warming comedy is brought to the stage for the first time in a musical with all new songs from Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers, script by former RSC playwright in residence Mark Ravenhill and in production for all the family directed by RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran.

Cast

Rufus Hound Dennis' Dad
Irvine Iqbal Raj - the shopkeeper
Natasha Lewis Darvesh's Mum
Forbes Masson Mr Hawtrey - headmaster
Oliver Crouch Dennis - some dates
Jackson Laing Dennis - some dates
Tom Lomas Dennis - some dates
Toby Mocrei Dennis - some dates
Ethan Dattani Darvesh - some dates
Shivain Kara-Patel Darvesh - some dates
Kassian Shae Ahktar Darvesh - some dates
Arjun Singh Khakh Darvesh - some dates
Asha Banks Lisa James - some dates
Tabitha Knowles Lisa James - some dates
Miriam Nyarko Lisa James - some dates
Alfie Jukes John - some dates
Zachary Loonie John - some dates
David Birch Maudlin Street Captain
Max Gill Big Mac
Ahmed Hamad ensemble
Alim Jayda ensemble
Christina Modestou Miss Bresslaw
Clancy Ryan ensemble
Jamie Tyler St Kenneth's Captain

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