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We are delighted to introduce you to the company of the World Premiere of Choir.
Laura Checkley (Detectorists, The Change, King Gary, What It Feels Like for a Girl) plays Morgan; with Alison Fitzjohn (Crow Girl, The Band) as Joy; James Gillan (Shrek, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie) as Paul; Danielle Henry (Quiz, The Beaker Girls) as Esther; Keenan Munn-Francis (Mr Loverman, Passing Strange) as Freddie; Danusia Samal (The Great, Red Eye) as Anna; Timothy Speyer (The Box of Delights, The 39 Steps) as Ken; and Annie Wensak (Half a Sixpence, Groundhog Day) as Sheila.
Writer Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti is an award-winning writer for stage, screen and radio, whose work includes A Kind of People (Royal Court), Silence (Donmar Warehouse) and Radio 4’s The Archers. CFT’s Associate Director Hannah Joss, previously Resident Director at the National Theatre Studio, directs.
Heartwarming, funny and packed with glorious arrangements of contemporary songs, this new comedy with music promises a thoroughly entertaining night out. Choir runs at the Minerva Theatre from 2 – 30 August.
