Jacqueline Wilson's HETTY FEATHER Set for Birmingham Repertory Theatre

The Olivier Award-nominated production of Jacqueline Wilson's Hetty Feather comes to Birmingham Repertory Theatre from Tuesday 8 to Saturday 12 March, following a sell-out West End season at the Duke of York's Theatre, London.

With beautiful storytelling, spectacular circus tricks, original songs and live music, this terrific adventure story offers the perfect treat for the whole family.

Roll up and join Hetty on her escape from the foundling hospital. Tremble as she faces Matron Stinking Bottomly. Be thrilled as she discovers the squirrel house and Tanglefields Travelling Circus. Gasp as she endures a night locked in the attic. Quake as she braves the scary streets of Victorian London and cheer as she overcomes all in the search to find her real mother and a true family of her own.

Sally Cookson directs a cast including Phoebe Thomas as Hetty Feather. Joining Phoebe will be Matt Costain (Jem/Matron Bottomly), Sarah Goddard (Peg/Ida), Nik Howden (Saul), Mark Kane (Gideon) and Nikki Warwick (Madame Adeline). Musicians Seamas H. Carey and Luke Potter perform live music by Benji Bower.

Hetty Feather is the first in a series of books by best-selling author Jacqueline Wilson, which includes Sapphire Battersea, Emerald Star, Diamond and Little Stars. The series has been hugely successful not just in the UK, but also internationally. It has been adapted as a new 10 part television series currently airing on CBBC.

Jacqueline Wilson (novelist) is one of Britain's most popular authors, selling over 38 million books in the UK alone. Her most successful and enduring creation is the Tracy Beaker series. In 2002 she was awarded the OBE for services to literacy in schools and in 2008 she became Dame Jacqueline Wilson. In the same year she became the Foundling Museum's first Coram Foundling Fellow. From 2005 to 2007 she was the Children's Laureate. Her 100th book Opal Plumstead was published last year. Her forthcoming title, Katy, will be published this year.

Emma Reeves (playwright) has worked with Wilson on a number of projects, most notably writing the television adaptations for the Tracy Beaker series.

Sally Cookson (director) is an Associate Artist at Bristol Old Vic, where her productions have included Jane Eyre (National Theatre), The Boy Who Cried Wolf, Peter Pan, Treasure Island, Aesop's Fables, Pains Of Youth, Pericles, Strange Case and The Visit. Her on-going collaboration with Travelling Light Theatre has resulted in her directing over ten productions for the company, including the Olivier Award nominated Cinderella, Boing!, Cloudland, Bob The Man On The Moon, How Cold My Toes, Shadow Play, Clown, Lenny, Home and Papa Please Get The Moon For Me. Her other theatre work incudes We're Going On A Bear Hunt (Kenny Wax Family Entertainment Ltd), Lost And Found (Polka Theatre), Stick Man, Aesop's Fables, Tiddler And Other Terrific Tales (Scamp Theatre).

Designs are by Katie Sykes, original music and score by Benji Bower with additional composition by Seamas H Carey and Luke Potter, aerial direction by Gwen Hales, lighting design by Aideen Malone and sound design by Leigh Davies. Producers William Archer and Kenny Wax in association with Novel Theatre present a Rose Theatre Kingston Production.

Recommended for ages 7+.

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