Photo Flash: First Look at Sophia Decaro, Max Gill and More in HERONS at the Lyric Hammersmith

HERONS by Simon Stephens, directed by Sean Holmes, opens tonight 21 January 2016 at Lyric Hammersmith. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Sophia Decaro and Max Gill return to the Lyric stage to play Adele and Billy having both starred in Bugsy Malone as Tallulah and Fat Sam in 2015. Ed Gaughan will play the role of Charlie Russell and Sophie Stone will play Michelle Russell. They will be joined by Billy Matthews, Ella McLoughlin and Moses Adejimi.

Fifteen years after its first production Simon Stephens' unflinching and incendiary play Herons returns to the London stage in this timely, new production directed by the Lyric's Artistic Director Sean Holmes.

Shot through with humour and menace, HERONS is a disturbing portrait of adolescent violence experiences by fourteen-year-old Billy, who is tormented by local bullies. Humiliated beyond endurance, he is finally pushed to an act of vengeance. HERONS is both a portrayal of brutalised no-hopers and a witty hymn for hope.

For tickets and more information, visit www.lyric.co.uk.

Photo Credit: Tristram Kenton

Sophia Decaro as Adele

Billy Matthews as Scott

Billy Matthews as Scott

Ed Gaughan as Charlie Russell and Max Gill as Billy

Ed Gaughan, Max Gill, Sophia Decaro, Billy Matthews, Ella McLoughlin and Moses Adejimi

Ella McLoughlin

Ella McLoughlin

Max Gill as Billy and Sophia Decaro as Adele

Max Gill as Billy and Sophie Stone as Michelle Russell

Max Gill as Billy

Max Gill, Billy Matthews, Moses Adejimi and Ella McLoughlin

Moses Adejimi as Darren and Ella McLoughlin as Aaron

Moses Adejimi as Darren

Moses Adejimi, Sophia Decaro, Billy Matthews and Ella McLoughlin

Sophia Decaro and Ed Gaughan

Sophia Decaro as Adele and Max Gill as Billy

Sophia Decaro as Adele

Sophia Decaro as Adele

Sophia Decaro, Billy Matthews, Max Gill, Moses Adejimi and Ella McLoughlin

Sophie Stone as Michelle Russell

Sophie Stone as Michelle Russell