Lord of the Flies, a co-production between the Belgrade and Leeds Playhouse, presented in association with Rose Theatre, will play at The Belgrade from Tuesday 25 to Saturday 29 April.

Directed by Amy Leach (Macbeth, Oliver Twist, Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet), this must-see production is a modern staging of William Golding’s menacing 20th century classic with creatively integrated audio description available at every performance.

Arrive. Divide. Hunt. Survive. In the midst of a raging war, a group of British school children are left stranded after surviving a devastating plane crash. Ralph is voted the leader over outcast Piggy and rule-breaking Jack. As tensions rise and the hunger for power grows, the group divide and become wildly out of control.

Left to fend for themselves, the children are tested to their limits as they struggle for survival in their new and mysterious surroundings.

This production brings William Golding’s 1954 classic story into the 21st century, reflecting the world we live in now while remaining faithful to his fascinating, thought-provoking central premise.  What would a group of schoolchildren do if they were left to their own devices? How would they survive?

In the original novel and older film and stage versions of the story, the young castaways were usually a group of privileged white boys. In her retelling, however, Amy has chosen to reflect the world we live in now – and the audiences who will fill the auditoriums in Coventry and beyond.  

Leeds actor Sade Malone (She/Her), who played Agnes Addo on four series of the BAFTA-winning CBBC show 4 O’Clock Club, has been cast as Ralph. Among her many theatre, TV, radio and film credits are: Cuckoo (Soho Theatre); Seasons in the Sun (East Riding Theatre); Hope Street (BBC); Tin Star (Sky Atlantic) and The Queen and I (Sky One). 

Making his professional stage debut, Patrick Dineen (He/Him) is taking on the role of Jack. He has appeared in Doctors (BBC) and, while training at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, productions of London Road, Follies, and Romeo & Juliet.

Jason Connor (He/Him), a partially sighted actor, writer and theatre maker from Lancashire, is playing Piggy. His work focuses on pushing social and political boundaries, particularly emphasising LGBTQIA+ narratives, and recent projects include a collaborative devised performance Of Course It Hurts, and short film Nothing Happened. 

Lord of the Flies plays at The Belgrade from Tuesday 25 – Saturday 29 April. Tickets are on sale here.