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KES

Billy Casper is just another one of those kids off the estate; living with his mother and bully of a brother, Jud. He’s all alone, then he finds ‘Kes’. Stick legs. Big head. Pile of scruff.

Kestrels are the hardest birds to train, but not for Billy. He feeds her, cares for her and trains her. Together they are ready to fly. And everything goes quiet, as all his troubles and worries fade into the horizon. Billy has all he needs and all he wants, until he makes a fatal decision that changes the course of things forever.

This adaptation of Barry Hines’ much loved 1960s classic tells the story with a cast of two and gives it a fresh, theatrical spin.

Leeds Playhouse
1st-16th February 2019
70 mins
​For ages 11+​
Information here.


This production was remounted by Associate Director Martin Leonard and performed by Jack Lord and Lucas Button.

​This production was first created in Spring 2016 at Leeds Playhouse performed by Jack Lord and Dan Parr. It was followed by a tour of community venues across Leeds.
"Featuring just a pair of characters, the teenage and adult Billy, this is one of the most modest – but best – stagings of the novel."
​The Guardian
Written by Barry Hines
Adapted by Robert Alan Evans

Directed by Amy Leach
Designed by Max Johns
Music & Sound by Tom Mills
Movement by Lucy Cullingford
Lighting Design by Chloe Kenward
Assistant Director Martin Leonard
Photography by Ant Robling

For the 2019 production, the play was remounted by Associate Director Martin Leonard with music & sound remounted by John Biddle
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    • The Night Before Christmas
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    • A Christmas Carol Hull
    • Queen of Chapeltown
    • Romeo and Juliet
    • The Borrowers
    • Wonderman
    • Kes
    • Little Sure Shot
    • The Caucasian Chalk Circle
    • The Life and Times of Mitchell and Kenyon
    • Wanted! Robin Hood
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    • Arabian Nights
    • Peter Pan / Bath
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