Kes Reimagined

Composer: Baranowski, Alex

Choreographer: Watkins, Jonathan

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Billy: Hayes, Chester

Bookshop Owner: Meredith, Barnaby

Jud: Batley, Tobias

Kes Puppetry / Woman in WMC: Careless, Laura

Mr Farthing: Czapski, Dom

Mr Gryce: Skrzypiciel, Anton

Mr Sugden: Snowden, Phil

Mum: McNally, Kristen

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Television Director: MacGibbon, Ross

Lighting Designer: Henderson, Mark

Set Designer: Stones, Ben

Costumer Designer: Stones, Ben

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Date of Production: 08-2019

Venue: Production Park

Playing Time: 01:06:58

Catalogue Number: OA1345D

UPC: 809478013457

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Kes reimagined is a new film by award-winning choreographer Jonathan Watkins and International Emmy award-winning director Ross MacGibbon, based on the novel A Kestrel for a Knave by Barry Hines.

Jonathan Watkin's acclaimed production was conceived and created for Sheffield's Crucible Theatre in 2014.

Set in a Yorkshire mining community, this re-imagining of Hine's tale told through dance and puppetry, takes a us on a journey with the young working-class boy, Billy Casper. Billy is troubled at home and at school but his outlook on life is transformed when he finds and trains a kestrel. As the beloved Kes swoops and spins in the expansive freedom of the Yorkshire countryside, Billy's self-confidence begins to soar, and boy and bird become one.