We are delighted to announce that our production, Boy on the Roof, will be retouring to UK venues in February and March 2025.
Boy on the Roof, winner of an Offcom Award for its performances at MimeLondon 2024, was originally created through Community Conversations across the UK. We make all of our innovative mask theatre in consultation with members of the public and we spent a year learning from people’s personal experiences of ADHD, in particular those of teenagers and parents.
Boy on the Roof is the story of an unlikely friendship between Liam, a teenage boy with ADHD, and his 91-year-old neighbour, Albert. Performed without words, it features a brand new cast of three playing multiple parts - mask and physical theatre actors Angela Laverick and Emilie Largier, and Cirque du Soleil performer, Aron De Casmaker.
With full face masks especially made by Russell Dean of Strangeface, the production features a full-length score and sound design, innovative film projection and an inventive set. Fully visual, the production is accessible to deaf audiences without BSL interpretation.
In its original tour, The Stage gave Boy on the Roof a 5-star review describing the performance as “Exquisite”. The British Theatre Guide called the show, “Touching, funny, poignant, clever, impactful and technically flawless.” The production’s Offcom Award recognises the excellence of short-run productions in off West End London venues.
Rachael Savage, writer and director of Boy on the Roof, comments, “We’re delighted that Boy on the Roof is touring again in 2025, bringing the experiences of life as a teenager with ADHD to a wider public. We’re very proud of how the show explores both the challenges and the positives of ADHD, and the ways that film, sound and lighting tell stories and create worlds - I think our audiences will love how that works. We’re looking forward to visiting all the venues, old and new.”
Previewing at Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton (6th-8th Feb), the tour takes in venues in Warwick (11th-12th Feb), Corby (13th Feb), Chesterfield (14th Feb), Nottingham (15th Feb), Brecon (24th Feb), Hereford (25th Feb), Shrewsbury (26th-27th Feb), Birmingham (28th Feb), Colchester (6th Mar), Ipswich (7th-8th Mar), and finishing at Vamos Theatre’s home town of Worcester (9th Mar).
SEE FULL TOUR DETAILS
BSL trailer announcing tour dates
Presented by Mary-Jayne Russell de Clifford.
TRANSCRIPT: We are delighted to announce dates for Vamos Theatre's production, Boy on the Roof, which tours the UK in Feb and Mar 2025. Created through Community Conversations across the UK, gathering people’s experiences of ADHD, loneliness, connection and community, this award-winning show has no spoken words, and is accessible to deaf/hard of hearing audiences without a signer. We hope you can make one of the venues! Find out more at www.vamostheatre.co.uk/boy-on-the-roof