![]() ![]() ![]() Recommended for ages 11 and above, the production opens at the Perth Theatre from 24 March to 2 April 2022, before heading to Stirling's Macrobert Arts Centre (7 to 10 April) and Eden Court in Inverness (15 to 17 April). The piece follows "an idle playboy who longs for even more money… a teenage girl who longs for online fame… and a conjuror who longs to be believed" and promises Dahl's darkly mischievous signature tone, as well as magic and illusions. Presented by Helen Milne Productions, Perth Theatre and The Roald Dahl Story Company, Rob Drummond's play, adapted from Dahl's 1977 collection of seven short stories entitled The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (and Six More), is directed by Ben Harrison. The Boy Who Talked with Animals discusses the narrator learning of a child who seeks to save the life of a turtle slated to become soup at a hotel, and The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar details the misadventures of a man who gains a type of X-ray vision through careful meditationat first for selfish goals, but then more a much better purpose. ![]() Myles Sembi will serve as an understudy for the production. The company includes David Rankine ( Carry Me Home) as the titular character, alongside Eve Buglass ( Paperboy) as Mary, Johndeep More ( The Kite Runner) as Imhrat Khan, Rosalind Sydney ( The Nest) as Dr Jane Cartwright and Dave Fishley ( The Fifth Element) as Michael. A book, within Roald Dahls short story, is found on a friends shelf by a bored and silly playboy, Henry Sugar, whose days frivolous activities are spoiled by a rainy day. Casting is now complete for the upcoming world premiere of Roald Dahl's The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. ![]()
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