Lichfield Garrick production’s of Farm Boy embarks on national tour

Lichfield Garrick Theatre has announced the full schedule of its upcoming national tour of Michael Morpurgo’s Farm Boy.

The production is directed by the Garrick’s artistic director, Daniel Buckroyd, who first produced the show in 2010 for a tour that included a run in New York.

Buckroyd then brought the play to life once again with a brand-new cast in the Lichfield Garrick Studio in 2024, followed by a successful tour of Staffordshire villages.

Farm Boy is Michael Morpurgo’s sequel to his beloved masterpiece, War Horse.

Morpurgo calls it his ‘home story’, set in the cottage where he lives in Devon, on the farm where he lives, and based on real people he has encountered.

The heartwarming and compelling narrative pays homage to the generation who fought in the First World War, the world they came home to and how that conflict affected them.

The national tour of Farm Boy features the 2024 cast of two - Alan Booty and Jonathan Houlston.

Jonathan Houlston returns as Grandson. Jonathan is a recent Royal Birmingham Conservatoire graduate, who has already built up a wealth of stage experience and acclaim having played Sidney Barnsley in The Making of Lucy and Ian in Holes.

His screen credits include a memorable guest lead role in BBC’s Doctors and, as a founder of Mad Dragon Theatre Company, he performed in its debut production of his own play Physical Education.

Rehearsals are now underway, and Farm Boy opens at the Tamworth Assembly Rooms on Saturday 22 March 2025 before touring to 33 venues the length and breadth of the country, with the show’s final performance at the Queen’s Theatre in Barnstaple on Sunday 1 June 2025.

More information on the tour including dates and venues can be found online.