The show will open at the MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton on the 20th March before visiting a further nine theatres around the country.
Full casting has now been announced for the upcoming UK tour of Spitfire Girls, a new play by Katherine Senior.
It has been confirmed that Laura Matthews (One Man, Two Guvnors and London Assurance (National Theatre), Pride (Proud Films) will play ‘Dotty’ and Katherine Senior (The Rivals, Look Back in Anger, Travels with my Aunt all UK Tours) and Rosalind Steele (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (West End), The Provoked Wife and Venice Preserved (Royal Shakespeare Company); Shakespeare in Love (Bath Theatre Royal and Tour) will share the role of ‘Bett’.
Meanwhile, the cast will also include: Kirsty Cox (Our Church (The Watermill Theatre), The Odyssey and Medusa (Bristol Old Vic), as ‘Joy’, Jack Hulland (Travels With My Aunt, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Look Back in Anger (Creative Cow/UK Tours), The Adventures of a Bear called Paddington (Upstage Productions/UK Tour), as ‘Dad/Frank’ and Samuel Tracey (LIVES (Lowry Theatre) The Gruffalo’s Child (West End/National Tour), Billy Goats Gruff (Unicorn Theatre) as ‘Tom/Jimmy’.
“It’s built for us, isn’t it? The Spitfire. Built for women.”
New Year’s Eve, 1959.
Decades after answering the call, two women separated by the war meet again as the rain hammers down on the windows of The Spitfire pub.
As we hear their story, we’re transported back to a time when female pioneers defied expectations and soared through the skies.
The production is directed by Seán Aydon, with the creative team also including: design by Sarah Beaton, lighting by Peter Small and original music composed by Eamonn O’Dwyer.
Meanwhile, the full tour dates are as follows:
20 – 22 March MAST Mayflower Southampton
25 – 29 March Theatre by the Lake Keswick
1 – 5 April New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich
8 – 12 April Derby Theatre
15-19 April Devonshire Park Theatre Eastbourne
23 – 26 April Shakespeare North Playhouse
6-10 May The Dukes Lancaster
14-17 May Chipping Norton Theatre
20 – 24 May Malvern Theatres
27 May – 31 May Darlington Hippodrome