This week’s opening at the National Theatre’s Olivier is another regional transfer, having originated at Liverpool’s Royal Court where Kevin Fearon and the team, successfully produced and commissioned the piece based on the 1982 Thatcher-era television series penned by local boy Alan Bleasdale. In it, five working class Liverpudlian men and their families, struggle with the impact of unemployment and the lack of social care in the once thriving city.
Cast of Boys from the Blackstuff at the National Theatre. © Alastair Muir
