Production pictures have been released for the National Theatre’s Dear England – now playing at the Prince Edward Theatre in London’s West End.

James Graham’s new play has been a critical hit at the National Theatre, and looks set to now take the West End by storm.

The Prince Edward Theatre usually houses musicals, but this massive, theatrical play about the England football team is more than filling the huge stage of the Prince Edward, with a stunning design by Es Devlin.

Directed by the Almeida’s artistic director Rupert Goold, Dear England is written by one of Britain’s leading writers James Graham (Best of Enemies, Tammy Faye, Sherwood).

The cast includes Joseph Fiennes (The Handmaid’s Tale, Shakespeare in Love) as England football manager Gareth Southgate, and Dervla Kirwan (Ballykissangel) as Dr Pippa Grange

In the play, England’s football team has the worst track record for penalties in the world, and manager Gareth Southgate (Joseph Fiennes) knows he needs to open his mind and face up to the years of hurt to take team and country back to the promised land.

The cast also includes Denzel Baidoo as Bukayo Saka, Josh Barrow as Jordan Pickford,  Gunnar Cauthery as Gary Lineker, Will Close as Harry Kane, Crystal Condie as Alex Scott, Will Fletcher as Jordan Henderson,  Darragh Hand as Marcus Rashford, John Hodgkinson as Greg Clarke,  Lloyd Hutchinson as Sam Allardyce, Albert Magashi as Jadon Sancho, Kel Matsena as Raheem Sterling, Lewis Shepherd as Dele Alli, Griffin Stevens as Harry Maguire, Paul Thornley as Mike Webster, Tony Turner as Greg Dyke, Ryan Whittle as Eric Dier; plus Nick Barclay, Tashinga Bepete, Kate Kelly Flood, Will Harrison-Wallace, Miranda Heath, Tom Mahy and Tristan Waterson.

The creative team for Dear England also includes costume designer Evie Gurney; lighting designer, Jon Clark; movement directors, Ellen Kane and Hannes Langolf; sound designers, Dan Balfour and Tom Gibbons, with additional music by Max Perryment and video designer, Ash J Woodward. Casting director is Bryony Jarvis Taylor; voice coach is Cathleen McCarron and dialect coach is Richard Ryder. Associate director is Elin Schofield, associate set designer is Will Brown, associate lighting designer is Ben Jacobs, associate sound designer is Alex Twiselton and resident director is Rasheka Christie-Carter.

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Main photo: Dear England. Dervla Kirwan as Pippa Grange, Josh Barrow as Jordan Pickford and Paul Thornley as Mike Webster. Photo by Marc Brenner

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