Our Friends In The North
By Peter Flannery
Our Friends in the North opened the Royal Shakespeare’s Company Pit Theatre at the Barbican on 5th May 1982 and played in repertoire there until the 23rd November.
The play was later adapted for television by Peter Flannery and was screened by BBC2 as a nine episode series in early 1996. For further details of the TV series click here.
Olivier Awards Nomination – Play of the Year – Our Friends in the North at the RSC Pit
Creative Team
| Director | John Caird |
| Design | Ultz |
| Lighting | Leo Leibovici |
| Sound | John Leonard |
| Fights | Nels Henum |
| Company Voice Work | Cicely Berry |
| Stage Manager | Titus Grant |
| Deputy Stage Manager | Vikki Heywood |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Anne Milner |
Cast
| *Newcastle* | |
| Roy Johnson | George Raistrick |
| Bede Connor | Bert Parnaby |
| Austin Donohue | Jim Broadbent |
| John Edwards | Andrew Jarvis |
| Eddie Wells | Fred Pearson |
| Billy Hutchinson | James Garbutt |
| Florrie | Gillian Webb |
| Nickie | Peter Chelsom |
| Geordie Hurst | David Whitaker |
| Tosker Cox | Anthony O’Donnell |
| Mary | Jane Carr |
| *London* | |
| Sir Edward Jones | Bert Parnaby |
| Alan Whitaker | Fred Pearson |
| Harold Chapple | Andrew Jarvis |
| Ronald Conrad | Roger Allam |
| Weir | Jim Broadbent |
| Black | Peter Chelsom |
| Dennis Cockburn | Peter Ellis |
| Sir William Sampson | James Garbutt |
| Benny Barratt | Anthony O’Donnell |
| Charlie | George Raistrick |
| Jimmy Roadhouse | Joseph Marcell |
| Waster | Christopher Hurst |
| Rusty | Julia Hills |
| Debbie | Jane Carr |
| Mrs Kelly | Gillian Webb |
| Claude Seabrook | Bert Parnaby |
| Walter Sykes | Peter Ellis |
| John Bourne | Roger Allam |
| *Rhodesia* | |
| The Minister | James Garbutt |
| Henny | Gillian Webb |
| Lance | Christopher Hurst |
| Joseph | Joseph Marcell |
| Kruger | Roger Allam |
| Other parts played by members of the company. | |
| In the second part of the run, the parts played by Peter Chelsom were played by Philip Walsh. | |