Spitfire Girls, a new play by Katherine Senior, will premiere at Mayflower Studios from Thursday 20 to Saturday 22 March 2025.
Marking the 80th Anniversary year of the end of World War II, the production has been developed with support from the National Theatre Generate Programme.
Directed by Seán Aydon with design by Sarah Beaton, SPITFIRE GIRLS will play 12 venues around the country until 7 June. Casting will be announced at a later date.
“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.
Spitfire Girls is inspired by the extraordinary true stories of the women who dared to fly during WWII and the incredible bond that tied them together. Funny and heart-warming, this is an untold story of strength, courage and loss. But above all else, hope.
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.
The cast will also feature 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 Tracy (LIVES (Lowry Theatre) The Gruffalo’s Child (West End/National Tour), Billy Goats Gruff (Unicorn Theatre) as Tom/Jimmy.
Recommended age 10+. The production will have lighting by Peter Small and original music composed by Eamonn O’Dwyer.
This tour has outreach support from Arts Council England.
Tickets for Spitfire Girls (20 – 22 March 2025) are on sale at mayflower.org.uk or 02380 711811.
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