Location:
Rose Theatre Main
Running time:
180mins
Age recommendation:
All ages
Accessibility:
Wheelchair Access
Accessible Toilet
Step Free Access
Price:
From £15
About the show
The plight of the homeless is examined through the eyes of abandoned children in mid-nineteenth-century London.
Broadcast on the BBC in 1988, The Ragged Child became a flagship production and title for the UK's National Youth Music Theatre.
The dire straits of the poor and destitute of 1850's London is mirrored in the tragic lives of siblings Joe & Annie Cooper. As they are fighting in the streets for survival and reprieve from the deadly cholera outbreak, Lord Shaftesbury is fighting in the House of Lords for the education of the ignorant, illiterate poor. As Lord Shaftesbury's quest has a successful outcome, the Coopers are not so lucky. They're the last of the unfortunate souls to slip through the fingers of necessary charity.
About the company
The National Youth Music Theatre offers workshops and performance opportunities in music theatre for young people on and off the stage, with outstanding pastoral care at the centre of everything.