Trailer released for Theatre Royal’s production of ‘Holes’

In a little under a month, four professional actors and 18 young cast members from their Summer School will take to the stage for Theatre Royal’s production of Louis Sachar’s multi-million bestselling novel “Holes”.

And you can watch the trailer here https://youtu.be/cN8X0GNLZD4

Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnatses.

Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a detention centre, Camp Green Lake, where the inmates build character by spending all day, every day digging holes exactly 5ftf wide and 5ft deep. There is no lake at Camp Green Lake. But there are an awful lot of holes.

It doesn’t take long for Stanley to realise there’s more than character improvement going on at Camp Green Lake. They are digging holes because the warden is looking for something. But what could be buried under a dried-up lake?

Louis Sachar’s multi-million bestselling novel is adapted for the stage by the author himself in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment—and redemption.

“Holes” will be directed by artistic director Owen Calvert-Lyons and creative learning manager Hayley Murrow and is taking place at the Bury St Edmunds theatre from Friday, August 20, to Saturday, September 4.