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Olivier award-winning A Monster Calls comes to Kingston’s Rose Theatre

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This production is recommended for ages 10+

Running until 9 April 2022

Run time 2hr 20min (including interval)

Includes interval

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'Stories are wild creatures', the monster said. 'When you let them loose, who knows what havoc they might wreak?'

Patrick Ness' piercing novel is brought vividly to life in this Olivier Award-winning production by visionary director Sally Cookson.

Thirteen-year-old Conor and his mum have managed just fine since his dad moved. But now his mum is sick and not getting any better. His grandmother won’t stop interfering and the kids at school won’t look him in the eye.

Then, one night, Conor is woken by something at his window. A monster has come walking. It’s come to tell Conor tales from when it walked before. And when it’s finished, Conor must tell his own story and face his deepest fears.

From the critically acclaimed bestseller, A Monster Calls offers a dazzling insight into love, life and healing.

Age restriction

This production is recommended for ages 10+

Running time

2hr 20min (including interval)

Performance dates

24 March - 9 April 2022

Special notes

PLEASE NOTE: You must wear a face covering at all times at the Rose unless exempt.

Venue Information

Rose Theatre Kingston
24-26 High StreetKingstonKT1 1HL

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Latest A Monster Calls News

Rapid Fire Q&A Session with Matt Costain from A Monster Calls

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Rapid Fire Q&A Session with Matt Costain from A Monster Calls

Matt Costain is currently appearing in A Monster Calls, directed by Sally Cookson, at The Old Vic - not only is he starring in the play but he is also the Aerial Director. We sat down with Matt for a quick-fire Q&A session to find out more about the production and the man behind the amazing aerial feats which have been wowing audiences all summer long.

15 Aug, 2018 | By Nicholas Ephram Ryan Daniels

Rapid Fire Q&A Session with Marianne Oldham from A Monster Calls

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Rapid Fire Q&A Session with Marianne Oldham from A Monster Calls

Marianne Oldham is a highly prolific and talented stage and television actress currently starring in the Old Vic production of A Monster Calls, which is adapted by Sally Cookson from Patrick Ness’s gut-wrenching novel of the same name. Oldham is perhaps best known for starring as Rosalie Berwick in the BBC television series The Crimson Field, a British drama set during World War I at a fictional field hospital in France. She has also starred as Mary in The Living and the Dead and Stella Levy in A Very English Scandal. 

As far as theatre is concerned, she enjoys the classics, having played in Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya just to name a few. With less than one month left for A Monster Calls, we were happy to check in with Marianne Oldham to see how everything is going.

See below for our rapid-fire Q&A session.

9 Aug, 2018 | By Nicholas Ephram Ryan Daniels

Full cast announced for this summer's A Monster Calls

News / Casting

Full cast announced for this summer's A Monster Calls

The new stage adaptation of A Monster Calls, which opens at the Bristol Old Vic before transferring to the Old Vic Theatre on 12 July 2018, has just announced its cast and more.

5 Apr, 2018 | By Nicholas Ephram Ryan Daniels