A heart-warming and inspiring play about the power of communication takes to the stage in Southampton next week.
The UK tour of Wonder Boy, told through the experiences of 12-year-old Sonny who lives with a stammer and has to find his way in a world ruled by vicious vowels and confusing consonants, is at MAST Mayflower Studios from November 5 to 9.
Olivier award-winning director Sally Cookson (A Monster Calls) got involved after an emotional reaction to the play.
She said: "I was invited to a new writing festival at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School pre pandemic in which Ross Willis' play was presented. It jumped out at me as a piece of unique writing, and I was attracted to the way Ross combined an absurd world with the very real. It made me laugh and cry.
"The play is about what happens when a person communicates differently and the challenges they face when fluent speech is the expected societal norm."
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