The Emma Rice Company return to Bath with highly acclaimed Malory Towers ahead of UK tour

The Emma Rice Company is set to return to Bath with the highly acclaimed stage adaptation of Enid Blyton’s beloved Malory Towers, the original ‘Girl Power’ story. Awarded five stars by The Guardian, the production returns due to popular demand, after originally premiering in 2019. Audiences can expect high jinks, high drama and high spirits, all set to sensational live music. The show will open at Bath’s Theatre Royal from Friday 1 to Saturday 9 May ahead of a UK tour.

Darrell Rivers is starting school with an eager mind and fierce heart. Unfortunately, she also has a quick temper! Can she learn to tolerate the infuriating Gwendoline Lacey, or value the kind-hearted Sally Hope? Can she save the school play and rescue terrified Mary Lou from the grip of a raging storm? If she can do these things anywhere, she will do them at Malory Towers!

previous cast of mallory towers

Adaptor and Director Emma Rice said: “Malory Towers is an enduring passion for me! Inspired by my Gran, Mum and all the magnificent women of the wartime generations, I have loved bringing these intoxicating characters and tales up to date with love, song and laughter. However, like the school itself, this sparkling production needs to be filled with new personalities. This new tour is no different! The class of 2026 is filled with fresh, fierce and joyful talent - and I cannot wait to see what they bring to Miss Grayling, Malory Towers and me. Here’s to ‘Good strong women that the world can lean on’. My, in these terrifying and divided times we need that more than ever, don’t we?”

The cast includes Eden Barrie as Mary Lou Atkinson, Molly Cheesley as Alicia Johns, Rebecca Collingwood as Gwendolyn Lacey, Stephanie Hockley as Irene DuPont, Emily Panes as Musician, Robyn Sinclair as Darrell Rivers, Bethany Wooding as Sally Hope and Zoe West as Bill Robinson.

Lead by Adaptor and Director Emma Rice, the creative team is completed by Set & Costume Designer Lez Brotherston, Composer Ian Ross, Lighting Designer Malcolm Rippeth, Sound and Video Designer Simon Baker and Choreographer Alistair David.

Malory Towers appears at the Theatre Royal Bath from Friday 1 to Saturday 9 May. For tickets visit the Theatre Royal Bath website at theatreroyal.org.uk or contact the Box Office on 01225 448844