The National Theatre today announces casting news for its highly anticipated national tour of Dear England. Leading the cast in ‘the decade’s biggest theatrical triumph’ (★★★★ Daily Telegraph) will be David Sturzaker as England manager Gareth Southgate, with Eastenders and Mount Pleasant actress Samantha Womack playing the role of team psychologist Pippa Grange.
Football and non-football fans alike will be brought to their feet for this inspiring, at times heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting story of Gareth Southgate’s revolutionary tenure as England manager.
Further casting to be announced.
It’s time to change the game. The country that gave the world football has since delivered a painful pattern of loss. The England men’s team has the worst track record for penalties in the world, and manager Gareth Southgate knows he needs to open his mind and face up to the years of hurt to take team and country back to the promised land.
Dear England is ‘gripping, moving and funny…as good as theatre gets’ (★★★★ The Sunday Times). It will tour to 16 venues across England from 15 September 2025 until 14 March 2026.
