The regional premiere of Beth Steel’s Olivier-nominated play Till the Stars Come Down will take place at Nottingham Playhouse in September, featuring a cast including AK Golding, Leah Brotherhead, and Emma Pallant. The production marks a homecoming for the playwright, set in a former mining town in the East Midlands.

The full company for Till the Stars Come Down has been confirmed ahead of its Nottingham Playhouse staging later this year. The play, focusing on family dynamics at a wedding in a former mining town, first premiered at the National Theatre’s Dorfman in early 2024 and soon after transferred to the West End.

The cast includes Joe Alessi as Uncle Pete, Leah Brotherhead as Maggie, AK Golding playing the hopeful bride Sylvia, and Graeme Hawley as John. Ivan Ivashkin takes the role of Marek, the groom, Emma Pallant is Hazel, Sadie Shimmin plays the outspoken aunt, and Howard Ward portrays the family patriarch Tony.

Children on stage will be brought to life by Ellie Daley, Anya Marshall, and Amelia Yates as the characters Leanne and Sarah. The production is directed by Caroline Steinbeis, with creative inputs from designer Oli Townsend, lighting designer Johanna Town, sound designer and composer Oliver Vibrans, and movement director Ewa Emini.

Additional team members include fight director and intimacy coordinator RC-Annie, voice and dialect coach Kate Godfrey, and casting director Helena Palmer. Steinbeis expressed enthusiasm for the cast’s dedication and described their commitment as “the beating heart of this production” created specifically for Nottingham Playhouse.

Beth Steel, originally from the East Midlands, is credited with writing a story that blends personal detail with universal themes. Steinbeis described the Nottingham staging as “a celebration” and a “joyful, moving and fitting homecoming” for Steel’s work in the city.

Nottingham Playhouse artistic director Adam Penford welcomed the production as a long-awaited homecoming, noting the play’s success at the National Theatre, in the West End, and internationally. He also highlighted the involvement of many East Midlands actors under Steinbeis’s direction as a promise of “a great evening’s entertainment.”