ROALD Dahl’s classic Fantastic Mr Fox, comes to Theatre Royal Plymouth from Tuesday, June 13 to Saturday, June 17.

Mr Fox is smart, clever and rather fantastic, but he doesn’t realise how determined the farmers are to get revenge. Can he hatch a plan to save his family and friends? Can they outrun the diggers and outsmart the farmers, and can rabbit shut up long enough not to give the game away?

Fantastic Mr Fox is family fun at its finest. A juicy tale of greed, pride and the power of friendship, this flagship production for the Roald Dahl centenary celebrations, promises a dahlicious theatrical feast with live music and songs and gloriumptious designs. A wondercrump treat for the whole family!

Greg Barnett plays Mr Fox, with Richard Atwill (Rat/Bean), Raphael Bushay (Badger/Boggis), Jade Croot (Kit), Sandy Foster (Rabbit), Lillie Flynn (Mrs Fox), Gruffudd Glyn (Mole/Bunce), Kelly Jackson (Mouse), and Edward Hole and Tanya Shields completing the ensemble, alongside actor-musicians, Patrick Burbridge, Anna Fordham and Richie Hart.

The play is adapted by Sam Holcroft, directed by Maria Aberg and features original music from Arthur Darvill.

Sam Holcroft’s most recent play, Rules For Living, premiered at the National Theatre in 2015. She was the writer-in-residence at the National Theatre Studio from 2013-14 and was the Pearson playwright in residence at the Traverse Theatre in 2009-10. In 2014 she was a recipient of the Windham Campbell Prize for literature in the drama category and in 2009 she won the Tom Erhardt Award for up and coming writers. Her other plays include The Wardrobe, Edgar And Annabel, Dancing Bears, While You Lie, Pink, Vanya and Cockroach. She is currently under commission from the Royal Court Theatre.

Richard Atwill plays Rat and Bean. His theatre credits include Macbeth, Eugene Ionesco’s Macbett (RSC), God in Ruins (RSC/Soho Theatre), Potted Potter (Broadway) and The Changing Room (Royal Court Theatre) among many others. For television his work includes Shakespeare Live and Horrible Histories; and for film, Risen and Bill.

Raphael Bushay plays Badger and Boggis. He graduated from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in 2014. His credits include Henry V (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre).

Greg Barnett plays Mr Fox. His theatre credits include This Little Life of Mine and Therèse Raquin (Park Theatre), These Trees Are Made of Blood (Southwark Playhouse) and Making a Scene (National Theatre). His work for television includes Fleabag and Undercover; and for film, Hot Property, Bonobo and The Road to Nirvana.

Jade Croot plays Kit. Her theatre credits include Doctor Faustus (RSC and Barbican). Her film work includes The Machine.

Lillie Flynn plays Mrs Fox. Her theatre credits include Sunny Afternoon (Harold Pinter Theatre, Hampstead Theatre), Wicked (Apollo Victoria Theatre) and Love Story (Duchess Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre).

Sandy Foster plays Rabbit. Her theatre credits include Days of Significance, Oppenheimer, A Shoemaker’s Holiday (RSC) and Desire Under the Elms. Her television work includes The Dumping Ground, The Kerry and Lu Show and Call the Midwife; and for film, Mr Turner, Toshi, Muse of Fire and What You Will.

Gruffudd Glyn plays Mole and Bunce. His theatre credits include Three Sisters (Young Vic), American Trade, The Winter’s Tale, Romeo and Juliet, The Grain Store and Julius Caesar, Young People’s Hamlet (RSC).

Kelly Jackson plays Mouse. Her theatre credits include Sweet Charity (Millennium Performing Arts), RENT (The Obie Theatre), Wildlife (Bloomsbury Theatre) and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Paul Holman Associates, The Broadway Theatre).

Work by Maria Aberg includes, for the RSC Dr Faustus (also Barbican), The White Devil, As You Like It and King John

Arthur Darvill is an actor and composer, best-known for his regular appearances as Rory in BBC TV’s Doctor Who and as Rev Paul Coates on ITV’s Broadchurch. Darvill’s most recent theatre work as composer includes I Want My Hat Back (National Theatre), I Heart Peterborough (Eastern Angles) and The Bacchae (English Touring Theatre).