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(L to R) Amanda Lawrence as the teacher Wainwright, Ramesh Mayyappan as Captain Chatter and Raphel Famotibe as Sonny
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Wonder Boy
Bristol Old Vic
DISCOVERED during the theatre’s New Writing Festival and postponed three times due to Covid, Ross Willis’s Wonder Boy finally reaches the stage as an exuberant, heartrending yet very funny production.
Twelve-year-old Sonny has created a silent, comic book figure, Captain Chatter, to cope with his crippling stutter.
This bargain-basin superhero uses every one of his mime skills to help Sonny avoid having to talk.
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