Laurie Sansom has been Artistic Director at the National Theatre of Scotland and Royal and Derngate in Northampton, but he has more recently taken over at Northern Broadsides in Halifax.

His first production there as director is a revival of Quality Street by J M Barrie, the title of which has a special connection with the company’s home town. BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to him a couple of weeks into rehearsals about the play and the ‘forgotten’ Barrie canon and about his plans for this well-known touring theatre company, and he also looked back briefly on his time at National Theatre of Scotland.

Quality Street opens at The Viaduct Theatre in Halifax from 14 to 22 February 2020 before touring to

• The Lowry, Salford, 25–29 February
• The Dukes, Lancaster, 3–7 March
• Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds, 10–14 March
• Liverpool Playhouse, 17–21 March
• Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne, 24–28 March
• Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, 7–11 April
• Derby Theatre, 14–18 April
• Leeds Playhouse, 21–25 April
• New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme, 28 April–9 May
• Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, 12–16 May
• Harrogate Theatre, 19–23 May
• Hull Truck Theatre, 2–6 June
• York Theatre Royal, 9–13 June