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January 08, 2026

NOVEL'S TOUCHING TALE OF FRIENDSHIP IS BROUGHT TO THE STAGE

- JANET TANSLEY Family Time Correspondent

THE acclaimed theatre adaptation of The Boy at the Back of the Class is back on the timetable and set to start a new UK tour.

Children’s Theatre Partnership and the Rose Theatre are bringing Nick Ahad’s version of Onjali Q. Raúf’s award-winning novel back to the stage from February 6, and school was never so quite so entertaining.

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