Chester Hayes; Tobias Batley; Dom Czapski; Kristen McNally; Phil Snowden; Anton Srzypiciel; Laura Careless; Barnaby Meredith; Jonathan Watkins - KES Reimagined

Based on the novel 'A Kestrel for a Knave' by Barry Hines, Kes Reimagined is a new film by award-winning choreographer Jonathan Watkins and International Emmy award-winning director Ross MacGibbon.Jonathan Watkins conceived and created Kes Reimagined � a dance, music and puppetry adaptation of Barry Hines' seminal novel A Kestrel for a Knave for Sheffield's Crucible Theatre in 2014.Set in a Yorkshire mining community, this interpretation of the much-loved classic takes audiences on a journey with Billy Casper. The young working-class boy is troubled at home and at school but finds solace when he finds and trains a kestrel. As the beloved Kes swoops and spins in the expansive freedom of the Yorkshire countryside, Billy's self-confidence begins to soar, and boy and bird become one.