Neighbours star Stefan Dennis to appear in The King’s Speech at Northampton’s Royal & Derngate
Neighbours star Stefan Dennis will take to the stage at Northampton’s Royal & Derngate when a new production of The King’s Speech arrives in the town next year.
The production will visit Royal & Derngate during the week commencing May 24, 2027, as part of a major UK tour running from January to July.
Dennis, best known for playing Paul Robinson in Neighbours, has been cast as Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue, while Casualty actor George Rainsford will play Bertie, King George VI.
Dennis created the role of Paul Robinson for the first episode of Neighbours in 1985 and appeared in more than 6,000 episodes during the soap’s 40-year run. His other credits include The Bill, Casualty, River City and Blood Brothers, while he appeared on Strictly Come Dancing in 2025.
The cast also includes Rosanna Miles as Queen Elizabeth, Lucy Bromilow as Myrtle Logue and Wallis Simpson, Tim Hudson as King George V and Winston Churchill, Ian Kirkby as Archbishop Cosmo Lang and Mark Hammersley in three roles.
Directed by Loveday Ingram, David Seidler’s The King’s Speech follows Bertie as he struggles with a speech impediment while facing the prospect of becoming king during a period of constitutional crisis and looming war.
His family turns to unconventional Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue, with an unlikely friendship developing between the pair.
The production opens at the Barn Theatre in Cirencester in October before beginning its UK tour in January 2027.