Kes review Real-life Billy Elliot brings Barry Hines's novel to the stage
Crucible, SheffieldThis dance-theatre version of A Kestrel for a Knave suggests parallels between training a bird and a dancer Watkins talks about making his version of KesThere's a telling scene in Ken Loach's 1969 film version of Barry Hines's A Kestrel for a Knave, in which the young protagonist, bullied and humiliated during a games lesson, gazes wistfully at the girls' dance class. The look on his face says he'd…