Running from 20 September- 12 October at the Rose Theatre, this stage adaptation includes an incredible cast consisting of Amelie Abbott as Hannah/Chrissi, Susan Aderin as Miss Emily, Matilda Bailes as Ruth, Nell Barlow as (Kath), Maximus Evans as Philip, Angus Imrie as Tommy, Princess Khumalo as Laura, Emile Patry as Miss Lucy/Madame, and Tristan Waterson as Rodney/Alfie.

Rehearsals started on 12 August before performances begin at the Rose Theatre.

The stage adaptation of 'Never Let Me Go' has an incredible cast (Credit: DMLK)

The show will then move to Royal & Derngate, Malvern theatres, Bristol's Old Vic, and Chichester Festival Theatre through late November.

The creative team includes Suzanne Heathcote (Adapter), Christopher Haydon (Director), Tom Piper (Set and Costume Designer), Ayse Tashkiran (Movement Director), Joshua Carr (Lighting Designer), Eamonn O'Dwyer (Composer), Carolyn Downing (Sound Designer), Sam Jones CDG (Casting Director), Haruka Kuroda (Fight Director), and Emma Denson (Assistant Director).

Olivier Award nominee Marisha Wallace (Guys & Dolls) has recorded the title song for the production.

Wallace does not appear live on stage but instead offers her exquisite vocals to the recording of this original song, which features in the play.

As the production was announced this spring, Kazuo Ishiguro said: "I'm filled with excitement by news of the upcoming production of Never Let Me Go. Suzanne Heathcote is a superb writer for both stage and screen.

"Christopher Haydon directed a beautiful adaptation of my The Remains of the Day not long ago.

"And the arrival of this new version of Never Let Me Go feels particularly well-timed. Its central question, "How do we find and hold onto love in a world ruled by out-of-control science and savage hierarchical structures?" feels even more haunting today than when I wrote the novel twenty years ago."

He continued: "I look forward to discovering how this wonderfully talented team will re-imagine the story for the stage and for our time."

Christopher Haydon said: "Never Let Me Go has been among my favourite novels since I first read it two decades ago.

It is an achingly beautiful story of how we maintain hope and continue to love in the face of a hostile world. It's become one of the world's best loved novels and has all of the elements of a great piece of theatre."

He continued: "I'm thrilled to be heading into the rehearsal room today [12 August] to start bringing this incredible story to life with this cast."

Never Let Me Go is being co-produced with Bristol Old Vic, Malvern Theatres, and Royal & Derngate, Northampton, where the production will play following its premiere at the Rose; tickets are now on sale at all co-producing theatres.

The production will also be part of Chichester Festival's upcoming Winter Season, with tickets on sale there now.

Never Let Me Go, the novel, takes place in a dystopian version of late 1990s England, where the lives of ordinary citizens are prolonged through a state-sanctioned program of human cloning.

Memory and reality collide in this stunning new staging that challenges us to think about what it means to be human. What it means to have hope and heart — to love and to lose.

The age guidance for the show is 12+.

You can find out more information and book your tickets here.