Hunky Dory

Oct 25, 2011

1h 50m

★ 6.0

Overview

In the heat of the summer of 1976, drama teacher Vivienne fights sweltering heat and general teenage apathy to put on an end-of-term version of Shakespeare's The Tempest.

Genres

Music

Comedy

Production Companies

Atlantic Swiss Productions

Panaramic

Gravitas Ventures

Bad Wolf Films

Piccadilly Pictures

Wales Creative IP Fund

Lip Sync Productions

Hunky Dory Trailers

Cast

Vivienne Mae

Minnie Driver

Davey

Aneurin Barnard

Stella

Danielle Branch

Vicki

Kimberley Nixon

Jake

George MacKay

Headmaster

Robert Pugh

Evan

Tom Rhys Harries

Hoople

Kristian Gwilliam

Lewis

Adam Byard

Dena

Kayleigh Bennett

Kenny

Darren Evans

Syd / Member, Cwmtawe Community School Choir

Dafydd Llyr-Thomas

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