AWARD-winning children’s author Oliver Sykes brings his 'smash-hit' family show, Alfie’s First Fight, to Brewery Arts.  

Sykes, a Lancaster University Theatre Studies graduate, is fast establishing himself as one of the most exciting rising stars in children’s theatre and literature.

He hopes the show will not only pack a punch but leave the children of Kendal inspired by the story concerning love, loss, family, and belonging.  

The show follows a shy twelve-year-old Alfie as he decides to go in search of his missing older brother Jacob who disappears before an all-important boxing match.  

The 'empowering' theatre production for children is inspired by Sykes’ experience of growing up without a mum and being coached as an amateur boxer by his dad.  

The show is based on the book of the same name which is approved by the former-world boxing champion, Ricky Hatton MBE.

The show director and acclaimed performance poet Dominic Berry said: “This is an honest and important story of struggle and glory, a working-class father’s love, and a powerful bond between brothers.”  

Alfie's First Fight is being performed on Saturday April 1.