An award-winning play by a Midsomer Norton man will make its American premiere at the Lincoln Center Theater in New York this week.

The Rolling Stone was written by Chris Urch who was born and grew up in Midsomer Norton, and it will have its official opening in the United States on Monday July 15.

The play made its world premiere at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester in 2015, where it won the Manchester Theatre Award for Best New Play and moved to London, where it won an Off-West End Award in 2017.

Written by Urch and directed by Saheem Ali, the play follows a young gay Ugandan man as he clashes with his pastor brother over expression of identity and sexuality.

The cast includes Ato Blankson-Wood (who starred in BlacKkKlansman), Latoya Edwards (Law and Order: Special Victims Unit), Robert Gilbert, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Adenike Thomas, and James Udom.

The Lincoln Center Theater production will feature sets by Arnulfo Maldonado, costumes by Dede Ayite, lighting by Japhy Weideman, and original music and sound design by Justin Ellington.