“The very first tune I ever learned to play was “That’ll Be The Day. My mother Julia taught it to me on the banjo, sitting there with endless patience until I managed to work out all the chords”. John Lennon.

Lennon’s Banjo – one of the most hotly-anticipated new plays of 2018 – will premiere at Liverpool’s Epstein Theatre next spring.

Now producers reveal the first four cast members who will appear in this fascinating romp through Beatledom to find the holy grail of pop memorabilia – the first instrument John Lennon learnt to play – missing for 60 years and now worth millions!