We’re excited to share the full cast ofStand & Deliver: The Lee Jeans Sit-In, touring Scotland this spring. This new production e tells a powerful and personal story of political resistance, workers’ determination and lifelong female solidarity and friendship. Going on strike are Aron Dochard, Jo Freer, Madeline Grieve, Hannah Jarrett-Scott, Chiara Sparkes and Shonagh Murray as Performing Musical Director. 

Greenock 1981. Faced with the threat of their factory closing, and with 240 jobs on the line, there’s no way the women of the Lee Jeans factory are going down without a fight. They barricade the doors, take a stand against corporate greed and stage a sit-in that lasts for seven long months.  

45 years on from the legendary occupation of the Lee Jeans Factory in Greenock, Stand & Deliver has been developed through conversations with key women involved in the strike and is full of authentic detail, insight and humour, and performed with a live 80’s soundtrack.  

Jo Freer, plays Helen. She has worked extensively in Scottish theatre for nearly 25 years.  Her television credits include Scot Squad and River City.  Her previous work with National Theatre of Scotland includes The Cheviot, The Stag and The Black, Black Oil, The House of Bernarda Alba, Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off and Let The Right One In, and previous Tron Theatre credits include FLEG, Fruitcake, The Alchemist, Cinderfella and Alice in Weegieland.  She also works as a storyliner for River City and Eastenders.  

Hannah Jarrett-Scott, plays Cathie. Her stage work includes Pride and Prejudice (*sort of) which originated at the Tron Theatre before touring the UK and a West End run at the Criterion Theatre. Other stage work includes Alright Sunshine, Medea on the Mic (Òran Mór), Same Team (Traverse Theatre) and Wild Rose (Royal Lyceum Theatre), as well as the King’s Theatre Glasgow’s iconic pantomime. Film and TV includes Two Doors Down, Scot Squad and Float (BBC). 

Chiara Sparkes, plays Maggie. Theatre credits include The Glasgow Poisoner (A Play, a Pie and a Pint), Rollers Forever (Promenade Productions), Mother Goose (Ayr Gaiety) and the UK and Ireland tour of Mamma Mia!  She previously worked with National Theatre of Scotland on the UK Tour of Glasgow Girls (National Theatre of Scotland, Pachamama Productions and Raw Material).  

Aron Dochard is playing Finlay. Aron recently appeared in Department Q (Netflix/Left Bank Pictures), Andor (Disney and Lucasfilm) Bodies and The Witcher: Blood Origin (Netflix). His stage credits include Tennessee, Rose (Pleasance Theatre/Perth Theatre), Peter Pan (Hull Truck Theatre) and Life, Apparently (Hoxton Hall).  

Madeline Greive, Ensemble. Recent stage credits include Starving (Raw Material Arts and A Play, a Pie and a Pint), Ship Rats and Welcome to Bannockburn (A Play, a Pie and a Pint). She is a regular performer at the South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture pantomime, appearing in Jack and the Beanstalk, Mother Goose and Cinderella most recently. She will appear in the new BBC legal drama Counsels later in 2026.  

Shonagh Murray is the Performing Musical Director. Shonagh was most recently Musical Director for the acclaimed Ballad Lines at the Southwark Playhouse. Other recent credits include The Great Gatsby (Pitlochry Festival Theatre & Derby Theatre), Oor Wullie (Noisemaker, Dundee Rep Theatre) and The Snow Queen (Royal Lyceum Theatre). Composer credits include Nessie (Pitlochry Festival Theatre & Capital Theatres) and Armour (A Play, a Pie and Pint). She previously worked with National Theatre of Scotland as the Associate Musical Director of Orphans.

Ahead of the tour, we have issued a call out to see whether it is possible to create a definitive list of all those involved in the 1981 strike, so they can be named and honoured in the production. Relevant people can find out more here.

Jemima Levick, director, said  

“It’s an honour to tell the story of these women, who quietly changed history from a factory in Greenock by staying true to what they believed in. They saved a community and proved that resistance and protest can win out. It’s about time their story and their success is celebrated with songs from the era and audiences of now. We would love to be able to name all the women and men involved in the strike in the show so really hope that family members and workers from the factory at the time will get in contact with us so we can pay tribute.”  

Lesley Davidson, Co-Director Beacon Arts Centre said  

"We are delighted to host Stand & Deliver: The Lee Jeans Sit-In at the Beacon. This powerful production marks an important anniversary for Inverclyde and offers a fitting tribute to the Lee Jeans workers - the majority of whom were women - whose courage showed the extraordinary strength that comes from standing together. We’re especially proud to welcome some of these women to Greenock to see their story brought to life on stage."  

Stand & Deliver is written by Frances Poet and directed by Jemima Levick, from an idea conceived by Paul English and Frances Poet.  

Full info on the tour and booking details can be found here.