Hi I’m Ben Davis and I have the honour of playing William Beech for North Devon All Starz at The Queen’s Theatre, Barnstaple.
When I read the book I felt sad for William, his mum was mean to him and didn’t know how to look after him properly, he hadn’t ever celebrated his birthday and he had no friends until Zach, who died trying to find William. I imagine he always felt scared of what might happen next.
We have just heard that the excellent four-part radio serialisation of Back Home is to be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 extra starting this Sunday, 23rd June at 09:00 and…
Original Jacket by Anthony Kerins Cuckoo In the Nest and A Spoonful of Jam (Written at the request of members of Book Clubs.)May 2013It was while I was carrying out research…
Yesterday it was announced that the play of Goodnight Mister Tom has won the Olivier Award for Best Entertainment And Family!
“I’m absolutely delighted for the cast. They are an incredibly talented and lovely group of people and Oliver Ford Davies is stunning as Mister Tom, making people laugh one minute and well up with tears the next. After the West End run, when they were touring they were often doing two shows and sometimes three shows a day on top of having to find places to live.
By an extraordinary coincidence, the choreographer of the musical version of Goodnight Mister Tom, Bill Deamer, who saved the day on its opening night in Manchester in 1995 also won an award tonight for Best Choreographer (Top Hat).
The boy playing William had fallen ill and lost his voice. There was a packed house and it looked as though the performance would have to be cancelled.
Welcome to my website designed by the talented and versatile, Heather Cairncross. Heather's highly acclaimed album At Last was released earlier this year to wonderful reviews. Heather's voice was my…
