Michelle Magorian

Goodnight Mister Tom UK Tour 2016

Touring
Goodnight Mister Tom returns this Christmas to the Duke Of York's Theatre

Following a season in the West End The Olivier award-winning Chichester Festival Theatre production of Goodnight Mister Tom will tour the UK. Now a modern classic, Michelle Magorian’s wonderfully uplifting tale is brought gloriously to life in this magical stage adaptation by David Wood. Set during the dangerous build up to the Second World War, Goodnight Mister Tom follows young William Beech, who is evacuated to the idyllic English countryside and forges a remarkable and heart warming friendship with the elderly recluse, Tom Oakley. All is perfect until William is suddenly summoned by his mother back to London. Winner of the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize and commended for the Carnegie Medal, Goodnight Mister Tom is now a world-wide literary favourite and BAFTA award-winning TV film (starring John Thaw), and continues to inspire audiences and bring generations together. GOODNIGHT MISTER TOM UK TOUR 2016 Tuesday 8 – Saturday 12 March 2016 … Read more

Goodnight Mister Tom at the Duke Of York’s Theatre

News, West End
Goodnight Mister Tom returns this Christmas to the Duke Of York's Theatre

It was announced today that the critically acclaimed Chichester Festival Theatre production of Michelle Magorian’s classic novel Goodnight Mister Tom will return to the West End for a limited ten week run this Christmas at the Duke Of York’s Theatre. This production was last seen in the West End in 2012/13 has been brilliantly adapted by award-winning playwright David Wood. Now a modern classic, Michelle Magorian’s wonderfully uplifting tale is brought gloriously to life in this magical stage adaptation by David Wood. Set during the dangerous build up to the Second World War, Goodnight Mister Tom follows young William Beech, who is evacuated to the idyllic English countryside and forges a remarkable and heart-warming friendship with the elderly recluse, Tom Oakley, played by David Troughton. All is perfect until William is suddenly summoned by his mother back to London. Winner of the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize and commended for the … Read more