Les Dennis to star in UK Tour of NOTES FROM A SMALL ISLAND

It has been announced that Bill Bryson’s smash-hit memoir, Notes From A Small Island, will journey to the stage in a national UK Tour starring TV favourite Les Dennis as much-loved writer Bill Bryson, opening at the Richmond Theatre on 14 January 2025.

This stage adaptation celebrates one of the nation’s most beloved books by one of the country’s most treasured authors. Notes From A Small Island spent three years in The Sunday Times bestsellers list and sold over two million copies. BBC Radio 4 listeners voted it as the book which best represents England.

First staged at the Watermill Theatre in 2023, after it’s Richmond engagement, the national tour will visit: Nottingham, Glasgow, Norwich, Salford, Cardiff, Sheffield, Shrewsbury, Bromley, Malvern, Woking, Birmingham, Southend, Leicester, Brighton, Milton Keynes, Aberdeen, and Leeds.

Further dates and full casting to be announced.

From Calais to the Highlands, Bill travels the length and breadth of Britain, but how can the nation that produced Marmite and Gardeners’ Question Time hold such a special place in this American’s heart?

Notes From A Small Island reunites the Watermill Theatre’s original creative team and is adapted by Tim Whitnall, directed by Paul Hart, and designed by Katie Lias, with lighting by Ali Hunter, sound by Ed Lewis, and projection by George Reeve.

Tickets to select touring venues can be found here