Whooverville is the East Midlands’ biggest annual get-together to fans of the BBC TV series ‘Doctor Who’. Organised by Derby’s local Doctor Who group, the Whoovers, one of the most popular fan groups in the UK, Whooverville is a day of fun for all ages. A Whooverville event is a chance to have your photo taken
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News – Nick at TimeGate Convention in Atlanta
TimeGate is an annual Doctor Who and British media and culture convention in Atlanta, USA. Launched in 2005, the convention hit its 10 year anniversary in 2015 with special guests Katy Manning and Michelle Gomez. Joining TimeGate this year from 27 to 29 May to celebrate 20 years of the 8th Doctor, is the eighth doctor himself, Paul McGann along with Terry
Continue reading »Jekyll and Hyde – excellent review by the Henley Standard
An excellent review for Nick’s adaptation of Jekyll & Hyde by the Henley Standard. The simplicity of effects was magnificent, with good old sleight of hand lending us to believe that one man could feasibly physically split his good and evil sides into two. With strong players and great banter between upstanding lawyer and down-to-earth detectives,
Continue reading »News – Jekyll and Hyde national tour opens tonight
Prepare for the fright of your life in this dramatic new adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s atmospheric Gothic melodrama. Adapted and directed by Nicholas Briggs, Jekyll and Hyde stars Neil Roberts (Holby City, Emmerdale), Gary Turner (Emmerdale) and Kim Taylforth (London’s Burning, Bad Girls). Dr Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men – one good, one evil. Intent on separating the
Continue reading »News – Nick starts Jekyll and Hyde rehearsals with a new look !
Nick launches his new ‘I’m a director (with coloured lighting)’ look for the rehearsals beginning today for the Jekyll & Hyde national tour. Produced by Talking Scarlet, the tour runs from 3 May to 1 October 2016 at UK theatres opening at the Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage and closing at the Marina Theatre, Lowestoft. See
Continue reading »News – The Hound of the Baskervilles ePlay
Nick’s adaptation for the stage of Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles from the classic story The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle is now available as an ePlay (EPUB or MOBI). Young Dr Mortimer ventures from Devonshire to Baker Street with news of the death of his friend, Sir Charles Baskerville. Can
Continue reading »News – Easter Bytes Festival at The National Museum of Computing
The biggest, best Bytes Festival starts on the 25th of March at The National Museum of Computing in Bletchley, and runs every afternoon through the school holidays until the 10th of April. Don’t miss it! Special Sci-fi day on Saturday the 26th of March with: Nick, the voice of the Daleks and other BBC Doctor Who monsters.
Continue reading »News – Nick’s adaptation of Jekyll and Hyde being performed in Kingston
Nick’s adaptation of Jekyll and Hyde is being performed by the Green Theatre Company, an amateur youth theatre company based in Surrey, on the 17th, 18th and 19th of March. Performed inside the John Bunyan Church, Kingston, this semi site-specific production, directed by Rod Henderson (Betrayal, CornerHOUSE and Outrageous Fortune, Arts In The Park 2015), demonstrates the
Continue reading »News – The ISOS Network released this month from Big Finish Productions
Written and directed by Nick, and released by Big Finish Productions this month, The ISOS Network sees The (second) Doctor, Jamie and Zoe leaving Earth after having successfully defeated a Cyberman invasion… The Cyber-fleet is still exploding… But something is escaping through the mass of vaporising debris. In hot pursuit, the Doctor and his friends
Continue reading »News – Big Finish Day 8 The Prisoner panel
Mark Elstob (Number Six), Barnaby Edwards (‘Quite a lot of roles’) and Nick (in the middle, grinning like an idiot) on the Big Finish Day 8 The Prisoner panel.
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